A few more changes in the plan & now I’m just waiting for the supplies to arrive to finish
The Quiet One 3000 @ 780gph was pushing to much water & the little sump couldn’t handle it.
So a Quiet One 2200 @ 581gph is the current pump in use, its also throttled back some.
Now I guess that it’s pumping right around 350-400gph.
The Maxijets 1200's that will run under the sand bed actually churn the water on the surface, so that plan worked.
One of the new plans are to add a Hydor FLO Rotating Deflector to the stock pump that is on the top of the tank
Plan two is to add two more Maxijets 1200’s about mid level on each side.
Now with the pumps they are all still completely hidden behind the back panel area
With the Chauvet timer testing, each of the Maxijets 1200’s should run approximately 50 seconds, then it will cycle to the next pump.
Having the 4 Maxijets on the timer, along with the stock pump running constantly should create some nice water movement.
The original lighting plan was to use pc's, 2-40watt 10K/460actinic & 1-40 watt 6700K/10K. Now on top of those I’ve got enough room to squeeze 1-32watt pc in the front of the tank, its going to be slightly overdriven.
That light will probably be the stock dual actinic that came with the tank. I’ll just make an acrylic lens & reflector for it.
Lighting totals = approximatly 160watts
Water flow estimate = 900-1000gph
If I decide on only 2 of the Maxijets on the timer I’ll have approximately 1500-1600gph of total water flow.
Pictures coming soon