I have a FOWLR 125 gallon 5 foot long tank. I have roughly 125 pounds of live rock, two heavy duty protein skimmers, an aquaclear 110 and a uv sterilizer running in the sump. My stock list is a yellow tang, a clown trigger, a blue faced angel and a racoon butterfly. At this point my only source of flow in the tank is from the return pipe. I have a whole bunch of old maxijet and koralia powerheads that I could add but I find these to be unsightly. I am considering the purchase of a vortech powerhead. Do you think an MP40 would, in conjuction with the return pump, provide sufficient flow? Too much? Where in the tank would i want to position it? My liverock is stacked fully covering the back wall of the tank almost up to the top. Input is appreaciated!
Flow suggestions for 125g tank
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geaux xman
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koralia evolution1400 isnt too big. you can try 3 of those.
1 mp40 would work too, but i think you will have some dead spots with that much rock. plus i think the mp40 only reach about a little more than 3ft of flow.
i run 1 mp60, ramped to about 5000gph, on the right glass and an additional koralia evo1400 on the other end. sometimes i keep the evo1400 on the back glass, sometimes on the left glass. i have an achilles that will only hang out on that side of the tank, so i wanted to add more flow for it.
1 mp40 would work too, but i think you will have some dead spots with that much rock. plus i think the mp40 only reach about a little more than 3ft of flow.
i run 1 mp60, ramped to about 5000gph, on the right glass and an additional koralia evo1400 on the other end. sometimes i keep the evo1400 on the back glass, sometimes on the left glass. i have an achilles that will only hang out on that side of the tank, so i wanted to add more flow for it.
Thanks. I was thinking of placing the MP40 on the back glass, right in the middle behind some of the rock work (with no obstructions directly in front of it) where it could bounce flow off the front glass. I wonder if that would keep most of the detritus suspended in the water column.
geaux xman
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I dont think the flow is wide enough. Best bet is it either being on either the left or right end of the tank with limited rockwork.
off-topic, but how big is your blueface and if you have any HLLE problems with it?
off-topic, but how big is your blueface and if you have any HLLE problems with it?
