Blowing sand issues

[JCnflies]

I have a 75 with a pretty sdtrong Iwaki pump (either 840 or 960 gph.) THe flow is s o strong that it is blowing my sand onto the LR. About the only thing I can think of to stop this is to put some LR on top of the point where the water is bouncing off the sand. I have tried changing the angle and such, but it just changes where the sand gets blown.

One thought I had was to buy some anchor or hamme coral and set it where the strong currents are....... but my tank is only about 2 weeks old and i doubt it is ready for the coral.

Any other ideas? Thx.

 

[dcombs44]

Only other thing i can think of is to put a gate valve in to turn the pump down, or depending on how you have it plumbed, split the return to 2 different spouts to spread out the flow

 

[AZDesertRat]

As the sand ages it will become heavier and stickier with bacteria. In the meantime do you have any sort of LocLine or way to adjust the direction of flow? The volume of your flow is not tremendous but it just need to be directed in such a way it spreads out.

 

[JCnflies]

What is a LocLine? I thought maybe they made a piece that could fit over the end of the outflow that could disperse the flow.

 

[AZDesertRat]

How does the water get returned? If its PVC you can install Loc Line and diffusers on the end to disperse the flow into a nice flat fanned out laminar pattern. I know www.customaquatic.com sells loc line and you can also see it at www.modularhose.com.