new 75g saltwater

First topic message reminder :

I downgraded to a smaller tank to get more room in my bedroom. So here it is.


It will look better once i redo my old lights of of my 120 and redo the canopy that goes to this tank.

what is the scwd exactly??
whats it look like and were does it go?? do you have a pic of 1??
also flow accelarator???
ive seen a cpl of em but dont know were they go??
inside the piping?

The ever goes between your return pump your return lines. The flow accelerator is almost a restricter it has a smaller hole then your return line to make the water spray out instead of flowing out. It also has a ring the water sprays through witch allows it to pull water in the tank with it so it cane move more water in the tank. I'll post some pics of them tonight when I get home. ( flow accelerator is part of the line lock)

are you talking bout a flare nozzle?

Nope. But it goes in the same place as the flare nozzle.

wow okay maybe i should stay out of this one bc im to pooped to understand wat is being said

The scwd (wave maker) i have looks like this.


Your return pump connects to the bottom and the 2 return lines connect to the right and left sides. As the water flows through it switches back and forth between the two sides causing a wave motion in the tank.

The flow accelerators i have look like this one. I have 1 on each side of my tank pointing toward the center of the front of the tank. I get a real nice cross flow when i am not low on water. lol



I got both of these from fosterandsmithaquatics.com.

flow accelerator:
http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=19714
scwd:
http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=10668

ohh ok lol
yea i have the FaS magazine!!!! i just didnt know what they were called!!!
that flow accelarator is Expensive!!! lol

so does that wave maker actually do its job?
and does it go directly on the pump?

You use a piece of tubing to connect it to the pump. The more flow you have the faster it changes sides. For q cheap wave maker it does really good. I had it on my 6ft 120 and it would send water across the entire tank. Yeah the flow accelerators were expencive but worth the money.

ok i read up on it like crazy!! lol
now im really inteested in one. im thinking bout getting 1 but do you think it would work pretty ok in a closed loop system?
iv read a cpl ppls comment saying theyve used in on their closed loop systems but i doubt theyre like the 1 im working on for my 100g with 7 outlets?..........
you think it would workd?

I wouldn't. I would run 2 returns with 2 r 3 lr the flow accelerators on each side pointing in different directions to get good movement throughout the tank. That would give u a good cross flow.

Hmm well the return manifold im working on has 7 outletts were as the original in that link i gave has 9!
i want to try and get a SCWD just to see if it will work...



any ways hows your tank comming along? lol

It might work, I don't know how well it might work bit its worth a shot to try. I just wouldn't do it. I would suggest running two lines up to the ring instead of one.

Hmm im starting to think bout it.............
what size scwd do you have? 3/4" or 1"

Don't remember, I want to say the 3/4. I'll check when I get home.

lol koo
you plan on getting rid of it soon?? hahaha

so whatever happened to your 120g? you still have it?

I sold it. I didnt have the room for it in my current house. It wasn't a reef ready tank either. I will start a new large ta.k later, when I have a place to put it.

nice!!!
how soon you planning on making this reef happen?

Idk I might wait till I buy a bigger house.

LOL nice so whens that ??hehehe

Idk that either. Lol