Flow in my sps tank

[danfrith]

I am setting up a 58 gal. sps tank and am stuck on what powerheads I should get. What would you recommend for flow in this aquarium? Basically I'm asking you to design my flow.
Thanks in advance.

[twon8]

how much do you have to spend? only sps?

[danfrith]

Well, I would like to keep the cost low, How much will 150-200$ get me? The tank will house almost only sps maybe one or two misc. zoo's, ric's, lps colonys. There will be a few fish too.

[danfrith]

Also, my return pump will be 1300 gph.

[vdubfiend]

koralias are nice priced great imo

or a pair of tunze nanos it the for sale forums

[danfrith]

Yeah I was thinking maybe 4 of the 1,200 gph koralia's. Would that be enough?

[Purple Haze]

Three Tunze 6025s--$60 (3) + tax or shipping. Then mod them for @ 1200gph.

That should be a decent start. Or you could buy three or four Maxijet 1200s and the equivalent mod kits and have some crazy flow, but more direct flow than the Tunze's.

[ronald7410]

Originally posted by danfrith
Yeah I was thinking maybe 4 of the 1,200 gph koralia's. Would that be enough?

Whoa? Are you setting up a 58 gallon? Or a 580?

[s3aL]

IMO Koralia #4 are to big and bulky looking for a 58g, especially if you had 4.

I would go with some nanostreams. I will be removing my seios for 2-3 nanostream 6025(moded) pretty soon myself.

[danfrith]

Well, thats exactly why I am asking I really dont know much about water flow/ powerheads at all.

So what would you suggest in terms of Koralia's for my aquarium?

[J. Montgomery]

I have two modified MaxiJet 1200s in my 55 gallon tank.

[danfrith]

Well about to order and just wanted to finalize things. Do you think 4 koralia #2(600 gph each) would work well? Also, for this 58 gal. would a return pump of 1300 gph be to much?

[mic209]

Koralias are good pumps, but keep in mind they are bulky... Number 2's are about the same size of a 12oz. soda can, so picture 4 soda cans in your tank. I would go with 2 tunze 6045's or maybe 3 6025's.

[adambaron]

Originally posted by danfrith
Well about to order and just wanted to finalize things. Do you think 4 koralia #2(600 gph each) would work well? Also, for this 58 gal. would a return pump of 1300 gph be to much?

I think a return of 1300 gph would be too much. I think the ideal for your return pump is only like 3-5 times your tank volume an hour.

[danfrith]

Ok how about 600 gph return and 2x850 gph koralias in the top, back corners? Thanks.

[ReefRockerLive]

I'd get 700gph going through the return and (3) Koralias number 3. One would go on each side of the tank and the other can go in the back of the tank behind a rock.

[LobsterOfJustice]

Is the tank barebottom?

I would get two of the nanostreams, and mod one or both after some experimentation. Maybe throw a modded MJ into the mix.

[kenettson1]

I have a tunze 6025 modded that is nice for my 20 gal frag tank. Never had 1 issue with it.