can you help me with flow in my sps 290 reef

[Black71gp]

I am ordering a new 290 for an sps reef... 72x36x26 high... kinda stuck on flow... right now i have an iwaki 100 in the basement pushing up with two 3/4 penductors... i am thinking of adding one more eductor and putting them on the oposite end of the overflow.. this is a pennisula style tank.. three side viewable. i currently have a sequence hammerhead, but plan on trading it or selling it for something.. i was thinking two darts move more water and use less energy.. or something like an iwaki 70 with three more educotrs on a closed loop on the overflow end of the tank.. but blowing across the bottome.. ya its BB... this would give me a nice flow keeping detrius headed towards the overfloiw... i dont know what else i can do.. tunzes are too expensive at the moment.. thinking of adding a wavebox in the future... any thoughts or comments please..... please....

here is a drawing...

 

[elephen]

Only problem with the Darts is that they are a high flow low pressure pump so they don't handle any heat well at all.

The Hammerhead and 'cuda on the other hand moves some water. Eductors are good but I would also add something to help randomize the flow, you'll have good flow but it'll always be the same. Corals like random or back-and-fourth water movement.

So far looks pretty good man.

 

[Black71gp]

so maybe like an iwaki 55 two eductors on the lower bottom of tank and a dart closed loop pump with outlets... where??lol flow is the hardest part.. the rocks will also be up on small pegs so thigns can be blown arcoss the bottome....

 

[jackson6745]

Definite wavebox for that system. It keeps detritus in suspension and cool alternating flow. Millis look insane with wavebox flow

 

[RichConley]

Whats going above the tank? IE is it going to be cabineted to the ceiling? If so, carlson surge devices may be a good fit for random flow. Cheap to run, and provide great random flow.

 

[Black71gp]

the a standard closed canpoy.. that will be on a pully system to raise and lower.. no unfortunatly i cant do a surge system..

man the wave box is crazy expanseive.. not sure if i want a dart, and iwaki with eductors on closed loop along with the eductors on the return or just a dart.. or just eductors.. if i had that swirling patter would the wavebox still work? this has got to be the hardest thing to figure out what do to...