I am building piece by piece a 75 gallon mixed reef tank. Ive got the lights, sump, stand and tank now, but i've got a few questions on flow.
I am looking at mostly doing a tank based heavily on softies/gorgonians and various montis, beginner sps corals and someday some tabling acros. I am not as crazy about lps corals however I am sure some will make their way into my tank. As for fish it will be aggressive with a dwarf lion and a Canthigaster leoparda puffer, both of whom are weaker swimmers. The other inhabitants will be primarily wrasses.
I am looking at putting an 800 gph return pump with the random flow attachment into the sump and have looked into getting a gyre 4000 for the far side of the tank as this will be a peninsula tank. Up to this point I had figured that id probably have to get another pump to cover the dead spots however after a bit more research into the gyres it seems as though they might be a bit too aggressive to put into a new tank and that they do better in a mature tank that is able to break up the flow.
Ive got a budget of around 300 max, less is something i wouldnt mind. Would you recommend sticking with an icecap gyre or perhaps you might have another recommendation, even a combination of two cheaper pumps even if I have to have them on a manual timer to help randomize flow.
I am looking at mostly doing a tank based heavily on softies/gorgonians and various montis, beginner sps corals and someday some tabling acros. I am not as crazy about lps corals however I am sure some will make their way into my tank. As for fish it will be aggressive with a dwarf lion and a Canthigaster leoparda puffer, both of whom are weaker swimmers. The other inhabitants will be primarily wrasses.
I am looking at putting an 800 gph return pump with the random flow attachment into the sump and have looked into getting a gyre 4000 for the far side of the tank as this will be a peninsula tank. Up to this point I had figured that id probably have to get another pump to cover the dead spots however after a bit more research into the gyres it seems as though they might be a bit too aggressive to put into a new tank and that they do better in a mature tank that is able to break up the flow.
Ive got a budget of around 300 max, less is something i wouldnt mind. Would you recommend sticking with an icecap gyre or perhaps you might have another recommendation, even a combination of two cheaper pumps even if I have to have them on a manual timer to help randomize flow.