Christmas Koralias! Which ones for 120g?

[kmcmurtry]

I'm switching out my 3 maxi-jet 1200's for some Koralias - and before you say why not MP-somethings or vortech, the Koralias are in my current price range as my xmas present. I have a couple nems, lots of zoas and some lps like hammers and frogspawn - there are a couple little pieces of sps but mainly softies and nems are what I'm into. Fish load - scooter blenny, maroon clowns, foxface, filefish, 3 chromis, coral beauty. Right now, there are some dead spots like big caves which I can't aim the 1200's into or I'll have a sandstorm (mostly fine oolite with some crushed coral mixed in).

1) How many and 2) what power Koralias would you recommend (I'm thinking either 1150's or 1500's)? I won't be running a wave maker, and this is a sump-less system, so I know I need to figure gph based solely on the powerheads (although I do run an Octopus BH2000 which exchanges a bit of water too). Fosters is running a deal where the 1150's are 39.99 and 1500's are 49.99.

Thanks for any input in advance!

 

[sethsolomon]

In my opinion go with 1 or maybe 2 wp-25 it is in your price range and is the best bang for your buck at the current moment.

70 bucks each 1 is perfect for a mixed 120g reef. 2 would be for a heavy sps tank. I have 2 currently on my 120g.

http://www.fish-street.com/jebao_wp-25_8000l_wave_maker?category_id=35 or 1 of http://www.fish-street.com/jebao_wp-40_13000l_wave_maker?category_id=35 but 2 wp-25s would be better.


For the note of Koralias you would need either 4 1150's or 2 1150's and a 1500 to get a good flow rate for a reef.

 

[Off The Deep End]

+1 the wp25's are awesome and your corals will love the flow and you will like the look of your tank swaying back and forth I like to think of it as coral dancing

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[ReefCheif]

Id go WP25, but i wouldnt use 2 of them unless you want water all over your floor.

 

[xsocali]

Check with Bush from Coralxpression ...he sells the wp.

 

[Andrew_bram]

Christmas Koralias! Which ones for 120g?

Wp's are amazing pumps. I would run 3 for ultimate random flow one one each side and one on back. Set one on the side to 50% power on wave function. For what it's worth I am a flow junkie.

 

[SkyDiv3r17]

In my 75 I had an 1150 in the back of my rock work and it through sand around (not fine sugar sand) like mad. So I added a 750 instead. I think a 1500 would make a whirlpool in your tank unless you have another one pointed right at it. I used to have the 1150 as my main powerhead but I swapped that for the wp25 that everyone is talking about and I will never go back! Get something that makes currents/waves!

 

[fishguy69]

We sell the wp-40s and wp-25s at the store. If you are close let me know if I can make you a deal.

V
GWA

 

[Off The Deep End]

Vince will you pm me a price on the wp25's.

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[mathewkofalk]

My advice would be to try and find youtube videos of people running the pumps you are thinking about and then you see what they can do for flow

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