Do you ever just turn off your wavemaker or powerheads for a few days to mimik those super calm days in the ocean?

[Seansea]

Just wondering if anyone ever does that just to give corals a break from hurricane force waves and just have a few calm days like they would have in ocean. I snorkeling in st thomas last year and there were literally no waves . The ocean was like a bath tub. Was in hawaii a few years back and same thing. A couple days were calm as can be. Maybe our corals in our footprint of the oceans might like that.

 

[shakacuz]

i don’t think waves just stop. there is flow underwater?

 

[Dan_P]

Just wondering if anyone ever does that just to give corals a break from hurricane force waves and just have a few calm days like they would have in ocean. I snorkeling in st thomas last year and there were literally no waves . The ocean was like a bath tub. Was in hawaii a few years back and same thing. A couple days were calm as can be. Maybe our corals in our footprint of the oceans might like that.

I wonder whether the turbulence in an aquarium is that bothersome to coral.

 

[billyocean]

It's hurricane season all year/day and night in mine...survival of the fittest!

 

[Seansea]

It's hurricane season all year/day and night in mine...survival of the fittest

Thats pretty funny Hurricane in a glass box

 

[Seansea]

i don’t think waves just stop. there is flow underwater?

No there litearally isnt any somedays. Like littel trickle waves on beach and the corals arent moving at all. good indication is sea fans cuz they sway in the slightest current and ive seen them standing straight up.

 

[Reefbuds]

Interesting

 

[ReefGuard Systems]

Interesting thought. I think there is always some sort of flow in the ocean. When diving on very calm days the corals are all still 'flowing'.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Here I sit looking at my reef, my coral pegged to there skeleton, fish pushing up against the glass trying to move, sand flying all around, hmm never thought about giving them a break. Maybe I'll try it......

 

[Miami Reef]

Just wondering if anyone ever does that just to give corals a break from hurricane force waves and just have a few calm days like they would have in ocean. I snorkeling in st thomas last year and there were literally no waves . The ocean was like a bath tub. Was in hawaii a few years back and same thing. A couple days were calm as can be. Maybe our corals in our footprint of the oceans might like that.

I wouldn’t dare do that. Our tanks are not the ocean at all! We have more fish per square foot, which can deplete oxygen quickly. In addition, corals, especially SPS, need high flow to rid themselves from the toxic byproduct of photosynthesis.

I’ve heard tank crashes just because the flow died out in a power outage for a few hours. Maybe I’m wrong, but I wouldn’t do it to be safe.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Just wondering if anyone ever does that just to give corals a break from hurricane force waves and just have a few calm days like they would have in ocean. I snorkeling in st thomas last year and there were literally no waves . The ocean was like a bath tub. Was in hawaii a few years back and same thing. A couple days were calm as can be. Maybe our corals in our footprint of the oceans might like that.

mine is continuous

 

[Sean Clark]

I like the idea that not every day on the reef is a sunny day but I will let others trailblaze in this area.

 

[tautog83]

Tide? There is always tide its on a cycle . You may have witnessed slack tide which is the little time before incoming and outgoing . It depends where you are , moon cycles but i mean theres always usually some sort of current long term

 

[ZoWhat]

Lack of flow will drop pH and oxygenation in the tank and fish will suffocate

 

[FlyinAg]

Wind isn't the only mover of water. Currents and tides get a vote. We still drift on a dead nuts calm day when fishing in the gulf, and often the current is moving in a different direction than the wind is blowing.

 

[thrillreefer]

Not turn it off, return always going, minus water changes. But I’ll switch up the type or intensity sometimes for fun.

There’s always tidal motion in the sea, even with no wind waves.

 

[Sean Clark]

Wind isn't the only mover of water. Currents and tides get a vote. We still drift on a dead nuts calm day when fishing in the gulf, and often the current is moving in a different direction than the wind is blowing.

Did you just say that the moon is a hologram?

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

Did you just say that the moon is a hologram?

Are you suggesting we aren't on a flat disk in a geocentric universe?

 

[Tired]

I don't know that the corals /like/ those calm days, is the thing. Just because something happens in nature doesn't mean the nature benefits.

(Maybe they do like it, I don't know, but it's not a given that they do.)

 

[areefer01]

Just wondering if anyone ever does that just to give corals a break from hurricane force waves and just have a few calm days like they would have in ocean. I snorkeling in st thomas last year and there were literally no waves . The ocean was like a bath tub. Was in hawaii a few years back and same thing. A couple days were calm as can be. Maybe our corals in our footprint of the oceans might like that.

No. Check out the video below during the daylight hours and see if it stops But on a more serious note I do turn down my flow during lights off. I will also throw the flow into chaos / nutrient export for a bit as well.

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