 Re: Part 3- Reef tank set up guide
Other than putting a 65 horsepower Evinrude on the side of the tank and starting it...you can't seem to get enough. As I stated though, what kind of tank are you creating? The front of the reef sees ALOT more current and wave crashing than the back. If you are creating a slow moving seahorse lagoon...current is on the low side. It all depends what you are trying to create.
My new tank will be a reef front, left to right in the tank. I plan on putting at least 500-800 GPH current hitting the face (left rock wall), and about 250 GPH rolling back. I am trying to simulate a wave rolling in and back. Is that overkill? Sure. Will anyone else really care what the current is like other than me? Probably not. However, that is the part of this hobby I enjoy the most. I am a freak for tiny details which noone else cares about. It just makes me happy to know all this crap is going on in the tank. Creating a tiny microcasm of life as close as I can get to the real thing is what I love. It's totally neurotic....but this hobby always seems to push you to go farther and farther. I don't know what it is....it's like crack.
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