flow

onecrzyboi4u · 03/01/2009, 03:59 AM

How much flow should a 29 gal have? softies coral wise....

jer77 · 03/01/2009, 04:21 AM

Your asking for a total net flow, or like a return pump?

onecrzyboi4u · 03/01/2009, 04:26 AM

net flow... right now i have 2 koralia 1s and a maxijet 900

Mariner · 03/01/2009, 04:55 AM

Sounds like you're at about 30x the volume of your tank, which is about right IMO.
Mariner

jer77 · 03/01/2009, 05:00 AM

you should be good. For softies like leathers a consistently random light flow is all you need. Your koralia's should be doing this just fine.

imcosmokramer · 03/01/2009, 08:20 AM

you'll do great with that much flow in a 29

Aquarist007 · 03/01/2009, 08:26 AM

try to ensure that one of those Koralias are directed at or across the surface of your tank really churning the surface and the other is directed across the substrate(not to cause a snow storm.
The placing of your power heads is probably more important then the flow you are receiving from them.

onecrzyboi4u · 03/01/2009, 11:44 AM

I have both koralias on each side facing the surface,then i have the maxi in the middle for random..

Aquarist007 · 03/01/2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally posted by onecrzyboi4u
I have both koralias on each side facing the surface,then i have the maxi in the middle for random..

excellent placement

03/01/2009, 03:59 AM	#1
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	flow How much flow should a 29 gal have? softies coral wise....

03/01/2009, 04:21 AM	#2
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	Your asking for a total net flow, or like a return pump? __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

03/01/2009, 04:55 AM	#4
Mariner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: North Alabama Posts: 3,952	Sounds like you're at about 30x the volume of your tank, which is about right IMO. Mariner __________________ DESIGN DEMANDS A DESIGNER. ~The perception is that perception is reality, but the reality is that it isn't. Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef; 135g mixed reef

03/01/2009, 05:00 AM	#5
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	you should be good. For softies like leathers a consistently random light flow is all you need. Your koralia's should be doing this just fine. __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

03/01/2009, 08:20 AM	#6
imcosmokramer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,709	you'll do great with that much flow in a 29 __________________ You can agree with me, or you can be wrong. You pick.

03/01/2009, 04:26 AM	#3
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	net flow... right now i have 2 koralia 1s and a maxijet 900

03/01/2009, 08:26 AM	#7
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	try to ensure that one of those Koralias are directed at or across the surface of your tank really churning the surface and the other is directed across the substrate(not to cause a snow storm. The placing of your power heads is probably more important then the flow you are receiving from them. __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

03/01/2009, 11:44 AM	#8
onecrzyboi4u Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington VA Posts: 1,893	I have both koralias on each side facing the surface,then i have the maxi in the middle for random..