Power Head for a 50 gallon reef
- Thread starter mcidcbcmd
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I run two MP10s on my 50 cube. I would think a Gyre 130 mounted vertically on the overflow box would work well.
Chris Lakies
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I run a MP40WQD on my 50 breader. Have multiple settings throughout the day (very handy).
juniorrocketdad
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One mp10 should be enough
fishsticks4sale
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what da heck? i called them and they told me all 50s are gone and tried to sale me a 60g. The guy on the phone said the 50g won't be made anymore.
fatboyracing
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Go with the gyre and you just have 1 that does alot
Mishri
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For beginner corals you don't need much water movement at all. I've kept xenia, colt corals, brain corals with no water movement but a HOB filter (that just had live rock in it)
if you were gonna do just some zoas, and other softies.. just a couple of cheap power aquaclear type power heads will do it.. you don't need anything fancy. But, if you want minimal space/number of pumps a single gyre is nice.... and on cubes it works very well imo.. (On rectangular tanks, like a 4' tank you get a lot of movement on one side and not much on the other, so you really need 2 gyres if your tank is over 3ft long)
if you were gonna do just some zoas, and other softies.. just a couple of cheap power aquaclear type power heads will do it.. you don't need anything fancy. But, if you want minimal space/number of pumps a single gyre is nice.... and on cubes it works very well imo.. (On rectangular tanks, like a 4' tank you get a lot of movement on one side and not much on the other, so you really need 2 gyres if your tank is over 3ft long)
solitude127
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What's the budget?
tom obrecht
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I'd do the gyre 130. I have a 50 frag tank and the 130 is perfect!
