flow rate for a 300 liter softies only tank

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  1. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    Hi, im going for a 300 liter softies only tank. im confused as ther say a reef tank needs 60-70 times tank volume flow rate.(for softies too?) im intrested in buying a tunze brand, can anyone suggest which wavemaker model to buy with Wavecontroller 7092. Is anybody using them? are brands like bouy and other chineese brands ok, as they have controllers too?
     
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  2. 2in10

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    Softies will be fine at 20 to 30 times the volume for flow.
     
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  3. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    ok, can u suggest a good wave maker then? or any of the tunze?
     
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    I think Tunze has a wavemaker setup so I would go with that. Buy a pump for each side of the tank. Buy ones that are rated at 9000+lph as the tunze flow rates are very overstated.
     
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  5. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    so i need 18000-20000 lph for my tank? should i go for vortech then (if fits my budget)? or is boyu fine?
     
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