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10-07-2007, 07:55 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
Posts: 1,134
|  need advice on jets
do to the contest for the tunze jets this month i have taken a new look at my tank.what i need is some advice on a good pair of jets for my tank.i have stuff settling on corals.the only flow is the 780gph return in this 55 gallon tank.so without spending a large amount of cash,which is a big consideration,what would you all recommend?i think i only need 2 real small ones maybe blowing at the front of my tank so as not to have too much direct flow?my return has 2 nozles that bend.one points across the serface left to right and one is pointed at the front glass on the left side.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | 
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10-07-2007, 08:23 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Hi,
I just built a spray bar from my return out of PVC and that takes care of the top of my tank. Then I have 2 RIO2100 pumps in each of the back corners of the tank and agian I extended the ouput with PVC spray bars that spray on the side of the tank. Works great!! I have a picture in my picture file. _________ 125gal Reef/Fish,40gal sump,Reefmania calcium reactor,MH,UVH,Moon,Aquazone plus 100,Auto Topoff,CoraLife 125 skimmer,GHL Profilux computer & special effects lighting.
Fish:Coral Beauty,Yellow Wrasse,African Clown Wrasse,BiColor Anglefish,Banded Goby,Psycodelic Mandarin Goby,Spotfin Angelfish
Inverts:Long-spinned Urchin,Crowned Urchin,Feather Dusters,Fire shrimp,Banded Shrimp,Brittle Star,snails
Corals:Cup,Frogspawn,Pink Open Brain,Yellow Dot
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10-07-2007, 08:45 PM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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i'de rather not mess with my return,i finally have it nice an quiet lol.i like how you did yours though.i still think i'll just use to small jets.i'm just not sure what brand or size yet.as i said,cost will be a factor,but i'm not going too cheap.i have a powersweap thats going to stay in the shed where it belongs,in a box. | |
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10-08-2007, 12:09 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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I would go with a SEIO m620, possibly 2 of them. Im running 2 m620's on a 75g and I think I need more flow. Im going to upgrade sometime in the coming months. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-08-2007, 02:49 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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nice pumps.i looked them up.if you upgrade and want to get some of your money back i may be interested,if their not to powerful for a 55 gallon?and not to old.if not,i found them for $35 a peice so i may get one a month. | |
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10-08-2007, 03:10 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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thanks for the advice.i liked the reviews,i've seen them before and liked them.i just bought 2 new ones for $72 shipped.i needed them a long time.now i won't look in my tank and see dirt laying on my corals. | |
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10-08-2007, 03:19 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 630, IL Age: 23
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you should have looked at the koralias (if you didn't already)really great pumps. i don't have any experince with the seio pumps. i just stayed away from what i have heard from the rios.(even though it may not be true with the seios) | |
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10-08-2007, 03:53 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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We are using the Hydro Koralia 4 in our 72. Plenty of flow and dispersion. For the 55 you should take a look at the Hydro Koralia 3. Here is a link. Hydor Koralia 3 Circulation Pump/Powerhead UL 850 gph (Saltwater Aquarium Supplies > Powerheads > Fixed Flowrate Pumps ) _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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10-08-2007, 03:59 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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yeah i've seen the seios in alot of very nice tanks.my 2 will be coming thursday.that new rios pumps do look and sound cool an all but i did read someone on here had a shock of an experience from the older ones so i passed on them.their are alot of very poor in quality products coming over from china lately,whats up with that? | |
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10-08-2007, 04:01 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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wow thats a nice pump(Hydor Koralia).and $25 off.thanks again for all the help. | |
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