Hello,
I have an 8 gal shallow cube (14x14x10) that was inspired by the mangrove forests of raja ampat so it is a softy/macro/mangrove/maybe sponge tank. I am planning to switch out my power filter and do more of a refugium set up. Since i live in a dorm I'm limited by space and height. I plan to have a 5 gallon tank as the refugium and do an intake and return where a pump will take the water into the refugium, and another pump will take it back into the dt. The one thing I'm trying to play around with are spray bars since I wanted bars for both intake and outtake in the hopes reaching a better area for filtration and flow. What would the gph need to be to create good flow for a softy tank? I was going to use a marineland maxi-jet pro: Aquarium Water Pumps & Water Movement: Marineland Maxi-Jet PRO
and depending on the type it would have around 500 to 750 gph and 3.0-3.5ft head. Would that be enough to provide the flow from the spray bar? Would I need to drill many holes or just a few? Possibly how big would the holes need to be?
The intake bar would have a strainer at the end while the outtake bar would be capped so that all the flow would have to go through the holes.
I'd like to believe that since it is a nano this setup could be achieved easier but I'm not sure...
I have an 8 gal shallow cube (14x14x10) that was inspired by the mangrove forests of raja ampat so it is a softy/macro/mangrove/maybe sponge tank. I am planning to switch out my power filter and do more of a refugium set up. Since i live in a dorm I'm limited by space and height. I plan to have a 5 gallon tank as the refugium and do an intake and return where a pump will take the water into the refugium, and another pump will take it back into the dt. The one thing I'm trying to play around with are spray bars since I wanted bars for both intake and outtake in the hopes reaching a better area for filtration and flow. What would the gph need to be to create good flow for a softy tank? I was going to use a marineland maxi-jet pro: Aquarium Water Pumps & Water Movement: Marineland Maxi-Jet PRO
and depending on the type it would have around 500 to 750 gph and 3.0-3.5ft head. Would that be enough to provide the flow from the spray bar? Would I need to drill many holes or just a few? Possibly how big would the holes need to be?
The intake bar would have a strainer at the end while the outtake bar would be capped so that all the flow would have to go through the holes.
I'd like to believe that since it is a nano this setup could be achieved easier but I'm not sure...