flow rate too much?

manaf · #1 12-10-2009, 11:29 PM

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 · #2 12-10-2009, 11:59 PM

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 · #3 12-11-2009, 12:01 AM

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

fishytime · #4 12-11-2009, 12:09 AM

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 · #5 12-11-2009, 12:41 AM

see here for what others have

manaf · #6 12-11-2009, 02:03 AM

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 · #7 12-11-2009, 03:42 AM

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

manaf · #8 12-11-2009, 04:05 AM

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 · #9 12-11-2009, 06:52 AM

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 · #10 12-11-2009, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 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

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