I regularly see people post about setting their wave makers to lower flow at night.
I was thinking for certain corals wouldn’t it make sense for higher flow at night because the polyps are retracted and won’t be bothered as much by the higher flow. Then with the higher flow it will suspend more detritus to be pulled down the overflow and through the mechanical filtration.
I have mostly acans, favia, chalice, gonipora and blastos. My acans and blastos stay pretty fluffy so they can’t handle high flow but enjoy moderate. At night they retract so the higher flow wouldn’t bother them as much.
The goniopora can handle flow easily and the favia/chalice I keep aren’t the kind with long sweepers that would be disturbed.
It was just a thought and am I will change my mp10 to a bit more flow after lights out and see how it goes.
I was thinking for certain corals wouldn’t it make sense for higher flow at night because the polyps are retracted and won’t be bothered as much by the higher flow. Then with the higher flow it will suspend more detritus to be pulled down the overflow and through the mechanical filtration.
I have mostly acans, favia, chalice, gonipora and blastos. My acans and blastos stay pretty fluffy so they can’t handle high flow but enjoy moderate. At night they retract so the higher flow wouldn’t bother them as much.
The goniopora can handle flow easily and the favia/chalice I keep aren’t the kind with long sweepers that would be disturbed.
It was just a thought and am I will change my mp10 to a bit more flow after lights out and see how it goes.