What pump you use for your 1.5ft/1ft nano tank?

[totoro17]

Hi,

I feel that my atman pump is too strong for my 1.5ft nano tank...hmm...just wondering what pump you guys using? My atman pump is 1000litres/hr...is it too strong?

Rgds,

Darren

[Tanga]

bro you reffering to return pump or wave maker. My 2ft return pump 4000lt and I felt still not strong enough on top of that i have seio 620 2000lt wave maker.

[totoro17]

mine is return pump

[elimmel]

i'm using an aquabee 3000 for my return pump... think it's 3000l/h for my 1.5ft cube (24G)

also have 3 tunze power heads (300l/h each) in tank plus maxijet1200 (1100l/h) for my weipro2011 skimmer.... still feel not enough flow leh

[jun]

im using return pump 3200l/h for my 2x1x1.5 tank. i make some holes to a pvc pipe and insert at the output to the main tank from the sump. the whole tank is full of current tis way...

[iantoh]

hi there bro totoro17,

if youre using a 1000L/hr return pump, may i suggest you try attaching a Hydor Flo or Bio Flo to your return pipe within the tank. it will gently rotate and result in a wide spread and diffused flow in a 360 degrees fashion. its been working fantastic for me.

for my 2.7ft by 1ft by 1ft display, that is, an elongated two ft tank, i run two aquabee 2000L/1 return pumps and use a further two Seio 620s within the tank, but i guess how much flow depends on your coral's needs. i think its really seldom that one gets too much flow. maybe flow that is implemented wrongly, like it is blasting straight at a coral colony or something that causes the coral to slough its tissue, but generally, the more flow the better.

when i first began reefing several years back, a small pump and i thought it was too much flow already, but after reading more and observing more succesful tanks, i realised it was actually too little. id say two 1000L/hr pumps attached to a hydor flo would give optimal flow within a one ft cube.

cheers,

ian

[jun]

hi ian

wats is Hydor Flo or Bio Flo??? isit expensive?

[jun]

hi ian

wats is Hydor Flo or Bio Flo??? isit expensive?

okok...i koe wats Hydor Flo or Bio Flo already...... where can i buy it?? wats the price???