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As rule of thumb, at least total water turnover at 45k ltr/hr incl main pump.

Mix reef-Main tank 3x2.5x2.5ftA

TI 3ft 8tube

Hitachi compressor unit 1HP

1 x AP- 702 Deltec

1 x Coral Lab CR with Ph controller; 1X AquaMedic Kalk Reactor top off

Baby fish dosing kh/Sr&Kcl/mg

DI water thru kalkwasser

1 x Skimz Fr with BRS gfo

2 x Rio 32hF main pump

1 x Pinpt Orp monitor

1 X Pinpt Ph monitor

Aquamedic wave maker

Sump 3x1.5ft plumbed together with;

1.5ft cube live rock

Frag tank 5x1x1ft

 

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  On 9/18/2012 at 7:56 AM, gavintan87 said:
i intend to buy tunze 6105, so 3 shld be enuff for me??

Three would be fine for a tank of your size provided it's not too heavily stocked and have less rocks.

4 would be preferable if you intend to have a dense forest of SPS corals and lots of rocks.

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  On 9/18/2012 at 9:59 AM, honkit said:

Three would be fine for a tank of your size provided it's not too heavily stocked and have less rocks.

4 would be preferable if you intend to have a dense forest of SPS corals and lots of rocks.

thx bro, irwana recommend to get 1 would be enuff =_=, but i just purchased 6105 x 1 and if i intend to get mp40 then i shld get another 3 more??
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  On 9/20/2012 at 12:06 PM, gavintan87 said:

thx bro, irwana recommend to get 1 would be enuff =_=, but i just purchased 6105 x 1 and if i intend to get mp40 then i shld get another 3 more??

One is definitely insuffcient for an SPS dominated tank or even a mixed reef tank for that matter.

Strong, intermittent flow is a must for sps coral health and vitality.

I can't comment on the MP40 as I don't use it myself. You could try one tunze 6105 and 1 MP40 and observe if all your sps coral polyps are waving at least moderately.

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  On 9/20/2012 at 2:33 PM, honkit said:

One is definitely insuffcient for an SPS dominated tank or even a mixed reef tank for that matter.

Strong, intermittent flow is a must for sps coral health and vitality.

I can't comment on the MP40 as I don't use it myself. You could try one tunze 6105 and 1 MP40 and observe if all your sps coral polyps are waving at least moderately.

thx for the advice bro!!
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I running MP40 (12000l/h) + MP10 (6000l/h) + 6025 (4500l/h) + eheim 1262 return (3400l/h) on my 250L tank. I calculated using 70% efficency Turnover rate which is about 73 times. I still find at least 3 dead spots at the bottom of tank. Hunting for my 4th wavemaker now.

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