Reef Central Online Community

Home Forum Here you can view your subscribed threads, work with private messages and edit your profile and preferences View New Posts View Today's Posts

Find other members Frequently Asked Questions Search Reefkeeping ...an online magazine for marine aquarists Support our sponsors and mention Reef Central

Go Back   Reef Central Online Community Archives > More Forums > Reef Club Forums > NorthEast Region-Reef Club Forums > Connecticut Area Reef Society (C.T.A.R.S.)
FAQ Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01/09/2008, 04:44 PM
jgskt620 jgskt620 is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Baltic,CT
Posts: 40
Just Wondering

I have a 240g tank 96"x24"x24" with 350#'s of sand and 300#'s of rock i have about 20x turnover and right now its a mixed reef but im slowly changeing to sps dominated tank basicly will this be enough flow or do i need to get more any input would be great.
  #2  
Old 01/09/2008, 06:42 PM
ctreefer ctreefer is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: southern CT
Posts: 1,821
more flow. I'd say at least 40x.
  #3  
Old 01/09/2008, 07:23 PM
jgskt620 jgskt620 is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Baltic,CT
Posts: 40
ok thank u what would be the cheapest way to upgrade the flow im useing seio's
  #4  
Old 01/09/2008, 09:50 PM
ctreefer ctreefer is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: southern CT
Posts: 1,821
if you're already using seio's for flow and don't mind more pumps in the tank probably the cheapest way is with 2 or 3 Koralia (4's) or 2 or 3 of the maximods with the $16 kit that was discussed in a previous thread:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1286743

Tunze's are really nice and efficient and customer service is the best, however they are not cheap.

The other route would be closed loop, but I'm not certain what pumps are best for the cost with this route. Hopefully someone else can chime in.
  #5  
Old 01/09/2008, 11:43 PM
ShiftNation ShiftNation is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: CT
Posts: 1,145
Just to double check to , you dont want more than 15 or 20 times turnover through the sump . Just more flow in tank . Also on a tank that big a cheap way to is a good High pressure pump with some eductors .
__________________
---------------O--------O--------O
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:53 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement.
Reef Central™ Reef Central, LLC. Copyright ©1999-2009