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Were on the same page. The older I get the less I seem to see, on re-reading the thread I noticed that the OP didn't want to add any more in tank flow, so sorry if I seemed to contradict you. His total display flow is way too low for anything that needs, if anything does, that much light. Seems like 3-250w halides would take care of bussiness, IMO 4-400w halides is bit of overkill for a 5ft tank.
I love my Duncan!! She'd look great in your 200g 11+ heads and she's for sale)
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Acropora Deswalii is my favorite table coral
anacroporamademepoora
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Ora red planet
german blue polyp
20k lokani
purple monster
garf bonzi
pink lemonade
palmers blue milli
These are all very pretty acros, and there are a ton more.
I would also agree that duncans are sweet all the euphillia are pretty neat also. These would all do well in your lower light areas.
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Thanks for the flow thoughts guys.... I hope to be able to ramp up the pump on my "spraybar" setup to get adequate movement through the tank. hopefully in these pics you can see what I designed. There are actually (14) 1/4 inch outlets for water on the "pressure" return. I put 3 "jets" in each rear corner and the remainder are in the center facing all different directions. The rock work is on a PVC stand covered in foam to mimic rock so I have a huge cave under all my rock. There are 4 jets under there to keep it cleaned out. I am a swimming pool contractor so I built these like I would in a pool when I want less flow in certain areas. I decided what areas would be highest flow and fed those jets first and then the rest are in series with the last jets receiving the least flow in the bottom of the tank. I actually have no problems with bubbles getting back into the display with my current flow and hope that I don't have trouble when I up the pump sizes to increase flow. My sump is actually fairly large and I think the size helps. The refugium is 24x24x18deep, the protein skimmer area is 24x18x10 deep with a 3" wide bubble trap. the return area is in the center and measures 24x18x10 deep. The (2) drains in my tank are both 1 1/2" so I am capable of a lot more water draining than I am using currently.
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BTW... the lighting is DIY and I have 4 for redundancy in case of failures. I built them with two ballasts in one case with cooling fans so that each case runs 2 fixtures. that way throughout the day my timers will change over from one set of ballasts to the other and the theory is that with a shorter run time each day the amount of heat destruction on the components is minimized.... also allows me the option to run 4 different spectrum bulbs at different times of the day if I ever thought I needed to....lol
The days are long and the work is difficult but every night I sleep as a man who has achieved his goals.
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Given that you haven't filled the tank with rock you may get away with the flow, but don't rule out putting an mp40 in their either, especially if you go sps. By the way that aquascape would be perfect for an sps island, I like it!
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I haven't ruled out adding powerheads in the tank at all.... I just wanted to see if it could be done without them...lol I've never seen a large tank without them before so that is why I am trying it.... I have to do everything the hard way. BTW today I am going to put the 3600gph return pump on the tank and remove the mag 8 that was on the "spraybar" So I will see what happens later today...
The days are long and the work is difficult but every night I sleep as a man who has achieved his goals.
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Favorite would have to be the good ole' Frogspawn. My next choice would be anything that waves, such as torch, elegance, xenia etc.
Definitely frogspawn..... placed on the sandbed...makes a great focal point
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