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09-19-2012, 02:26 PM
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I'm thinking about flow.
A very common practice when dealing with these cubes is to replace the stock return pump with a Maxi Jet (a 900 or even a 1200). If the water volume is 19.5 gallons, and optimal flow rate through a "sump" (filtration chambers, in this case) is 6.1x display volume, the optimal flow rate for the return pump in this system is ~120 gallons per hour. The stock pump has a flow rate of 290 gph. Replacing the stock pump with a higher flow pump seems foolish, based on those numbers. Ergo, I'll be using the stock return pump and relying on powerheads to supply the flow that the corals require. I've presently got a Tunze 6015 as the powerhead for this tank. While it is a little large as far as how much room it requires in the display, it is 476 gph. I need at least 20x the water volume per hour for system flow: 400 gph. Combined with the return, I'll have 766 gph, which should be suitable. I've been testing an "Innovative Marine Spin Stream Return Nozzle" for this system. I think it is a huge improvement over the stock return nozzle: which blasts the water out and has very limited positional range. 
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09-19-2012, 10:31 PM
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Yeah I agree with reefwars very well thought out...i cant wait too see if tank with live stock more and more
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09-19-2012, 11:03 PM
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The more I think about it, this system might just be stocked with coral and inverts. The reason being that fish are pretty messy for the most part (at least all of the gluttons I've got, anyway). If I find a fish or two that aren't messy pigs I'll consider putting them in here.
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09-19-2012, 11:17 PM
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 thanks for the thoughts..Humm now do I want fish lol coral are easy through fish in whole new ball game
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09-20-2012, 01:14 AM
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Have I mentioned that I hate painting?
 It would look better, but I got stoned on the fumes. It looks better than it did, and it will match the tank better. It certainly isn't perfect, however. I think I'm going to have to sand a couple of spots and touch it up. Edit: I need to pick up some of the black melamine furniture edging strips, as four of them were in terrible shape and I pulled them off. Last edited by Enigma; 09-20-2012 at 01:19 AM.
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09-20-2012, 01:19 AM
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 ) so my main display system is very high nutrients. LPS and softies do well in it. When I had an overstocked 10 gallon LPS and softies did well in there, too. I need this system to be lower nutrients, especially as I won't be running fluid reactors.
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