zippopunk1
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what are the safest powerheads for a seahorse tank
safe powerheads
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zippopunk1
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ive heard a lot of bad things about all of them so far
zippopunk1
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what about korillia powerheads???
zippopunk1
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do they make the diffuser nozzle ready to buy or are u making it urself. if u can buy them where do u get them
pledosophy
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I have used Rio's, Maxijets, via aqua's, Seio's and Koralia.
I like Seio and Koralia the best.
When you put the fish guard on the Seio it is completely safe. The new Koralia's come with a fish guard that goes over the out put that makes them safe for seahorses. The guard was not originally included but has been for awhile.
IME jet stream style pumps like the maxi jets are the worst choice. The flow from a maxijet is very narrow and pointed and even though it's half the flow of say a Seio 620 the reaction of a seahorse swimming in front of the two is much more violent with the maxijet.
IMO the jet stream or fire hose style pumps are not the best for our aquariums. We want the flow to be wider and gentler, better for the seahorses better for the corals.
Maxijets are incredible pumps for other things. They work great to power equipment, you can use them for a return, a little mod you get a very strong and wide flow power head that consumes very little energy. I just don't like them in my systems.
I spent a long time playing with flow, trying different things, my seahorse tank turns over 47x an hour. It took some doing, but it's nice.
I like Seio and Koralia the best.
When you put the fish guard on the Seio it is completely safe. The new Koralia's come with a fish guard that goes over the out put that makes them safe for seahorses. The guard was not originally included but has been for awhile.
IME jet stream style pumps like the maxi jets are the worst choice. The flow from a maxijet is very narrow and pointed and even though it's half the flow of say a Seio 620 the reaction of a seahorse swimming in front of the two is much more violent with the maxijet.
IMO the jet stream or fire hose style pumps are not the best for our aquariums. We want the flow to be wider and gentler, better for the seahorses better for the corals.
Maxijets are incredible pumps for other things. They work great to power equipment, you can use them for a return, a little mod you get a very strong and wide flow power head that consumes very little energy. I just don't like them in my systems.
I spent a long time playing with flow, trying different things, my seahorse tank turns over 47x an hour. It took some doing, but it's nice.
zippopunk1
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can u post a pic
pledosophy
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Me? Watcha ya wanna see? I got so many flics you'd think I worked as a photographer or something. (which I do although my fish pics don't look like it
I'm only good at fashion and people )zippopunk1
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yea post some pics of ur tank might give me ideas thanks
pledosophy
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Here is a shot of my 34g from a couple months ago. i will ahve to clean off the glass and take some more shots. I replaced the Seio with a koralia nano so it's less bulky. This tank was turning over 50+x an hour. There are spraybars behind the rocks on each side. A little of the pipe can be seen if you look closely,. the pipe is purple.
pledosophy
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Here is the plumbing on the back of that tank.
pledosophy
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Some of the oldies
with new refugium on side
with new refugium on side
pledosophy
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Macro style tank
pledosophy
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This is the tank when I started going crazy with the spraybars. There is 10 feet of 3/4" pipe and a Mag 7 under the rocks. Was a start
