Fire fish concern

[Lorna]

The problem with automatic feeders is that they tend to overfeed. Those two small fish don't eat much. Just a dip of a wet finger almost. Overfeeding is one of the biggest things in contributing to high nitrates......
I have a couple seio 820's on my 75 and they provide a really good flow. That is the beauty of the seio's they give the flow out over a wide pattern and not a concentrated stream so most people don't think they put out that much water but they do, when you put the food in watch where it floats to....make sure it doesn't settle in one particular spot as that would be a dead spot.

 

[Joe Fish]

I have it set to feed twice a day and I have just a about 4 or 5 flakes and maybe a bloodworm or two going in each time and it puts the food in the tank over a 2 hour period. How many flakes and worms should I add if I'm adding twice a day? I have 4 poweheads now and I wonder what the best way would be to arrange them. Here is a not so good image of my setup. I think some things are settling on the right side of the tank, but thats where the shrimp made his home. He doesn't leave that area. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Maybe I should have the stronger jets where the two penguin powerheads are??

 

[Lorna]

Try pointing the two powerheads on the ends (the seio and the maxijet) toward the front center, that combined with the penguins should create a mixed up water flow.......that is what you are striving for if you don't have a wavemaker

 

[Joe Fish]

Should I have them flowing straight or angled down??

 

[fish outa wata]

I like mine angled, but not so it creates havoc on the sand bed.
my buddy bought a seio 620 and it did feel weak but it's def. because of the wide stream. I bought the 1100 and I dialed it down a little bit.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

this is my setting until i get some Seio

 

[fish outa wata]

do you have a hob kahulazzz? A hob would act the same as a rear ph right? just wondering.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

i have one too yeah

 

[zoalover34]

you could take the cover off the seio and it would feel stronger.. alot of people take the cover off of them

 

[Joe Fish]

I'll have to give that a shot. If I have them angled down too much I get a big sand dune.

 

[zoalover34]

are you using the suction cups for the seio or did you do the mod for them so you can mount them? if u need i can give u a link to show you how to mod them.. really easy!

 

[Joe Fish]

I'm using the suction cups, but I did get like 4 other methods of mounting it.

 

[Mushroomman]

You should try side mounting it if you havent allready, the option that makes it look like a canon, the bottom part with the chute thing slides right off. Thats the most effective way it seems, I have a 620 in my 55 mounted like that and it does a great job keeping water moving.

 

[fish outa wata]

the lfs here has a 2600 in the cannon setup. It's crazy! Does anyone else think that seio's come with an *** load of mounting acessories?

 

[Lorna]

What do you mean a cannon type? does anyone have a pic or a url for doing the mod as I have two 820's I would try. I bought the new magnets from Premium aquatics that you attach a magnet to the back of the seio and one magnet on the outside for mounting....those magnets are so strong they would hold up a mag drive pump I am sure

 

[Mushroomman]

Here ya go lorna, this is when my old tank was set up, the seio is in the upper middle. It always reminded me of a canon, or a hairdryer.

 

[kevin4052002]

One guy on RC said ppl asked him if his 2 SEIO 820's were cameras! LOL...He went along with it. SEIO's come with a lot of accessories, so that you can mount it EVERY way you could want it.

 

[fish outa wata]

yup mush that's the cannon.
I saw those magnets on premium aquatics I was wondering how good they were. The magnets were just so pricey.

 

[Lorna]

I bought a pair of magnets from premium aquatics and am going to try them on my 820......they are sooo strong they'd hold up a buick I am sure