I have the 14 gallon Biocube. Will be using aragonite sand. I have the stock pump that came with the cube. And also a power sweep 125gph rotating powerhead off ebay. Is this goin to be enough for water flow. I am setting up my cube to be a coral tank. Maybe I can get a stronger return pump. Dont the water flow need to be irradict? Should water flow be flowing against each other? Do I need a 125gph return pump to replace the stock water pump? I will use about 12 pounds of LR and have it setup in the U postion. Ive done alot of research on this topic. Everyone has different opinions. Any expert advice or biocube owners?
Saltwater waterflow?
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Hi, also does the water level need any turbulence or can it sit still? I just heard the sand needs to have just enough flow over the top of it without being blowin around the tank. Enough current for the mucous on the corals to be washed away. Im probably making to big of a deal about this subject, bit ive heard corals are picky to their environment and I dont want anything to die....yet. So far I am just buying everything I need to start. Any commens?
the water flow flowing aginst eachother is good. it will create weird water flow. corals love it. i would move the surface water around a bit because this will help with co2 releace and prevent your pH from lowering. i have never owned a biocube so i dont know if there is such a thing as to much flow for a smaller tank, but when you get into larger tanks, as much flow as you can get is a good thing.
Ya thats the main thing I was concerned with. Large tanks compaired to small tanks water flow. Or how many times your water turns over per hour. More is better. I have a 200gph powerhead and the stock 70gph return pump. I gonna replace the stock pump that came with tank with a rio600. It is a 200gph pump. I dont know yet, ill have to set it all up and see how turbulent that would be.
Depends on what you wanna have in ya tank but generally 10-20x the capacity of water in ya system is what ya pumps should do an hour. Soft corals generally like it slower, stony corals need it fast and with alot of turbulence.