Adding more flow to my tank

blue2fyre

blue2fyre

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I have an 80 gallon bowfront. It's 48" x 18" x 24" and houses mbuna. On the tank I have 2 canister filters with one at each end. One is a eheim 2217 and the other is a eheim 2028. The tank is well filterd but since it is so tall I worry about stuff getting caught in the rocks. When you look at the sand you don't see much poop at all. I worry it's all caught up in the rocks.
Can I get some sort of power head and direct it towards the rocks to blow the poo out? Can I do this without disturbing the sand? What kind would you suggest?
 
depend how much flow you want.
the koralias move water very well

I use 4's in my 110 marine tank and should have bought bigger
but in marine tanks more flow is better.
 
KORALIA 1 400 gph
KORALIA 2 600 gph
KORALIA 3 850 gph
KORALIA 4 1200 gph

this is the flow rates for them

it is pretty close to real flow since there is nothing restricting the flow.

as you can see the 1 is equal(or more) than flow from cannister filters

proper placement helps. they will stir the water well
 
I would probably do two K2s. It will take a bit of fiddling but you should be able to get some decent flow through the rocks without disturbing the sand bed.
 
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