Powerhead woes in my new tank!

[Andypants33]

Hi all! Im about two weeks into my very first saltwater tank, and for the life of me can't figure out how to position my powerheads without creating a sandstorm. A little info about my setup- 87 gallon planet aquarium with a 30 gallon dump tank, about 90 pounds of live rock, and 120 pounds of live sand. I'm running a sicce 4000 multi pump for the return(990gph), two hydor koralias(1150gph), and two maxi-jet 600 for water flow. My end goal is to keep a soft and lps coral, and I thought I was in the right flow range for them, but I can't seem to find a position where they're not shifting my sand around. Help! I've got the koralias in front at the top on each side blowing at each other, and the maxi-jets in the back about pointed at the overflow box to try and not have any dead spots....any other ideas?

 

[mcgyvr]

Looks like you used "fine","sugar", "oolitic" whatever you want to call it sand.... call that an "oops in life" and either reduce the flow or add coarser sand now while you still have the chance..

I suffer too from the same oops..
I'm slowly swapping it out or covering it with more coarser sand here pretty soon as I want "MORE FLOW" :bounce3:

 

[ceq2017]

I have a 55 gal tank. I have a wave maker that moves 800 gph. I had two cleaner shrimps die in less than 24 hrs of having them. Is this too much circulation gor my tank.

 

[heathlindner25]

I have a 55 gal tank. I have a wave maker that moves 800 gph. I had two cleaner shrimps die in less than 24 hrs of having them. Is this too much circulation gor my tank.

Your shrimp did not die from too much circulation, in your glomming on someone else's thread.

 

[jml1149]

I used oolitic sand because I wanted a sand goby. In a couple days, when all the sand is coated in bacteria, it will be fine

 

[SrBlonde]

how long have you had your oolite in the tank and what power head do you use for it not to create a snow storm?

 

[jml1149]

For a year now, and I have two MP40s running at 60%. Maybe a month or so if that? It's pretty quick. I also ran filter socks 24/7 early to catch the super fines