isseym328
Premium Member
Hey guys and gals,
I have a 60g cube with predominantly sps, some softies, 3 fishes, 3 clams, and a carpet anemone. I originally have a Koralia 4 and a old power head in there for flow. The K4 is used for general flow for the tank, but the older, weaker powerhead has been aimed directly at my sps patch on the top side of the tank. So lately I have been wanting to get more flow for the sps section and wanted to retire my older powerhead. Picked up another K4 from a fellow reefer and here were the results:
1. Sps polyps blowing everywhere. They seem to love it since I also noticed better polyp extension
2. Purple Gigantea seems to be loving it as well...although I have a slight worry that it might want to move around a bit to adjust to the higher flow
3. Softies might not be loving it as much. The ricordias and zoas doesn't seem as happy. One of my chalices, that has almost covered the whole plug, the sides are kind of flipping inside out because of the high flow.
4. One side of my squamosa's mantle seems to be getting too much flow and I'm not sure if the clam is happy.
5. Two clowns snuggle in the carpet so they're ok. black tang usually hides behind the rocks but now that the strong flow is getting back there not sure how she will adjust.
I guess my question is if the softies/fish will be able to adjust to this strong flow? I think the sps, clams and carpet will be ok, but I'm worried that if the flow is too strong the ricordias will fall off their rock trying to reattach. I'm also worried that the tang will not find a dead spot to "rest".
What do you guys think? Too much flow? Good amount of flow? Need more flow? Thanks in advance!
I have a 60g cube with predominantly sps, some softies, 3 fishes, 3 clams, and a carpet anemone. I originally have a Koralia 4 and a old power head in there for flow. The K4 is used for general flow for the tank, but the older, weaker powerhead has been aimed directly at my sps patch on the top side of the tank. So lately I have been wanting to get more flow for the sps section and wanted to retire my older powerhead. Picked up another K4 from a fellow reefer and here were the results:
1. Sps polyps blowing everywhere. They seem to love it since I also noticed better polyp extension
2. Purple Gigantea seems to be loving it as well...although I have a slight worry that it might want to move around a bit to adjust to the higher flow
3. Softies might not be loving it as much. The ricordias and zoas doesn't seem as happy. One of my chalices, that has almost covered the whole plug, the sides are kind of flipping inside out because of the high flow.
4. One side of my squamosa's mantle seems to be getting too much flow and I'm not sure if the clam is happy.
5. Two clowns snuggle in the carpet so they're ok. black tang usually hides behind the rocks but now that the strong flow is getting back there not sure how she will adjust.
I guess my question is if the softies/fish will be able to adjust to this strong flow? I think the sps, clams and carpet will be ok, but I'm worried that if the flow is too strong the ricordias will fall off their rock trying to reattach. I'm also worried that the tang will not find a dead spot to "rest".
What do you guys think? Too much flow? Good amount of flow? Need more flow? Thanks in advance!