My new tank
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I suppose I could go without a canopy, but how do you deal with the light shining out of it ?
my wife isn't going to want to look at bright llights. They can damage your eyes. And all of my children are just up to my knee, so for them they would always be looking up at the bulbs.
My other tank keeps all that light out of my familes eyes via a canopy. Let me know what you were thinking because if there's a way to design it without a canopy and prevent light leak then I'm all for it.
Cheers
Josh
my wife isn't going to want to look at bright llights. They can damage your eyes. And all of my children are just up to my knee, so for them they would always be looking up at the bulbs.
My other tank keeps all that light out of my familes eyes via a canopy. Let me know what you were thinking because if there's a way to design it without a canopy and prevent light leak then I'm all for it.
Cheers
Josh
Very true. My current canopy on my 120 is open top. It works well.
I have many things to figure out with this new project. For example I had them drill holes for a closed loop, but I've never installed one. i'm fine with plumbing, so it shouldn't be an issue, but it will be new to me to some extent.
I think with this tank I'll try to be energy efficient. Use T5s instead of halides.
Josh
I have many things to figure out with this new project. For example I had them drill holes for a closed loop, but I've never installed one. i'm fine with plumbing, so it shouldn't be an issue, but it will be new to me to some extent.
I think with this tank I'll try to be energy efficient. Use T5s instead of halides.
Josh
mmoore0803
Premium Member
sweet.....shorter canopy too
I could always use soft vinyl for a closed loop right? No one ever seems to do it, instead I usually see unions, ball valves, etc.
I want to push 10x through the CL if possible. That would mean a 900 GPH pump. An Eheim 1262 is a very qiuet pump and I have three of them in my 120. So one of those and some vinly and I'd have no back pressure. RIght?
I want to push 10x through the CL if possible. That would mean a 900 GPH pump. An Eheim 1262 is a very qiuet pump and I have three of them in my 120. So one of those and some vinly and I'd have no back pressure. RIght?
WarDaddy
New member
what you need to decide is what are you going to put in it?
SPS has very different needs than LPS or Softies.
you could move the softies out of the 120 and pu them in the 90.
OR you could set up a FO tank, even different needs.
I think that a Softie tank would look great wiht T5
Really, set up depends on the residents
SPS has very different needs than LPS or Softies.
you could move the softies out of the 120 and pu them in the 90.
OR you could set up a FO tank, even different needs.
I think that a Softie tank would look great wiht T5
Really, set up depends on the residents
I was thinking about using a product from Oceans Motions to distribute my return water.
http://www.oceansmotions.com/
Can anyone makes sense out of the names used in their product line?
They have a 4-way, and then they have other 4-ways that aren't called 4-way. So their product naming strategy seems to be to sometimes name the product after the number of ports and sometimes name the product after the company name, "OM"?
Enough complaining.
My tank has 4 return holes, so I suppose that limits the options to:
- "4-Way"
- "OM Squirt"
- "Super Squirt"
- "S-Squirt - Compact"
These all seem the same to me.
So my goal is to have a SUM of 450 GPH retuning to my tank. I'll have 5 feet of head pressure guaranteed. I'm not too sure how much head pressue will be added by the elbows and the squirt itself. Does anyone have any experience with how much head pressure is added when using a squirt? Do you need to oversize your pump?
Also, should I use their little nozzles? And if so, how much back pressure do they add seeing that the water pressure it used to roate the nozzle.
Any help with this would be great.
The other 10-15x flow will be provided by a closed loop system.
Thanks
Josh
http://www.oceansmotions.com/
Can anyone makes sense out of the names used in their product line?
They have a 4-way, and then they have other 4-ways that aren't called 4-way. So their product naming strategy seems to be to sometimes name the product after the number of ports and sometimes name the product after the company name, "OM"?
Enough complaining.
My tank has 4 return holes, so I suppose that limits the options to:
- "4-Way"
- "OM Squirt"
- "Super Squirt"
- "S-Squirt - Compact"
These all seem the same to me.
So my goal is to have a SUM of 450 GPH retuning to my tank. I'll have 5 feet of head pressure guaranteed. I'm not too sure how much head pressue will be added by the elbows and the squirt itself. Does anyone have any experience with how much head pressure is added when using a squirt? Do you need to oversize your pump?
Also, should I use their little nozzles? And if so, how much back pressure do they add seeing that the water pressure it used to roate the nozzle.
Any help with this would be great.
The other 10-15x flow will be provided by a closed loop system.
Thanks
Josh
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