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More or less, yes. So when you breath in and out, your capillaries in your lungs are absorbing compounds from the air around you to put into your blood, and excreting other things from the blood back into the air. This whole process is facilitated by your diaphragm sucking and blowing air in and out. We don't need to run around with our mouths open, or stick your head out a car window with your mouth open to get new air in and out.For sps it's cleaning and bringing fresh nutrients correct?
People often misinterpret pressure and flow.More or less, yes. So when you breath in and out, your capillaries in your lungs are absorbing compounds from the air around you to put into your blood, and excreting other things from the blood back into the air. This whole process is facilitated by your diaphragm sucking and blowing air in and out. We don't need to run around with our mouths open, or stick your head out a car window with your mouth open to get new air in and out.
Point is, corals perform a similar exchange but don't have lungs. They are 100% at the mercy of the water flow around them in their ability to exchange these elements. So, when people ask what kind of flow you need, well, think of it through that lens. Can some flow keep a coral alive and growing? Yes. However, it might be restricting photosynthesis due to not being able to perform this exchange well enough. So, even though a certain level of flow works, and a little more might work better.
Also keep in mind that corals without skeletons can flow with the water to maximize the exposure to the current. A torch tentacle is gettign the full effect of the water movement all the way down a tentacle. An sps is not. They're require higher flow due to how they are structured. You can also sculpt the shape of some sps with flow. Prime example of this is monti cap. You want a large, flat plate, then keep it in low flow. It will grow flat to maximize itself for the water movement. Want those tight, rose pedal-like coils, then blast it. It will grow tight in an attempt to slightly reduce the flow to the zooxanthella.
That's why I always weld a lid on my tank. It can hold 200psi and double as a tank for my air tools tooPeople often misinterpret pressure and flow.
Gotcha. Yeah they go hand and hand, but aren't describing the exact same thing.Flow is volume ....pressure is speed.
Blasting corals. ..instead of 1 return split into two.That's why I always weld a lid on my tank. It can hold 200psi and double as a tank for my air tools too
What are you referring to with pressure?
For sure. Gyre's are a great way to help with dispersion. They're so great at throwing a pretty wide stream without it being too concentrated in one area.Blasting corals. ..instead of 1 return split into two.
Man, that's cool! Mind posting a pick of the Seahorse tank?22.4 aio with 300 gph pump and seahorses as proof.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but while both are gorgeous, I find the Fireballz goni prettier than the amazeballs.