60G CUBE - FLOW - 2x MP-10 or 1x MP-40

[louisxyz]

Originally Posted by cale262

I have a 24" cube and I was running 2 MP40's in it....it worked well but I was running them at a very low setting...


I think two MP10's would work much better than one MP40...

Thanks, If Money was no Object, I would go right away for two MP40 ... Maybe I could start with one MP40 and buy another one in a year.... Unless everyone think 2 X MP10 is definitely enough for good SPS maintenance in this size aquarium... (2 MP-10 in a 60 will give me 52X which is normally enough)...

God , not easy... Anyone with 2 MP10 on similar size aquarium? How do you like the flow?

[cale262]

Right now I am running it with one MP10 and one Tunze PH...I was going to run 2 MP10's but am thinking about shuting it down and and replacing it with a new custom built 24"cube with built in pockets for two MP10's.

The two MP40's in the 24 were just too much IMHO...

I have a 36" cube and the pockets with 2 MP40's (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72684]Build Thread[/url])and I still don't need to run them anywhere near full throttle (running at max 70% w/APEX)...

[louisxyz]

Finally, After more reading this week-end, I came up with this solution. I will start with 1 MP-40, and add a MP10 later on for any dead spot and more random flow.

I came to this decision because I was not sure about having enough flow with 2 MP-10. In all my reading, only people with mixed reef said it was enough for this size tank, but did'nt see anyone with SPS only and with a similar setup.So I decide to go a little bit bigger cause I think when in doubt, better to go bigger than smaller .