Wavemaker positioning - Mixed Reef

[Spartan_Neptune]

Can anyone help me out, I’m trying to create the best flow for acropora up top, enough flow on sandbed to try stop cyno bacteria but also provide gentle enough flow for hammers etc Mixed reef is a major struggle!

Where is the best place to point my return nozzle and where is the best place to put my wave maker and where am I angling it?

The only thing I can’t quite keep happy are those hammers and my Bali slimmer is good on the side of the wavemaker but no polyps on the opposite side

 

[t5Nitro]

Probably no perfect way to answer this and flow dynamics will change over time as the tank grows in, but a good starting area might to put the pump on the side glass angled so the vector points a spot 2/3 the distance of the front panel of glass on the opposite side of the pump.

Your tank looks like a cube or close to it. You could leave the return nozzle as is in the top right of your tank? The powerhead could be in the back half of the left side glass, aimed toward the front pane in the way described above. You'll have to play with it a bit, but that is a starting point to try.

Would recommend sine wave setting if your pump has the control for it.

 

[Uncle99]

The easiest way is to use a couple of wavemakers cycling on and off to create a random ever changing pattern, in addition to returns.

 

[Spartan_Neptune]

Probably no perfect way to answer this and flow dynamics will change over time as the tank grows in, but a good starting area might to put the pump on the side glass angled so the vector points a spot 2/3 the distance of the front panel of glass on the opposite side of the pump.

Your tank looks like a cube or close to it. You could leave the return nozzle as is in the top right of your tank? The powerhead could be in the back half of the left side glass, aimed toward the front pane in the way described above. You'll have to play with it a bit, but that is a starting point to try.

Would recommend sine wave setting if your pump has the control for it.

Cube, I’ll try right in the corner opposite the return nozzle and point like you said. It has a few random, sine way options to try I’ll do a mix of those.

Be better with a bigger tank but making do with this for now and try make it work

 

[Spartan_Neptune]

The easiest way is to use a couple of wavemakers cycling on and off to create a random ever changing pattern, in addition to returns.

Would this be too much flow in a cube ?

 

[Uncle99]

Would this be too much flow in a cube ?

Not if you use appropriate sized DC wavemakers for your 15g tank.
I’m thinking Jebao sw-2.