With flow being an important aspect of our reef tanks, it got me thinking, "how does everyone achieve good flow"? So my question for everyone is how are you achieving good flow in your tanks? Curious to see what everyone says!
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I have a 5 ft WB peninsula. I have two mps. One on each side of the overflow. Both 80% I alternate constant and reef crest every two hours anti sync. So when ones doing constant, the other is reef crest and etc. it works well. I have two new xf350 gyres. One on the overflow box not on, and one on the end. The end one is at 80% sps preset mode. I’m really don’t need the gyres yet, but it helps. The gyre on the overflow sucks because when it is on, it pulls so much water from around the weir that it lowers the amount of water in the overflow boxI've been messing around with my flow for a while now. It's been a real struggle for me due to having a ton of SPS and it being a peninsula tank. I finally decided to remove most of my LPS relocate all my remaining LPS in the few places with low flow and crank it as high as I can.
I found that constant flow on my Mp40s mounted on the sides and gyre mounted on the weir box works best with the gyre in reverse mode periodically to remove detritus.
I wonder if other folks with peninsula tanks give up and do something similar? I don't see how any random flow options help with a peninsula. Feels like I am missing something. Or is it universally understood that peninsula flow is a pain in the rear end?
Any pics? Sounds like my old 120 with 6 powerheads.Tank is 150 Gallon 60X24 X24 SPS dominate with Gonies.
I run 2 MP40s one on each side of the tank up higher with a custom flow using Reefcrest Random 100%, Tidal swell 80% , Nutrient export 100%, Gyer 100% Reef Crest 60%
On the Back wall I run 2 Maxspect 330 Gyers Random 100% .
2 MP 10s down low opposite each other on the sides to flush the back side with custom setting similar to the mp40s
I am thinking of replacing the Maxspect Geyers on te back with the new AI Orbits so I can control easier with Mobius or even add a WXM for more control.
I have a 5 ft WB peninsula. I have two mps. One on each side of the overflow. Both 80% I alternate constant and reef crest every two hours anti sync. So when ones doing constant, the other is reef crest and etc. it works well. I have two new xf350 gyres. One on the overflow box not on, and one on the end. The end one is at 80% sps preset mode. I’m really don’t need the gyres yet, but it helps. The gyre on the overflow sucks because when it is on, it pulls so much water from around the weir that it lowers the amount of water in the overflow box
I thought about maybe putting one up high on the overflow and one middle and shooting water out. Both horizontal.Thanks for posting this, I was playing around with a similar setup too, where my left side MP40 was constant and the right side was reef crest. I like the idea of alternating, will give that a shot.
Yeah, I know what you mean with the gyre on the overflow box causing water level issues. As long as I keep the random flow out of the MP40s at a minimum and keep the Orbit constant, the level remains relatively stable. Otherwise, it gets extremely noisy.
Trying to avoid putting a gyre on the viewing side, but seems inevitable at some point.