Looking for a little advice on water movement in my tank.....
I've got a 46 gallon bowfront, FOWLR, 2 Hagen 802 powerheads, one AquaC Remora protein skimmer, and one Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel filter. The powerheads are located at the back corners of the tank and are aimed toward the front middle and are angled slightly downward. My question is... Do I have too much water movement with this setup? I get constant sand movement on the bottom and sometimes it appears my fish are struggling in the current.
What is the GPH for those heads???? Alot of times fish will swim in the current on purpose... it may appear they're struggling but they're just havin fun......
55 gallon reef 110lbs of live rock, remora skimmer, three powerheads, Fred and Ethel the mean and nasty tank raised false percs, yellow tang (a gift) one of three remaining pajama cards - needs some friends soon, pulsing xenia, leathers, lots of mushrooms galaxea, penelope the yellow cucumber, lots of blue leg hermits, astrea and nassarius snails, and the "popper" an elusive mantis that came on the live rock 6 years ago that I cannot catch - hence no bottom dwelling fishies allowed in the tank.
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My percs spend most of their day in the area that the flow from the three powerheads meet. Awfully funny
__________________ 55 gal. reef. Coralife lunar lights 4 x 65, 120 lbs live rock. Remora skimmer, 3 power heads. 2 tank raise false percula, yellow tang, one pajama cardinal,hermits, snails, Xenia, leathers, mushrooms, yellow sea cucumber, And last but not least - the miserable mantis.
Terry
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