120 saltwater filtration

Bret11 · Jan 2, 2020

I’m planning on getting a 120 gallon saltwater tank, the tank is 60x18x26 I will have 2 overflows and I’m planning on running an eshopps wd-150cs, would a triton 4 pump work good with that it is rated at 1050 gph? I am also planning on using a reef octopus 152s, would this work ok or does anyone have any better suggestions?

Bret11 · Jan 2, 2020

Bret11 said:
I’m planning on getting a 120 gallon saltwater tank, the tank is 60x18x26 I will have 2 overflows and I’m planning on running an eshopps wd-150cs, would a triton 4 pump work good with that it is rated at 1050 gph? I am also planning on using a reef octopus 152s, would this work ok or does anyone have any better suggestions?

Or would I be better off running a return pump with 1300gph

epond83 · Jan 5, 2020

What are you stocking the tank with? Fish only? Will corals be added?
The types of filtration used for SW vary depending on what you want to keep in the tank.

Bret11 · Jan 9, 2020

epond83 said:
What are you stocking the tank with? Fish only? Will corals be added?
The types of filtration used for SW vary depending on what you want to keep in the tank.

Fish only with live rock, most likely will be stocked more heavily.

epond83 · Jan 12, 2020

Are you planning on running a protein skimmer? The idea is they pull out a lot of organic mater before the bio media breaks it down into nitrates. This allows for less frequent water changes.
Over all though a FOWLR tank can have higher nitrates making filtration and water changes less of an issue.

Bret11 · Jan 12, 2020

epond83 said:
Are you planning on running a protein skimmer? The idea is they pull out a lot of organic mater before the bio media breaks it down into nitrates. This allows for less frequent water changes.
Over all though a FOWLR tank can have higher nitrates making filtration and water changes less of an issue.

Yes I am planning on having a protein slimmer