Help me w/ flow in my 50G

JoeMack · #1 10/19/2005, 03:21 PM

Alright. What was working was a mag 9.5 on a SCWD, but the SCWDs fail every 6 months. I don't like things that fail and then are still faulty when you maintain them. I think it was barely cutting it anyway.

It's a 50 gallon (36") tank. My SPS is ****ed because of the reduced flow and need some help. I want a closed loop so I can have more room inside the tank. What are you guys thinking? Any idea/discussion would help out a lot.

Joey

bond007069 · #2 10/19/2005, 07:54 PM

OM squirt device
or some Seio 1500's

h20cooled · #3 10/19/2005, 08:58 PM

I also have a 50g tank 30" though, for my flow I have a T4 1200gph pump the is plump to 2 1/2" sea swirls with a T that is on a ball valve behind the rocks. The ball valve allows me to control the amount of flow going to the sea swirls and also the output behind the tank, this gives me a very random but strong flow on my corals. The 2 sea swirls are mounted into the 2 front corners. I love the flow and so do my corals, I also like the fact that I have no pumps in the display tank that you see.

Rich

MiddletonMark · #4 10/20/2005, 06:11 AM

I've got a couple seios and a Tunze in my 58, was a lot less plumbing in-tank than a CL, less power use too.

JoeMack · #5 10/20/2005, 01:27 PM

I'm going to stick a seio 1500 in the middle back pointing straight down. I might even go with two of them. Yeah I was amazed of the power of a seio @ 1500gph over a CL running a nice expensive external.