sammie
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I'm upgrading to a 300 gal starfire tank and was wanting some ideas on flow for the tank. For some background I presently have a 210 gal reef running a pan world 200 as the return pump which goes through the sump, refug, and frag tank and chiller, most appliances are tee'd off for flow control. For circulation I'm using a hammerhead going to a closed loop through about 20 outlets at the top of the tank through 3 manifolds. I also incorporate a tunze wavebox.
I want to keep this next tank as "clean" and nozzle and powerhead free as possible. I was considering using 5 one inch sea swirls for the return from the hammerhead. Going from 20+ nozzles to 5 is good but not excellent. The tank is 72 X 36 X 27tall so there is a lot of water in the center of this tank that needs moved around. The sea swirls would be placed with three across the back of the tank and two on the braces across the front. Also what is the best way to feed this monster pump? I've drilled the 210 for 2 feed lines directly from the back of the tank but again you can see the intake screens.
I know about tunze's and vortex powerheads but they look so UGLY in a reef tank and unless placed in the center of the tank they would not move all the water enough. The wave box will help.
Just asking for input positive and negative so have at it FRIENDS....
I want to keep this next tank as "clean" and nozzle and powerhead free as possible. I was considering using 5 one inch sea swirls for the return from the hammerhead. Going from 20+ nozzles to 5 is good but not excellent. The tank is 72 X 36 X 27tall so there is a lot of water in the center of this tank that needs moved around. The sea swirls would be placed with three across the back of the tank and two on the braces across the front. Also what is the best way to feed this monster pump? I've drilled the 210 for 2 feed lines directly from the back of the tank but again you can see the intake screens.
I know about tunze's and vortex powerheads but they look so UGLY in a reef tank and unless placed in the center of the tank they would not move all the water enough. The wave box will help.
Just asking for input positive and negative so have at it FRIENDS....
