Light or Flow?

[Tempset]

So my wife & I decided to attend "Financial Peace University" (a class by Dave Ramsey).

We graduated the class about 2 weeks ago.

So we are saving money smarter, spending money smarter & giving away money smarter.

According to Dave, we are supposed to have a "blow money" category in the budget.

Well I've managed to save a little bit of money towards my reef.

So the question is;

Do I spend my blow money on FLOW or on more light?

Currently my main display is lacking in both departments. I have a 36" wide tank & my 19" LED pendant isn't adequately lighting the entire tank.

OR, since I need more flow (cuz it's only my return flow right now) but only own suction cup based power heads(which I do not trust), should I upgrade to a vortech or jebao power head(which both use magnets).

So essentially, flow or light?





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[jcnkt_ellis]

Personally, I would go with light. I have a 8 gallon Aquaeon Evolve and am only running the stock return pump for flow and have no problem keeping a SPS only reef. Likewise, on my 150 tall, when I had it setup as saltwater, I only ran a tunze wavebox and a return pump. From my own experiences, I feel flow is emphasized a little too much.

[350gt]

Light!....

And if your budget is that tight, a mp40 or 10 is more of a luxury.....you can get by with other more affordable powerheads....

[Tempset]

We've decided to order some strong magnetics from k & j magnetics. With some epoxy, those magnets & a little brain power - we can construct an ugly vortech!

So it looks like I'll be going with the light option.


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[350gt]

Will not be anything like a vortech but with a wavemaker and the right amount of powerheads you can get enough flow so stuff doesn't settle...

[aquasport24]

MJ 1200 with the superflow kit will work pretty good and they are not expensive either.

[aquasport24]

I thought Ramsey spending money like crazy on fish tank too....or we talking about a different Ramsey here? Lol

[ramsey]

I thought Ramsey spending money like crazy on fish tank too....or we talking about a different Ramsey here? Lol

LOL

Financial peace step #1 - Do not have a reef tank

[Zack]

Lol I blowing way too much money on this 8 gallon I'm setting up.

[rrasco]

I thought Ramsey spending money like crazy on fish tank too....or we talking about a different Ramsey here? Lol

Dave Ramsey != MAAST Ramsey