Hi everyone, another new guy question here. I am new to the hobby with my first tank set up and running for several months now. The tank is the Red Sea XL300 and for flow I have 2 MP40s, one is on the left side wall and one is on the right side of the back wall. I wanted to try and keep the right side of the tank open and free of visual cables. I just put my first few corals in the tank and I noticed that the corals in the mid level seem to sway back and forth really nicely with my MP40s set at 35% reef crest and the back wall on anti sync 65% slave mode (about 23% actual). However, the plate coral on the bottom of the tank seems to get much harsher flow and it is all primarily one direction right to left. There is no back and forth swaying motion. I also note that left over food seems to circulate well on the bottom right to left in kind of a circular motion around the tank.
I am guessing this is not good flow for the bottom plate coral but why is the middle portion of the tank flow so balanced and the bottom portion so one directional? Would I be better having the MP40s across from each other on the sides rather then my current offset configuration? Thanks for any suggestions....
I am guessing this is not good flow for the bottom plate coral but why is the middle portion of the tank flow so balanced and the bottom portion so one directional? Would I be better having the MP40s across from each other on the sides rather then my current offset configuration? Thanks for any suggestions....