Mp10 placement in shallow tank

varified · Apr 4, 2021

Hello Everyone!

I'm in the process of adding equipment for my shallow reef tank and I was just wondering where I should place my 2 mp10's.

The tank dimensions are 3 x 2 x 1 (length x width x height). Originally I was intending to have one on each side of the glass on reef crest, but I have been seeing more and more people leaving their mp10's on the back to keep it hidden.

I plan to keep SPS on the right aquascape and nem's on the left side. As for return pump, I am running a Vectra M1 on constant mode as I've got a manifold so flow from coming up to the DT from that is very low.

What are your thoughts?

PBar · Apr 5, 2021

Hello,
I would try first to put them in the back of the tank. As you said, mostly to hide it.

Looking into your tank, I would only attention only to the location vs rocks... to avoid blocking completely the flow.

It will be a bit a try and error in the beginning.

I have a similar tank (but much longer). I place them closer to the bottom.

By the way, I like a lot. Congrats!

Good luck!

tim_rn · Oct 1, 2021

What did ypu decide on and howbdid it go? Been trying to solve the flow puzzle on shallow reef for years. Just bought 2x mp10 to put on the back wall as well.

Kind of extra noisy that close to the wall, isnt it?

varified · Oct 1, 2021

tim_rn said:
What did ypu decide on and howbdid it go? Been trying to solve the flow puzzle on shallow reef for years. Just bought 2x mp10 to put on the back wall as well.

Kind of extra noisy that close to the wall, isnt it?

I ended up putting one on each side of the tank (instead of the back wall) it made more sense to me that way since it seemed like more flow was getting distributed across the tank.