Flow for L shaped tank?

bigrock

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I am planning a 350 gal. L shaped tank build and I was originally planning to do 2 seperate closed loops with reeflo darts on each. But the more I think about it the more I want to go "holeless" on the tank. The question is though how to accomplish good flow while not having powerheads everywhere.

Dimensions are 72"x60"x30"wide x 27"tall

I was thinking 4 tunze 6105 controlled by a apex, two each on the end panels of the tank. Will the 4 create enough flow throuhout the whole tank?
Would I be better with some wave boxes?
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I'm sure Roger will be able to give you more help on this, but I'm guessing you'll want more than 6105's if you're hoping to have them on the ends and shooting all the way down and pushing around the corner.

It's harder to figure out the flow in the non-standard shaped tanks.

Hopefully Roger will have some advice.
 
Ya I know it makes it a little more complicated cause of the shape. I thought 6105's because I heard they are best for long tanks where the 6205's are better for wider tanks.
 
I have no personal experience with the Apex, we don't test, endorse or license any other controllers so I wouldn't have the answer. On our controllers, each pump connects to its own port and assuming you want to control all four independently I would assume this would be required.
 
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