Hi Roger,
You helped me on RC a few years back with placing pumps in my 72" x 36" peninsula. I have two stream 3. I tried both on the overflow side and they worked well. Definitely plenty of power to reach the far side even at 40%. However I don't like having a permanent gyre flow where coral tend to grow in one direction and fish are always swimming against the strong current. I prefer to mimic more typical reef conditions with gentle tide surging in then out as compared to the current on reefs of Cozumel.
Now I have the stream 3s on opposite ends how they would be setup in a non-peninsula tank. It provides pretty good flow throughout the whole tank. Even the side without the pumps. But the flow there is obviously lower flow due to tank width. If I had no other options, I'd would be content with this current setup.
I'm debating putting both stream 3 back on the overflow side and adding a single 6255 or 6155 on the opposite end in the middle pointing back down the middle towards the 2 stream 3s. Do you think this setup would work well? Or would I need 2 additional pumps so each is more directly opposite the stream 3s?
Thanks!
You helped me on RC a few years back with placing pumps in my 72" x 36" peninsula. I have two stream 3. I tried both on the overflow side and they worked well. Definitely plenty of power to reach the far side even at 40%. However I don't like having a permanent gyre flow where coral tend to grow in one direction and fish are always swimming against the strong current. I prefer to mimic more typical reef conditions with gentle tide surging in then out as compared to the current on reefs of Cozumel.
Now I have the stream 3s on opposite ends how they would be setup in a non-peninsula tank. It provides pretty good flow throughout the whole tank. Even the side without the pumps. But the flow there is obviously lower flow due to tank width. If I had no other options, I'd would be content with this current setup.
I'm debating putting both stream 3 back on the overflow side and adding a single 6255 or 6155 on the opposite end in the middle pointing back down the middle towards the 2 stream 3s. Do you think this setup would work well? Or would I need 2 additional pumps so each is more directly opposite the stream 3s?
Thanks!