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flow rate in 2.5g


aqua_aaron

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what kind of flow rates do people have in their 2.5g. i'll be looking at raising soft and hard corals and am not sure how much water flow i should have

thanks,

aqua_aaron

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As posted elsewhere: I have flow from a rio 50 (80gph) and a MJ 400 (about 100gph- I probably have some loss since its run on a CL) so I theoretically have 180gph on my 2.5g pico. I have some SPS and mostly softies.

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Fishfreak218

Hard corals as in SPS??? or LPS??? anyway in mine i use just the Aquaclear 20 IMO it is enough flow for the tank... i have:

Mushrooms

Rics

Green Bubble Coral

Macroalgea

Green Frogspawn (partially bleached b.c. an Alk. problem from my main tank)

3 Feather Dusters

2 Blue Leg Hermits

1 Anemone Shrimp

 

hth

-FF218

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I beleive(I'm at work) the return pump on my true custom 2.5g is a MAG drive 1.9 190gph pump, actual flow is probably around 100-130gph. This is through a manifold/spray-bar type setup though, so the flow is broken up into multiple outlets vs one big overly-powerful stream.

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