can someone recommend powerhead setup for me?

6speedchevelle

6speedchevelle

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can someone recommend powerhead setup for me?

I'm sure I dont currently have enough flow, but was wanting some help on what to add and where to place/point my powerheads.

my tanks is
30gal
24"deep x 24"long x 12"wide

I currently have one hydor Koralia 1 and a power sweep piece of cr*p (that I am going to throw away)

I dont have enough lighing for SPS so I dont need a crazy amoung of flow. but I plan on having 6 or so fish, with mushrooms, Zoa's , leathers etc.

any help is greatly apreciated. :goldfish:
 
thanks for the tip. I'll stick to 4 or 5 small fish.

any Idea how to angle the powerheads?
the tank is tall but no very wide.
should they point from back to front and hope the current bounces off the front glass?
 
That will work often. It is difficult to say for sure because the live rock scaping you use will cause it to be different from the same sized tank used by someone else. You're just wanting to avoid deadspots..you want current in the tank without creating a whirlpool
 
so how do I check for dead spots?

I was thinking drop a air stone in and watch the small bubbles more around...?

so two hydor Koralia 1's is enough?
does it matter the movement is coming from only two points in the tank?
or should I get 3 or 4 smaller pumps?

HA!. my wife thinks I spend too much time on here....and ive only posed 16 times.

Grins, you are the POST MASTER!! 4300 in 7 months!
 
I'm addicted, trouble is the meetings for AC Addicts are online. :huh:

One of the mods, Max, has an interesting way to check for dead spots. He suggests turning the pumps off to settle the water. Then drop a few drops of milk in the tank, turn the pumps back on and you'll be able to actually see the flow.
 
That is a cool trick Grins, never thought of that, but it makes sense.

Anyways, another way to help with dead spots is to literally push water through your rock formation by placing a water pump behind it, blowing into the formation if possible. There is a pretty good water pump out there that is cost effective, called a Saeo (hope I am spelling that right), anyways putting that in your rock formation and having it blow through the rocks will scatter the flow throughout the formation and tank casuing a more natural random current, as opposed to a directed blast from a power head. There obviously is no guaranteed way to eliminate dead spots, it is really about minimizing them. Anyways, you can try dropping one or two of those pumps in behind your rocks and point them into your rock, the smallest one is a 600 GPH and has a wider mouth to disperse the water better. So far it has helped me.

Hope this helps.
 
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