Too Much Flow?

[SaltSolutions1]

I have 3 Koralia 6 and 1 Koralia 7 on a 180g reef.

No matter how I position the water movers the water is still not clear. It is probable sand getting kicked up.

I even tried hooking them up into a wavemaker.

Should I sell the larger ones and go with smaller ones?

Thanks.

 

[SaltSolutions1]

Will 3 Koralia 5's and the return pump hooked up into a wavemaker do the trick?

Will that be enough?

 

[reefnut guy]

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The pumps shouldn't be a problem. If you can't position them to keep the sand from being disturbed you may have to rearrange your rock work. Normally higher flow is needed in the top 1/2 -1/3 of the tank to accomadate higher light corals that also benefit form the flow (SPS). Just out of power savings I would start with a large one and add the others until I got the desired effect. Fewer pumps the better as long as you are getting good movement on the polyps.