Order of importance

[MysticBlue]

Hey guys so I have a difficult decision to make. I have enough money for one of three things. A protein skimmer, a return pump and overflow cover, or miracle mud and fertilizer and a light for my mangrove tank. So I need to figure out what my most important thing to get on my list and go ahead and get it. Thank you for your help.

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

Hey guys so I have a difficult decision to make. I have enough money for one of three things. A protein skimmer, a return pump and overflow cover, or miracle mud and fertilizer and a light for my mangrove tank. So I need to figure out what my most important thing to get on my list and go ahead and get it. Thank you for your help.

Do you currently have a return pump (RP) or is it a back up you would be purchasing? if you do not have one I would put that first, if your tanks nitrates are okay I would say mangrove setup second assuming you do not have a RP. If they are okay then do the skimmer

 

[dstockwell]

I don’t see how you can run a tank without a return pump. Are you trying to upgrade or is this a new build.

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

I don’t see how you can run a tank without a return pump. Are you trying to upgrade or is this a new build.

thats kind of what I was thinking

 

[MysticBlue]

Do you currently have a return pump (RP) or is it a back up you would be purchasing? if you do not have one I would put that first, if your tanks nitrates are okay I would say mangrove setup second assuming you do not have a RP. If they are okay then do the skimmer

I don’t see how you can run a tank without a return pump. Are you trying to upgrade or is this a new build.

My tank is currently running with a return pump. The problem is the one I own is to slow to keep up with two intake pipes so I need a stronger one to run both pipes currently im running one pipe but I would like to run both. My nitrates are at .15 so there high.

 

[dstockwell]

.15 Nitrates are not high, unless you have some really sensitive coral. If you get a DC pump then you can adjust how much flow you need

 

[doubleshot00]

You can get a Jebao dcp cheap.

A protein skimmer is nice if you have a large bioload but can help with raising the PH.

 

[MysticBlue]

.15 Nitrates are not high, unless you have some really sensitive coral. If you get a DC pump then you can adjust how much flow you need

That’s just it I have a dc but it only goes up to 800 gph so I need one that goes up to 2,000 gph

 

[dstockwell]

What is your overflow rated at, my dc pump is rated way above my overflow capacity

 

[MysticBlue]

What is your overflow rated at, my dc pump is rated way above my overflow capacity

All combined it’s running like 2,234 or something like that it’s diy and I put a flow meter on it to see how fast it was going.

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

My tank is currently running with a return pump. The problem is the one I own is to slow to keep up with two intake pipes so I need a stronger one to run both pipes currently im running one pipe but I would like to run both. My nitrates are at .15 so there high.

i would go with pump, .15 nitrates is low unless you mean 15 ppm which is still quite low