Water Flow

[J-Money]

My tank is 60" X 18" X 26". I have 2 Cascade 1500 canister filters and 2 Marineland Powerhead 1140's. Are those going to be able to keep enough current going through my tank? Do I need to get another couple Powerheads?

 

[J-Money]

Oh yeah, so you don't have to look them up the filters are rated for 350gph each and the powerheads are rated at 300gph a piece. So theoretically i'll have 1300gph being pumped through my 120G system...

 

[Navarre]

YEs you have enough flow. The standard rule is 10x the volume of the tank as an absolute minimum. 120gallons=1200 gallons perhour. Personally i would try for 15x or 20x but this in not essential (just preferable).

 

[hyrookin]

I think that depends on how the rock is set-up and where the powerheads are
positioned, as far as movement and current.

as far as water turnover goes, I have 1,000 gallons turn over every hour in my 55 gal.

 

[Navarre]

Very nice

 

[Ed4567]

It depends on what you are aiming to keep, a LPS and soft coral dominated system which is relativly nutrient rich will need a very different flow rate to an sps system which is aiming to be very low in nutrients.
Ed

 

[J-Money]

Thanks for the replies guys. It's going to be a FOWLR set up with i think a dwarf zebra lion, a fuzzy dwarf lion and maybe a niger trigger. I'm researching smaller Eels but I can't seem to even find the ones i'm looking for on-sale even online. A chestnut Moray is something I'm looking into...