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I am planning on building a 450+ gallon tank in a wall in my basement. It will be a 72"x60"x30" tank and I am guessing it will be around 450g. This tank is my inspiration:
Details on that tank can be found here:
http://www.oregonreef.com
What I am trying to figure out right now is how to get flow in the tank(not counting the sump/return flow). If possible I would like to avoid drilling a lot of holes, especially in the bottom of the tank because that makes me nervous. My initial thought is to use a couple gyre XF280s on the back along with 3x 1.5" Sea Swirls with some eductors powered by ReeFlo Super Darts.
So I fired up Sketchup and mocked up this stuff:
My math looks like this:
12000 GPH from 2x gyre XF280s
51600 GPH from 3x ReeFlo Super Darts with eductors(boosts 4x?)
I have read a little about eductors and according to this pages it will flow 4-5 gallons per gallon pumped:
http://www.aquaticponds.com/Eductor...uoS-Ld6v6H5-TxVss1QvwB4aLUmvKQ0lwIaApUy8P8HAQ
So first off, is my math correct? If so I think that is plenty of flow. Second is this what you would do? Third, how noticeable do you think the Sea Swirls would be?
This will be in a wall and a bezel will cover up a portion of the aquarium, I am hoping that will allow me to hide the Sea Swirls, this is what I think it will look like:
Details on that tank can be found here:
http://www.oregonreef.com
What I am trying to figure out right now is how to get flow in the tank(not counting the sump/return flow). If possible I would like to avoid drilling a lot of holes, especially in the bottom of the tank because that makes me nervous. My initial thought is to use a couple gyre XF280s on the back along with 3x 1.5" Sea Swirls with some eductors powered by ReeFlo Super Darts.
So I fired up Sketchup and mocked up this stuff:
My math looks like this:
12000 GPH from 2x gyre XF280s
51600 GPH from 3x ReeFlo Super Darts with eductors(boosts 4x?)
I have read a little about eductors and according to this pages it will flow 4-5 gallons per gallon pumped:
http://www.aquaticponds.com/Eductor...uoS-Ld6v6H5-TxVss1QvwB4aLUmvKQ0lwIaApUy8P8HAQ
So first off, is my math correct? If so I think that is plenty of flow. Second is this what you would do? Third, how noticeable do you think the Sea Swirls would be?
This will be in a wall and a bezel will cover up a portion of the aquarium, I am hoping that will allow me to hide the Sea Swirls, this is what I think it will look like: