How much flow do BTA like?

todd141

Golf Nut
I've had a BTA in my tank for about 6 weeks. Feed her a raw thawed shrimp about 2 - 3 times a week and she's doing great - attached to a rock within the first hour of being in the tank and hasn't moved since.

I have a 75 gallon tank (no sump - just 100 lbs of live rock, octopus HOB skimmer, HOB refugium for 'pods and a fluval 405 only running carbon and a bit of filter floss that's changed every 3 days.)

I had 3 koralia 3's in the tank along with the fluval return (fluval isn't much flow to speak about) and it seemed like a tornado in there, so I removed one of the Koralia 3's and have the 2 on alternate ends of the tank, about 4-5 inches below the waterline in the middle of the end panes kinda pointing towards each other to achieve random flow.

I realize this is useless without pics, but just want general advice on how much flow a BTA needs in a tank.

Is this enough flow for a BTA? It isn't moving/flowing its tips a lot, but still seems happy.
 
Thats plenty of flow for it. If its not happy with the flow or the light where its at it will move to where it is happy. They really don't need tons of flow but mine stays in front of a modded MJ.

OT: I was born and raised in Centerville OH yrs and yrs ago :) I noticed it in your sig
 
I moved here to Centerville from Columbus, OH about 11 years ago!! Originally from Hamilton/Oxford Ohio.
 
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