Micro bubbles and flow question

[bluetang<3]

Got a 24x24x20 high tank that i am transforming from a sps into seahorse tank. Question is i have a deltec mce 600 skimmer and when i feed the skimmer dumps a bunch of bubbles into the tank will this affect the seahorses? I am thinking it will. What power heads are seahorse safe? How much flow should i have in the tank being its about 50 gallons.A few Turbelle nano stream 6025 at 625gph would this be too much flow?

 

[DanU]

While the skimmer bubbles may be unsightly, they don't pose a harm to the seahorses. The bubbles you worry about are those that are injected into the water from a high pressure pump and creates gas supersaturation. Skimmers don't normally create gas supersaturation.

I don't use power heads in any of my seahorse tanks so I will let someone else give advice on it.

Dan

 

[Kay Tickle]

There was a thread on Powerheads within the last couple days. I have a lot smaller tank so I'm probably not much help but I have an Aqua Clear and microJet, because they are pretty seahorse friendly (tails don't have much to get caught in).

 

[Allmost]

SPS and seahorses wont work.

Seahorses cant stand the current you need for SPS ...

I have about 25 turns per hour in my seahorse tank, via 2 power heads (maxijet) and the return, I dont think seahorses can take more than that and that is not enough for SPS ...

I have mine with soft corals, and sea fans and ....

 

[namxas]

Bluetang,

How is your system set up? There's a good chance you don't even need PH's. The only PH I've ever run on a SH setup is because I had to drop a MJ1200 (with an intake guard) into a smaller sumpless setup to drive the chiller.

 

[bluetang<3]

I saw the power head thread but was for a much larger tank. Sorry for the misleading I am switching from sps to ponies. Lighting will be from a geiseman 250 watt halide or a vertex illumina led. It will be a while before any ponies added just picked up my branching rock now letting it seed. As for flow i don't think what the skimmer puts out would be adequate. Being its -30 here in canada the tank temp had dropped to 66 deg F i think i will need a small heater and run t in the media compartment of my skimmer.

 

[bluetang<3]

Bluetang,

How is your system set up? There's a good chance you don't even need PH's. The only PH I've ever run on a SH setup is because I had to drop a MJ1200 (with an intake guard) into a smaller sumpless setup to drive the chiller.

My tank is not drilled so no sump.

 

[rayjay]

You can buy/make an acrylic overflow, or even a PVC overflow to a sump.
I have them on four of my seahorse tanks.

 

[bluetang<3]

I could drain and drill the tank as it is not tempered but don't really have the room to do a sump.

 

[Reefbuoy]

Perhaps you could add a Biowheel filter as a water circulator. You could either use media or convert it into a mini fuge. My filter has an intake extension that pull water from the bottom of the tank.