Agreed, You have a reef tank (FOLER) that just happens to have FW plants. Simply swap the heaters for chillers, skimmer for canister and you would be set for anything you could want
Thank you VERY much for the pictures.
The last time that particular spreadsheet was linked here (
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu.../featurejp.htm) you were not as excited if I remember correctly.
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Originally Posted by scolley
Raul-7 - I actually had to get a LOT of help from Reefers to do this! I spend a bunch of time over on ReefCentral. I learned a lot too. For starters, I learned the everyone's whining and moaning over 90 degree angles in plumbing is a bunch of whooey. 90 degree angles in PVC have an impact. But it's a small impact, and is one that I learned is easily calculated. So before I even had the system built, I knew what the flow rate was going to be, depending on which pump I bought.
There's a great spreadsheet out there that calculates it all for you - depending on the size of your pipe, number of unions, number of 90 degree elbow, etc. I had to modify it a bit though. It's setup for saltwater (go figure!), and the drag coefficients for fresh water are a bit different.
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