water flow??

[skienlzer]

How do you tell how much water flow you have? I have a 90 gl tank, how much should I have? And what are the best tests to buy? I have strips and I have the dropper kind that you look at the colors, are these good?

 

[seasalt101]

salifert for the test and 10x turnover rate for fowlr 20-30 turnover rate for a reef tank

 

[skienlzer]

Whats a turnover rate, the filter says it pumps 1000 gph..is that good?

 

[seasalt101]

that's 11x turnover that is ok, but i think the more the better, and if you are going to add corals you will definetly need more, do you have any dead spots?...tobin

 

[skienlzer]

I have on the other side of the tank a small 50 gallon? I think? cascade filter. our pumps sits on the side- top of the tank. We pointed the nozzel towards the bottom as much as we could. And the other just pushes water down. Also I have been told many diff things. how many times should i feed the fish, 5 damsels, 2 tangspurple antheis, 3 clown fish. And what should i feed them, i have been brine shrimp I give the tanks seaweed every 3 days. And we put in live phytoplankton for the corals? But having prooblem with algee so every other day??

 

[seasalt101]

turnover rate is gallons per hour circulating divided by gallons in tank so if you have a tank that is 100 gal. and a powerhead that delivers 1000 gal. per hour that equals 10x turnover rate...tobin

 

[ncoastconstceo]

How long has your tank been set up for?

 

[skienlzer]

3 1/2 months it is anew one , we transfered everything from a 46 gallon.

 

[machknit]

Do you take the displacement of water caused by the rock in these calculations?

 

[seasalt101]

when i posted the figures i did not take that into consideration because 1st i do not know how to figure that info 2nd without adding the lr into the equasion it is actually more flow anyways which is good...tobin