Too much gph?

[Cardiak21]

Is an 1100 gph powerhead and a 495 gph powerhead too much for a 72 bow gallon tank? I have the 1100 on the left side and the 495 on the right. The 1100 was given to me by a friend.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[inactive]

Sounds fine to me.

Also, welcome to R2R!

 

[Cardiak21]

I appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[Troylee]

What are you keeping in the tank???? SpS would require more... I don't think you can ever have touch flow IMO....
Unless your blasting the flesh off corals... Lol

 

[Cardiak21]

Haha there's nothing in the tank but rock right now, but I was worried that it would be too much flow for some smaller fish!

 

[gparr]

It's not too much flow (though it would help to know what corals you're keeping) if it's the right flow. If you're just putting a couple of powerheads in the tank and effectively shooting jets of water across the tank, then you're not getting much benefit from all of that water flow because you're only moving a rather narrow portion of the water. You'll get much more out of the flow if you can modify the powerheads with propeller units that will move more water and produce a broad/more gentle output, resulting in better movement of the entire column of water. If the powerheads are MaxiJets, there are several modification kits that will get the job done.
Gary

 

[Cardiak21]

One is a SEIO m1100 and the other is a Koralia 495. With regards to corals, at the most I was thinking of getting some simple mushrooms. I just don't want fish to struggle getting around is all. Here is a picture of the setup from a few days ago.

 

[TopNotchCorals]

If your only doing shrooms then you can get away with just the 1100gph powerhead

 

[clowns101]

On one of my 55 I have 2,220 GPH through it!Your fine!And your mushrooms will be fine to!