Hi all- I am just trying to figure out how much water flow to get into my tank? I have a 100 gallon tank with a few corals (no SPS yet but I am working on it) and a little 6 line wrasse, a few pajama cardinals, some gobies and a mine maxi anemone. I had only one Koralia 750 in there and thought I needed more so I just added an aqueon 1250 and now I feel like I a blowing things away. What is the best way to point power heads and do I have too much flow happening now? I appreciate any feedback. Thank you!!
Powerhead help???
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ok, lets try this. My video skills aren't very good. I know I have a lot of hair algae too but I am working on it. Thanks for helping out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y8N-GUW2q8
Looks like you have one pointing at the surface and the other at the front center of the tank. You could try putting them on a wavemaker (Andrew_bram had one for sale), you could point them at each other, you could also make more extreme angles (think pointing at the immediate perpendicular wall), really all kinds of ways.
What makes you think you have too much flow? Is sand blowing around? Frags being blown over? Fish pushed to one side of the tank?
I was doing about 67x turnover of my water volume for my tank.
Side note: those six lines can be mean when they grow up. What kind of gobies do you have?
What makes you think you have too much flow? Is sand blowing around? Frags being blown over? Fish pushed to one side of the tank?
I was doing about 67x turnover of my water volume for my tank.
Side note: those six lines can be mean when they grow up. What kind of gobies do you have?
Ok, that is good news. Well, I have some new fish (cardinals, 6 line wrasse and yellow watchman goby). The cardinals just looked like they were struggling for awhile and getting taken by the current. I just wasn't sure if I had them properly placed. I had heard you should point them towards each other and the middle of the tank but that was making my anemone go crazy and so I switched it to what it looks like now. I am just new to all this so I thought I'd ask so I didn't ruin anything in tank. I know flow is important I just wasn't sure if I was over doing. I just want my fish to be happy 
. Thanks for all the replies!
. Thanks for all the replies!You should be good. Your nem will move to a spot it likes.
Correction: for some reason I thought you had a RBTA. Your mini maxi will move still, but it won't be as quick as a BTA or LTA. Mine moved to an area with less light in a few weeks. As opposed to my BTA, LTA, or Haddoni, which decided to detach one night and rumble. Don't make the mistake I did, don't keep different types of nems together.
Correction: for some reason I thought you had a RBTA. Your mini maxi will move still, but it won't be as quick as a BTA or LTA. Mine moved to an area with less light in a few weeks. As opposed to my BTA, LTA, or Haddoni, which decided to detach one night and rumble. Don't make the mistake I did, don't keep different types of nems together.