Martin's 180g Reef Build

[parkinsn]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Tank looks great on the stand Martin, can't wait to see how the flow accelerators work for you.

I put one of those flow accelerators on my new box. The only problem that I found is the gap between the outlet and the "nozzel part" will suck air from the surface. I ended up putting it lower in the tank than I wanted to. Had to drill 3 holes for syphon break in the return line in my overflow which works fine. Other than that they are pretty slick. I think I'm ~450gph out of my mag 7 but when you put your hand infront of it feels like it puts more our than my 550gph koralia.

Look like a nice build.

[martinmcnally]

Originally Posted by parkinsn

I put one of those flow accelerators on my new box. The only problem that I found is the gap between the outlet and the "nozzel part" will suck air from the surface. I ended up putting it lower in the tank than I wanted to. Had to drill 3 holes for syphon break in the return line in my overflow which works fine. Other than that they are pretty slick. I think I'm ~450gph out of my mag 7 but when you put your hand infront of it feels like it puts more our than my 550gph koralia.

Look like a nice build.

Yea I noticed that you cant use those near the surface for sure. I ended up going with the regular nozzle just below the surface for the upper return and the flow accelerator for the lower. That way the siphon will break basically as soon as the power is turned off with the regular flat nozzle right at the surface pointing downwards. Will post a pic of that when it get it all tuned.

[reefme]

I didn't see any lighting. Did I missed it?