Need a Flow Recommendation...

[judochop]

I have finally gotten my sand and rock in my 180. I have no idea what I need for flow in this tank though. I currently have 2 SEIO 2600 at 2600gph each. Should I add a couple more powerheads? What size? The 2600s are in the back corners pointed towards the center of the front panel of glass.

Matt

 

[matttvi]

A lot of times, the flow depends on what you plan to keep in the tank. If this is going to be a mixed reef, I'd target a nice, dispersed non-laminar flow of about 30-40x the total volume of the tank every hour.

hth,

Matt

 

[george]

That's a bit over 28x flow, so that's pretty good, IMO.

Might bump it up a bit if you're looking at heavy SPS.

 

[judochop]

Thanks for the info!