Too much Flow?

[inkblue]

...how much is too much flow? :afro:

I saw Jonathan's tank and it had major flow... but is there any 'ratings' per gallon that the water should be moving...

 

[marrone]

It really depends on what type of corals you have. For LPS and softies you don't need a lot of flow as some of your corals mayn't open from the excess flow. People that use alot of flow are doing so that no waste accumlates on the bottom of the tank and some corals, like sps, like the flow. Also if you have a sand bed you need to take into account that excess flow may cause problems in your tank.

 

[jackson6745]

It really depends on what type of corals you have. For LPS and softies you don't need a lot of flow as some of your corals mayn't open from the excess flow. People that use alot of flow are doing so that no waste accumlates on the bottom of the tank and some corals, like sps, like the flow. Also if you have a sand bed you need to take into account that excess flow may cause problems in your tank.

Yep that pretty much covers it

 

[inkblue]

...so basically, it's a guess-timate-kinda-see-how-it-floWs kinda deaL :approve:

 

[jhale]

right, it depends what your keeping.

first - what size tank are you setting up?

second - what do you want to put in the tank?

third - then we can tell you how much flow will be appropriate.

 

[inkblue]

1. 72
2. anything but sps
3. ?

 

[jhale]

well then I would start with 700 to 1000 gallons/hour turnover.

you could do a closed loop with some small pumps and a couple of squids,

or just have some power heads in the tank.

you could also handle that with just the return pump and split the return so one is on each side of the tank. a pump in the 1200 gph range would do this well. have two one inch returns in each corner of the tank. you would need a good sized overflow for this, so that might not work for you. depends on how the tank is built.

 

[inkblue]

wow... that's a lot of fLow... :afro: ok, will make note of this

 

[fas917]

ink,
You can buy couple of seio pumps and wait for their wavemaker to hit the market (sometimes in Dec) if you dont want to deal with pvc and plumbings

 

[Deanos]

Inkblue: I have a 65g mostly LPS and zoa reef. My return pump is a Mag 7 piped through a SCWD at nearly 4' headloss (~450gph) and 2 Seio 820s (1640gph). There's a small video in my tank thread showing ~2000gph.

Dean

 

[inkblue]

maN... you guyz ARE hardcore :eek1: :wow:

 

[jawwad2004]

I think I am going to get the Seio 1500 for my 90. I have like 4 MJ1200's in there, and it just looks ugly!

 

[spykes]

only thing about the seios was ppl been telling me it heats up the water, that's the only thing im worried about.

 

[marrone]

I have a Seio 640, a Aqua Clear 302 or 402, don't remember which, with a FLO Roating Water Deflector, and the return from my Remora skimmer, maxi-jet 1200. I have a Quite One pump 800 which does 220gph as my return from the sump. Some of these pumps are not turned all the way up so my flow in the tank is alot less than most people and everything is working fine.

 

[marrone]

only thing about the seios was ppl been telling me it heats up the water, that's the only thing im worried about.

Mine hasn't seem to increase the water temp in the tank but I'm running the smaller model.

 

[jhale]

maN... you guyz ARE hardcore :eek1: :wow:

lol. what did you expect?

 

[spykes]

ricky said his pulled his water temp up to 87 degrees if not cleaned monthly

 

[marrone]

ricky said his pulled his water temp up to 87 degrees if not cleaned monthly

I haven't cleaned mine out in since I placed it in the tank which was in May. I wonder if it make a difference in my water temp if I clean it now.

 

[inkblue]

well, what's the difference between the Seio and the Rio... same company, same ratings... just not as cooL looking... :scratchch

 

[marrone]

With the Seio you can set it up various ways, one being like the more expensive Tunze pumps. Also it has a much wider openning that gives off a more genter flow than other PH or Pumps. It does take up more room in the tank because of it size.