Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
The pump comes in 740 GPH and 880 GPH. Which one should I use? the 740 GPH one is quite a bit cheaper.
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The pump comes in 740 GPH and 880 GPH. Which one should I use? the 740 GPH one is quite a bit cheaper.
marcah
Reef enthusiast
I hate to say it but I would go with the 880.. You will lose some flow due to piping..
You really dont want to go to much under 10 times the tank size per hour as a return flow...Just dont forget to put a ball valve from the return pump just in case you need to slow it down, but I dont think you will..
You really dont want to go to much under 10 times the tank size per hour as a return flow...Just dont forget to put a ball valve from the return pump just in case you need to slow it down, but I dont think you will..
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Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
I think I'm going to try and get one with a built in overflow and a sump. I'll probably get a rectangular tank as well, it's not worth the extra money for the bowfront.
little_fish
Reef pro
The bowfronts look pretty, but they can really distort what you are looking at which is annoying.
marcah
Reef enthusiast
glad to see you are going with the rectangular tank.. :D
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
little_fish
Reef pro
Wow, id say that is a great deal! Is it a 75?
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
Yup. And it has a 65 gallon sump, I think, I'm a little confused.
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little_fish
Reef pro
haha, i hate that message. i just add smilie faces
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
Does the sand bed in there look too deep?
little_fish
Reef pro
I personally wounldnt use a sand bed that deep. I hardly have a sand bed at all, just enough to cover the bottom.
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
I just asked, it's 4" to 6". :shock:
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
Do you think 100 Ibs of sand would be enough?
little_fish
Reef pro
I am terrible figuring out the lbs for sand, i just poured in till it looked good.
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
Don't suppose you know how much a cubic inch of sand weighs?
SeaBee
Ha Ha Thats Funny!
I bought one bag of sand and it covered the bottom of my 55. I first did the tank with 3 bags and got about 3" deep, mistake, it all had to come out. So now I only have about 1/2 of sand, and none behind the rocks. You really dont need sand, barebottom is fine and makes it clean, some people even just spread glue on the bottom and apply sand to just get the look. A deep sandbed is hard to keep clean....
SeaBee
Ha Ha Thats Funny!
Dry cubic foot of sand weighs 100 pounds. Sooooooo that would be 144 cubic inches of sand at 100 pounds OR 100 divided by 144 = .69 ? Sooooo a dry cubic inch of sand weighs .69 pounds? Did I do that right???
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
According to my calculations I need 300 Ibs for a 1/2 inch sand bed??? Seabea, how big was that bag?
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
I just did a pound a gallon in my tank... really I could've gone with less.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
I also have always done 1 lb of sand per gallon of tank size. It leaves me with about an inch or two of sand.
