cardiffgiant
Active member
One of the worst feelings is returning home from a trip to find your tank doing poorly. However, I just experienced the other extreme. After being away all week, I came home and my tank looks awesome.
A few months ago I started a thread about my zoas not fully opening. I tried a few different things and most of them started opening again. While I was out of town my wife dislodged my MP40W and couldn't get it reconnected. I told her to leave it be until I go home. After a few days with reduced flow, my zoas were rocking, all fully opened and their color looked fantastic. My LPS looked grea and my SPS continued to show signs of new growth. My red planet even looked a bit redder (and it normally looks more like green planet).
Was I using too much flow? I was running:
-Eheim 1262 - about 75-80% of capacity. Running it with 1.5" plumbing and sweeps instead of elbows, so head loss is minimal. But I am teeing off a small line to my fuge.
-MP40W on reef crest dialed up to 50%.
-2 modded tunze 6025's on the other end.
I would guess that the flow in my 90 was:
-Eheim 1262- 650GPH
-MP40W - 1500GPH
-Tunzes - 1500GPH (total)
That would be a turnover of about 40x. Now I've got the MP40W back on at 25%, and things still look good. I'm tempted to try running without it at all for another week.
Does the flow that I was running sound like it might have been too much?
A few months ago I started a thread about my zoas not fully opening. I tried a few different things and most of them started opening again. While I was out of town my wife dislodged my MP40W and couldn't get it reconnected. I told her to leave it be until I go home. After a few days with reduced flow, my zoas were rocking, all fully opened and their color looked fantastic. My LPS looked grea and my SPS continued to show signs of new growth. My red planet even looked a bit redder (and it normally looks more like green planet).
Was I using too much flow? I was running:
-Eheim 1262 - about 75-80% of capacity. Running it with 1.5" plumbing and sweeps instead of elbows, so head loss is minimal. But I am teeing off a small line to my fuge.
-MP40W on reef crest dialed up to 50%.
-2 modded tunze 6025's on the other end.
I would guess that the flow in my 90 was:
-Eheim 1262- 650GPH
-MP40W - 1500GPH
-Tunzes - 1500GPH (total)
That would be a turnover of about 40x. Now I've got the MP40W back on at 25%, and things still look good. I'm tempted to try running without it at all for another week.
Does the flow that I was running sound like it might have been too much?
