Water flow - 40G Breeder — LPS Reef

Renaissance corals · Dec 29, 2022

bradreef said:
Those powerheads come out as a cone of flow. Putting something straight ahead of it will be lower flow than of to an angle

The goal of pointing it straight ahead is to create indirect flow and the way that it should interact with the diagonal stream from the return. Output should help create an irregular flow pattern throughout most of the tank

Renaissance corals · Dec 29, 2022

mr.lordacan said:
Yep, that makes sense! Thanks for the help on this.

Just a tip. Take a baster or coral feeder and inject air into your return input and powerhead to see the flow better

mr.lordacan · Dec 29, 2022

Thanks, that’s a neat idea! I’ll give an update tomorrow. I think I may have gotten it (monitoring as of now). I moved the powerhead up towards the front, but it gave me some issues with the bubble coral getting too much flow and too little for the torch. I currently have the powerhead moved towards the middle (favoring the front). I had to move the bubble coral slightly to protect it from the flow (using rock as a barrier). I now have the power head up to 60% power rather than 40% and everything is looking happy at the moment. Although my goby is pretty peeved lol. Tried making an escape in the process

Renaissance corals · Dec 29, 2022

mr.lordacan said:
Thanks, that’s a neat idea! I’ll give an update tomorrow. I think I may have gotten it (monitoring as of now). I moved the powerhead up towards the front, but it gave me some issues with the bubble coral getting too much flow and too little for the torch. I currently have the powerhead moved towards the middle (favoring the front). I had to move the bubble coral slightly to protect it from the flow (using rock as a barrier). I now have the power head up to 60% power rather than 40% and everything is looking happy at the moment. Although my goby is pretty peeved lol. Tried making an escape in the process

Sounds good. Hopefully that configuration is good for you