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10-02-2012, 12:48 PM
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Circulation pumps
I Am about to order 2 circulation pumps and was wondering for a 70 gallon, 4' tank, is it better to get 2 equal gph or one higher and one lower. Is 700 gph correct amount that I will need for my tank? Thanks.
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10-02-2012, 12:52 PM
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Hi!
You can get 2 of the same, that's fine. You can even put them on a wave maker. For example I use to have 2 koralia's hooked up to a Hydor smartwave unit. Then I bit the bullet and hit the Vortech MP10 which is amazing but not cheap.
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10-02-2012, 01:15 PM
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The only ones that would be close would be 2) 425gph but that equals 850 gph for a 70 gallon is that too much? Or should I get one 425 and one 240 gph? Thanks.
Lindsay
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10-02-2012, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lindsay1718
The only ones that would be close would be 2) 425gph but that equals 850 gph for a 70 gallon is that too much? Or should I get one 425 and one 240 gph? Thanks.
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You can do the 2 425's it's a 70 gallon so you'll be fine. I had 2 425's on my bio cube 29. I felt they were ok, wasn't really happy with the flow they gave out. Since your tank is bigger you go bigger. Remember you wanna try and eliminate any dead spots.
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10-02-2012, 01:28 PM
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Do you think I should up it to 2 770's or maybe a 770 & 550? I found a good deal on amazon for the 770 I just read 1  the gallon tank for a FOWLR tank. I didn't want to blow the fish around. Opinions?
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10-02-2012, 01:30 PM
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10-02-2012, 01:53 PM
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You may be a lot happier with the 750's IMHO. I wasn't happy with 2 425's in a 29 gallon bio cube.
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10-02-2012, 07:44 PM
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I have two 1050 s and one 750 in my 55 and I have no proublems at all the 1050 s are on opposite ends and the 750 is in the middle on the back glass
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10-02-2012, 11:20 PM
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I just ordered 2 1400's for my 136 g fowlr tank. Think that'll be enough or should I still run my aqua clear 70 & 50, I'm also running a Catalina 1000 for my HOB fluidized filter, and a magnum 350 canister.
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10-06-2012, 07:29 PM
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You supposed to be between 30-50x overturn for a reef.
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10-06-2012, 08:22 PM
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What does overturn mean
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10-06-2012, 08:29 PM
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You want your flow to be 30-50x your tank volume per hour.
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