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05/22/2011, 05:43 PM
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Power head help
I recently upgraded from a 29 gallon tank to a 46 gallon bowfront i had just a couple of cheesy powerheads in the 29 gallon and wanting to upgrade to Hydor Koralia Evolution level 2. Is this enough flow for my tank? i planned on purchasing two of them.
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05/22/2011, 08:21 PM
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Id guess maybe two k 2's and possibly one k3 or just 3 k2's
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05/22/2011, 09:01 PM
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What are you keeping in the new tank?
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05/22/2011, 09:27 PM
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Well as of right now I have pair of clowns and a yellow goby. Just got a Xenia frag and planning on some mushrooms and starpolyps
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05/22/2011, 09:50 PM
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The evo # 2s Will be good for now. 2 of them. When you start to add more corals to the tank you can put atleast one more # 3 in there.
If you plan to keep SPS I would think about more controllable flow. |
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05/23/2011, 06:18 AM
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I would recommend two smaller powerheads instead of one powerful one. It can be hard enough to set them up so there is flow and it isn't blasting a single coral.
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05/23/2011, 06:41 AM
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I have 2 koralia evo 1400s in my 6 foot tank and it's plenty of flow for my mainly LPS tank. Depends on what corals you plan on really. I don't plan on many SPS and the flow is plenty for them up top. I really like the koralia evos a lot though, great pumps for the money!! plus you can always add more!
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