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01/18/2020, 03:55 PM | #1 |
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Vortech mp40 or 60 suggestions/help needed
66*36*24. Sps dominate tank with sand.
I have a few of the jebos over the years in the tank in addition to a CLS. CLS is done and time to upgrade the flow That being said. Would u mount pumps on sides. And get one more 60 or 2 mp40. 2 60's seems Overkill and budget kill!! I will probably be using a few jebos along back wall for a while. Thanks |
01/18/2020, 03:57 PM | #2 |
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Also is lack of pointing these an issue on this size tank or is the flow and all wide enuf to still work fine
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01/22/2020, 02:59 PM | #3 |
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Having used both I’d go 40’s over the 60 (s). You can always add another 40 down the road if needed.
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01/22/2020, 07:20 PM | #5 |
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Given that 2 MP40 cost the same as 1 MP60 and your tank is really wide but not that long, I'd recommend the MP40s instead of the MP60s. And if it were me I'd go with 4 MP40s, 2 on each side and then setup some variable flow patterns throughout the day. I don't think 2 MP40s would be nearly enough flow to keep a full SPS tank of that size happy.
Depending on how big your sand grain size is, it will probably blow around a little bit but it will settle somewhere. Flow is really important to keeping SPS corals healthy. |
01/22/2020, 08:26 PM | #6 |
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Excellent. I was leaning towards the mp40's
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01/24/2020, 12:23 AM | #7 |
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Def 2x mp40
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02/09/2020, 05:51 PM | #8 |
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I like 2 40's over 1 60.
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02/22/2020, 01:31 PM | #10 |
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+1 on MP40s and more of them. Will give you more flexibility in where you position them
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