Dana42078
Dana
They aren't in your DT but located somewhere in your system....you can't possibly keep a tank without flow....
growing coraline algae?
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They aren't in your DT but located somewhere in your system....you can't possibly keep a tank without flow....
Dana42078
Dana
I'm sayin you have a pump somewhere not a powerhead persay...
marcah
Reef enthusiast
+1 dana
one powerhead is definately not the way to go.. you are better off going with two smaller to get some different wave action on the coral..
softies 20times
lps 20 to 40
sps 40 times or better per hour.
one powerhead is definately not the way to go.. you are better off going with two smaller to get some different wave action on the coral..
softies 20times
lps 20 to 40
sps 40 times or better per hour.
little_fish
Moderator
I know your friend is all about the no powerhead thing, but personally i think that is the biggest line of poo. I have 3 powerheads plus my return and every time i have increased the flow in my tank, i have noticed everything in my tank looks better, even my softies. Plus the ocean is never still, far from it. Even the lagoon areas get flow as the tides change.
And +1 Dana
And +1 Dana
marcah
Reef enthusiast
nah I hated the look of the heads in the tank seemed to really take away from the look ..
so i put in a iwaki external then ran 1 inch lines back to the tank and reduced it to 3/4 with a couple heads on to increase flow when it entered the tank.. the tank wasnt reef ready so I have an overflow so all you see is that in the tank . but covered in coralline now doesnt look "too bad"..
so i put in a iwaki external then ran 1 inch lines back to the tank and reduced it to 3/4 with a couple heads on to increase flow when it entered the tank.. the tank wasnt reef ready so I have an overflow so all you see is that in the tank . but covered in coralline now doesnt look "too bad"..
marcah
Reef enthusiast
I have had more growth in the tank since I switched over to no heads then I had before the switch.. the biggest thing was the action created by the way the heads were positioned... I have more movement now in the tank then when I had 4 heads in it. and the heads were supposed to give me 6000 gph..
buddy08
SPS Addict
lmao i have plenty of coraline to share, i just posted a thread about removing it from the glass.. i used reef code a and b and within 8 months, my back glass was all purple. it takes off and spreads like fire.
little_fish
Moderator
ah, that makes so much more sense!
