flow rate too much?

[manaf]

how do u know if u have too much flow rate? not sure if my fish are annoyed or like it


50 gallon 3 foot lots of rock

with korilla 4
and 2 korilla 1


lol i know

[manaf]

so this is about 2000 gph this is not considering my filters but i dont count them but they are adleast 100 each prob more, is there too much flow? i dont think most my fish mind but i think my cowfish isnt too happy lol

[xtreme]

So you are about 40x per hour which is fine. My last tank ran close to 80x turnover.

[fishytime]

I think that anything we do in our little boxes of water for flow pales in comparison to what mother nature can do... as long as your sand stays somewhat stationary I say up the flow...now this will depend on what you keep as far as corals and fish(in some cases) goes....watch your fishes tails...if they use it a lot, then they are working hard....clownfish are not really the most graceful swimmers, but mine swims head on into my vortech (prolly 2800ghp)

[mark]

see here (http://canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48372) for what others have

[manaf]

wowow thx for the advice guys i was worried but seeing how ppl have 2 k4s and 2 k1's in their 40 gallon makes me feel alot better!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

The only thing is that he has a cowfish, which is a really poor swimmer & cannot deal with strong directional flow very well.

[manaf]

yea thats true anthony im keeping a close eye on him, he doesnt swim around much tho so im going to see how it goes for a couple of days and sees if he gets annoyed from it

[zazzoo]

dood i have 2 korllia 3 and 1 skimmer one 1200 biowheel and 2x mj 1200 on a wave maker ..... oh yeah and a 1200 running the chiller ... thats just lil more then should be

[manaf]

dood i have 2 korllia 3 and 1 skimmer one 1200 biowheel and 2x mj 1200 on a wave maker ..... oh yeah and a 1200 running the chiller ... thats just lil more then should be

o wow haha i getting another korallia 3 tomorrow actually off a member so its going to be more extreme , what i noticed tho is my soft coral isnt opening up as big now , o and do u still have ur boxfish zazzoo? if u do how is it doing in ur flow? does it mind?

thx

[zazzoo]

softies do not like high water flow... same goes with LPS ...
yes i still have my box fish ... it doesnt mind ... it stays in areas where there is less flow .. i have created a corner in the tanks where the flow is low for my clowns and the box fish ... there is also the whole back side of the tank behind the rocks where the rest of the fish that do not like flow chill and relax

[manaf]

oo okay, that sounds good, so i cant get lps if my flow is too much? ur lps are huge and beautiful tho

[zazzoo]

the lps are place in an area of the tank where just the wave maker current hits it ... so it doesnt get consistant flow ... but random back and forth movement