Fishdisease
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Hey Everyone,
So I am debating where to put my powerheads. I have a 33g reef tank with 2 aquaclear 802 heads. Right now I have one about 1/3 of the way from the the top facing the front-middle and one on the bottom facing along the back wall. My main concern is that I dont have any current breaking the surface - I dont have any accessories to direct the current from these either. There is a disturbing amount of crap that sits n the surface out of reach of my skimmer. I recently put 2 clowns in the tank (about 1inch each) and I had to turn down the flow from the pump facing the front as they couldnt keep up and were being thrown around. I've been debating getting a third powerhead to aim at the surface but it seems that I have more then enough potential flow with those two powerheads (400 g/hr each). Here are my questions.
1. Is there anyway to place these powerheads so as to have good flow around the tank while breaking the surface?
1a. Do you think I really need the big filters on the input of these powerheads, if not that really opens up alot of places that I can put them
2. Has anyone made a directional device for this type of powerhead and how'd ya do it? OR do you know where I can find that part? I have looked online without success.
Thanks for your help.
So I am debating where to put my powerheads. I have a 33g reef tank with 2 aquaclear 802 heads. Right now I have one about 1/3 of the way from the the top facing the front-middle and one on the bottom facing along the back wall. My main concern is that I dont have any current breaking the surface - I dont have any accessories to direct the current from these either. There is a disturbing amount of crap that sits n the surface out of reach of my skimmer. I recently put 2 clowns in the tank (about 1inch each) and I had to turn down the flow from the pump facing the front as they couldnt keep up and were being thrown around. I've been debating getting a third powerhead to aim at the surface but it seems that I have more then enough potential flow with those two powerheads (400 g/hr each). Here are my questions.
1. Is there anyway to place these powerheads so as to have good flow around the tank while breaking the surface?
1a. Do you think I really need the big filters on the input of these powerheads, if not that really opens up alot of places that I can put them
2. Has anyone made a directional device for this type of powerhead and how'd ya do it? OR do you know where I can find that part? I have looked online without success.
Thanks for your help.