my brother just bought a 110 gal tank and i was wondering how many pounds of live rick he should put in there. also how many gph pump should he get for his sump?
the liverock depends on what your putting in the tank..i would have around at least 100 lbs. of rock for a reef but with a fish only system you could have any where from 50 lbs and up
how big is the sump? I agree with Jav36 on the live rock figures........as far as pump return goes i would have a pump that can return 1/3 more than the sump takes i.e. if you are putting 100 gallons per hour in the sump [which is low but for easy math it works] you would need a pump capable of 130 GPH - - -i would recomend 3 times the tanks capacity per hour at least .....so thats 330 gph into the sump so at 400gph pump would be fine ....maybe even a couple 250 gph pumps ...that way in the dreadful event of a pump failure you still have one left to carry ........but thats me
Also is this a drilled tank or are you useing an overflow box? - - snowboss
If you have a 20-25 gallon sump, you'll lookin' at a 600-700 g/hr easy.Mag7 or 9 will does it, up to 4-5 feet.great long lasting and very dependable pumps. 100 lbs of live rock would be enough if you'd like to have more caves and holes, open spaces. 160-170 lbbs you could build a beautiful full wall, with a few caves. As jav36 said, depends what would you like to put in it. Corals, fish only?
sorry - -was stateing minimum requirements for pumps - -DH is correct, always go bigger than recomended... for example....the 65 gallon im getting ready to set up has a 20 gallon sump with a magdrive 950 return pump in it....Boss
