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12-20-2007, 08:29 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winsted, CT Age: 36
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 |  Water movement
I would like to get more water movement in my tank. Right now all I have in my 55gal is an over-the-side power filter, a protein skimmer, and a powerhead in the corner aimed into the center of the tank. I still get a lot of stagnant areas all across the bottom of the tank. I was thinking of getting the Lifegard Customflo water system and using it with a switching current water director to draw in from the center of the tank, then switch output from the left corner to the right corner. I realize I'll need a water pump for this, but does this sound like something that will work?
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55 gal, Coralife lunar aqualights, Lifegard filter system, SeaClone 100 protein skimmer, 250W Visi-therm stealth heater. | 
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12-20-2007, 11:46 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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i have the return pump going at 780gph returning with 2 nozzles and 2 powerheads and its almost to much.you could put 2 powerheads in there and be fine.you could put them facing the front so it reflects off the glass and all over the tank
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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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12-21-2007, 12:09 AM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winsted, CT Age: 36
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I plan on removing the powerhead if I go with this setup. Its being used for the UV light mostly and I'll end up putting it in the pump loop. | |
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12-21-2007, 06:28 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Anything you can do to increase the water flow will benefit your inhabitants!
Positioning the powerhead to bank of the glass will afford your powerhead to disperse water flow over a greater area than if just directing it across the pelagic areas of your tank, in my opinion! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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12-21-2007, 10:43 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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How much is your budget? _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | 
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12-21-2007, 04:41 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winsted, CT Age: 36
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Well, with the pump and the hardware it looked about $250 all together. | |
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