2x Koralia 1's enough in a 75 gallon?

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  1. hydrojeff

    hydrojeff Montipora Capricornis

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  3. dixiedog

    dixiedog Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Well dang, I'm glad I asked!

    Two K3's are on the way. One of my K1's will go in the mixing barrel, and I guess I have one extra ... for now. 8)

    Thanks all.
     
  4. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    2 #3's? what return pump are you running? you may actually have a mini-whirlpool going on in there :)
     
  5. TORMENTOR

    TORMENTOR Bristle Worm

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    I have 2 #4's in my 75g and my return pump is a Quit One 3000. I think I'm around 3000gph or close to it I think, and it doesn't seem to be too much
     
  6. doog

    doog Peppermint Shrimp

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    2nd to Tormenter. I just put in the two new #4's into my 75. At first it looked like a whirlpool, but now that it's settled in you can't tell there's an extra 1500 gph of flow
     
  7. m_hsiao

    m_hsiao Purple Spiny Lobster

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    omg 2 koralia #4s would be a whirlpool like tank.. i would not recommend this, you will most likely have a hard time placing some corals with low flow.. if you want a wide variet of corls i would strongly suggest against 2 koralia 4s.. that's what i started with for my 75G and I had a very hard time placing some low flow corals.. I have 1 koralia 4 back left corner running across to the back right corner.. then i have 3 koralia 1s running hte surface, at the back right, front right and left.. then i have another koralia 1 at the bottom right front side close to the sand to give the sandbed a little bit of flow..
    also got another pump that is running my refugium..
     
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  9. scenario1313

    scenario1313 Tassled File Fish

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    The 2 K3's will be perfect for the 75.