Number of pumps and flow

Duane Clark · Dec 29, 2017

Hi guys. Hoping you can provide me some direction. I have a 14g nano with a total of two pumps...the return pump cobalt mj900 and a Current USA 6000 eFlux wave kit (660 gph max). I have the wave maker set to pulse and I am getting some coral movement but when I watch videos of larger tanks there is a much more flow and back and forth motion. I have my efflux pump on the left side pointing across the tank (so water flow bounces back). My total turnover is a little over 40x/hour so that's good but I have some dead spots I just cant reach. Anyway, I am considering getting another pump so I can lower the flow of both but have alternate flow patterns across the tank. does that sound ok to you guys or just overkill?

Mandelstam · Dec 29, 2017

It's probably going to be hard to get the same flow pattern in a nano than in a large tank just because there is just so much less room and shorter distances for the water to move around.

I would start with playing around with placement, direction, mode of the wave maker and see if I could improve anything before getting another one.

Duane Clark · Dec 29, 2017

Mandelstam said:
It's probably going to be hard to get the same flow pattern in a nano than in a large tank just because there is just so much less room and shorter distances for the water to move around.

I would start with playing around with placement, direction, mode of the wave maker and see if I could improve anything before getting another one.

Yeah I agree on trying to play with placement first for sure. been doing that for the past 2 months. :) It may be that I just have to be happy with what I have.