Flow for 5' 150 gallon mixed reef

b2smoov · Jan 9, 2023

Hello,
Would the hydros with 2 4k gyres be too much flow for a 5' 159 gallon moved reef?

nuxx · Jan 9, 2023

Not at all IMO.

Might just need to think of coral placement for SPS to get high flow and other to get shielded a bit.

b2smoov · Jan 9, 2023

nuxx said:
Not at all IMO.

Might just need to think of coral placement for SPS to get high flow and other to get shielded a bit.

Appreciate your feedback. SPS will only be near the top. I currently have a Jebao scp-90 on a 55 (48x15x18) and I have it turned all the way down. I figure with 3x the tank volume I should be ok.

Floyd- · Jan 10, 2023

I have two reefwave 45's in my 5' long 150gallon display and its plenty of water movement. Currently only running max 60%

b2smoov · Jan 10, 2023

Floyd- said:
I have two reefwave 45's in my 5' long 150gallon display and its plenty of water movement. Currently only running max 60%

Are you running a mixed reef? Got any full tank shots. I'm still getting aquascape ideas.

Floyd- · Jan 10, 2023

b2smoov said:
Are you running a mixed reef? Got any full tank shots. I'm still getting aquascape ideas.

There is a little bit of everything in here slowly adding items. This isnt an up to date shot but its the closest I had on my phone. Its a Redsea Max S-650 tank that I got used. I have another reefwave 45 on the right instead of that little power head now.

nuxx · Jan 10, 2023

b2smoov said:
Appreciate your feedback. SPS will only be near the top. I currently have a Jebao scp-90 on a 55 (48x15x18) and I have it turned all the way down. I figure with 3x the tank volume I should be ok.

Yeah should be ok.

Placement matters as well, I had mine all turned down and kept getting sand moved. Played with it for a bit and was able to crank them all the way up and have no issues.