New tank flow advice

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Is there someplace I can post a detailed schedule for my 2 reef wave 45s in my Red Sea 1000 to get advice as to whether the schedule in reef beet makes sense?
 
I have a 250 gallon tank with 2 reef waves 45 mounted horizontally on the the two sides facing each other. They are mounted 2 inches below the surface.The front impellers of both are angled straight across, and the back impellers are both angled slightly down. I used AI to generate this complex schedule for the reef beet app to follow.
I am hoping someone with good understanding of the different wave types available and their settings would be willing to look at this schedule and tell me what they think. The schedule has 9 intervals, and is as follows…


🕓 00:00–06:00
• Mode: Random
• Purpose: Overnight detritus suspension and backflow
• Lighting - lights off
• Alternate: FWD: 30 min @ 20%, REV: 30 min @ 30%

🕓 06:00–08:00
• Mode: Step
• Purpose: Wake-up pulses during light ramp
• Lighting: Ramp-up
• Pulse: 25s
• Alternate: FWD: 30 min @ 20%, REV: 30 min @ 30%
• Steps: 3

🕓 08:00–09:00
• Mode: Uniform (Anti-sync)
• Purpose: Pre-feed light gyre circulation
• Lighting: Ramp-up to Full
• Pulse: 15s
• Alternate: FWD: 30 min @ 40%, REV: 30 min @ 50%

🕓 09:00–10:00
• Mode: Step
• Purpose: Feed 1 (Frozen); calm pulsing flow
• Lighting: Full
• Pulse: 25s
• Alternate: FWD: 20 min @ 20%, REV: 40 min @ 30%
• Steps: 4

🕓 10:00–15:30
• Mode: Uniform (Anti-sync)
• Purpose: Post-feed gyre + midday sweeping & nutrient export
• Lighting: Full
• Pulse: 20s
• Alternate: FWD: 35 min @ 50%, REV: 25 min @ 60%

🕓 15:30–17:30
• Mode: Random
• Purpose: Afternoon variable flow to reduce coral fatigue
• Lighting: Full
• Alternate: FWD: 30 min @ 30%, REV: 30 min @ 40%

🕓 17:30–18:30
• Mode: Step
• Purpose: Feed 3 (Pellets); calm pulsing
• Lighting: Full
• Pulse: 20s
• Alternate: FWD: 20 min @ 20%, REV: 40 min @ 30%
• Steps: 4

🕓 18:30–20:30
• Mode: Uniform (Anti-sync)
• Purpose: Evening detritus export gyre
• Lighting: Ramp-down
• Pulse: 25s
• Alternate: FWD: 30 min @ 40%, REV: 30 min @ 50%

🕓 20:30–00:00
• Mode: Surface (Sync)
• Intensity: 20%
• Purpose: Night calm & oxygenation
• Lighting: Lights off
• Pulse: 5.9s
 
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