Fishingaround
02/10/2005, 11:26 AM
I have soooo many questions I do not know where to start.
My goal is to have a mini reef setup when we are done. Not the full blown reef where most the tank is live rock and corrals from top all the way to the bottom but just maybe half a tank or less rock. With that I would have fish and Inverts like shrimp, crabs and other creatures.
So far I have the 125 Gal Aquarium/stand/glass and lights (basic) and this weekend we will be picking up an Ecosystem 3612.
I will be ordering a Lifereef Double overflow and more then likely a Dolphin 1200 internal pump with hopefully a 1" SQWD when the budget allows.
Now the questions are these:
1. I'm curious as to how the whole "flow" thing works and if the above is going to run correctly. The Overflow says it will average 1400 gph, the Ecosystem says 1200gph, and the Dolphin DP1200 says 1200 gph. Will this work out correctly without any flow problems? The other problem is that this is still less then 10x change over per hour. :(
2. I would really love to see how others with the same tank size and setups did there systems. So far most I see are 90s and smaller or 180s and larger. :( I'll have to do more searching on 125 gal setups.
3. closed loop systems, are they needed? i guess i really need to research aquarium flow and closed loop systems.
The only saltwater systems I see are running Canisters filters, skimmers, and that is about it. After digging in and alot of searching, things just keep on adding to the list of items I need to install. I'm hopping to stay as close to the KISS method (Keep it simple stupid) as possible especially since it is our first Saltwater tank.
My goal is to have a mini reef setup when we are done. Not the full blown reef where most the tank is live rock and corrals from top all the way to the bottom but just maybe half a tank or less rock. With that I would have fish and Inverts like shrimp, crabs and other creatures.
So far I have the 125 Gal Aquarium/stand/glass and lights (basic) and this weekend we will be picking up an Ecosystem 3612.
I will be ordering a Lifereef Double overflow and more then likely a Dolphin 1200 internal pump with hopefully a 1" SQWD when the budget allows.
Now the questions are these:
1. I'm curious as to how the whole "flow" thing works and if the above is going to run correctly. The Overflow says it will average 1400 gph, the Ecosystem says 1200gph, and the Dolphin DP1200 says 1200 gph. Will this work out correctly without any flow problems? The other problem is that this is still less then 10x change over per hour. :(
2. I would really love to see how others with the same tank size and setups did there systems. So far most I see are 90s and smaller or 180s and larger. :( I'll have to do more searching on 125 gal setups.
3. closed loop systems, are they needed? i guess i really need to research aquarium flow and closed loop systems.
The only saltwater systems I see are running Canisters filters, skimmers, and that is about it. After digging in and alot of searching, things just keep on adding to the list of items I need to install. I'm hopping to stay as close to the KISS method (Keep it simple stupid) as possible especially since it is our first Saltwater tank.