SPS questions

they got sucked in my aqua clear powerhead.

 

i got my first hard coral today. I got a brown acro i think that is about 4-5 in. tall for $20. which isn't bad i thought. It's looking good so far. You guys said earlier in this thread that i could have brown types of sps in my tank w/ my lighting.

 

also i have a fluval canister filter w/ output of about 200 gph and a return pump for my fuge of 652 gph. do i really need any more pumps or powerheads for water movement. or is mine enought w/ just those.

 

Is the return pump's outlet to the tank split or tee'd off to more than one return?
i would say you are ok at the moment with flow but more wouldn't be a bad thing either.

The acro will probably be ok for now at the top of your tank.

 

no it's not tee'd off

 

If you have 700 gallons coming out of one outlet i might tee it off to two outlets and spread out the water flow. Just my opinion though

 

i don't know how it's connected to vinyl tubing and then PVC elbows into my aqarium.

 

is that bad to have. my return lines are both going vertical should i add a powerhead to go horizontal to maybe create surges.

 

here is the pic of my first brown acro. the pic sucks because my camera sucks. but you can kind of see it good.

 

i'll try an get a better pic tomarrow.