Hey folks,
Was just curious what you guys thought about flow in a nano reef. As of late, I've become a little obsessed with flow in my fifteen gallon bowfront. I'm of the belief that most people that keep reefs don't circulate nearly enough water in their reef tanks. The thought I keep coming back to is trying to recreate the ocean current. Those of us that have lived near the ocean know the ppwer of these currents even in fairly low current areas, you can still feel water movement.
Of course this water movement doesn't come out of a half inch jet. It's much more spread out. There are a few pumps out there that reproduce this sort of flow. The new EcoTech VorTech pumps come to mind so do the Tunze Streams. These pumps put out a ton of flow, over a thousand gallons an hour but in such a way so that it's not blowing your corals around. More gentle flow but more spread out.
I want to do this but in a fifteen gallon tank. I'm thinking 1000
gph is way too much for a tank my size nut I want the same effect. What I've got right now are two maxijet 1200s on opposite ends of the tank and on a wavemaker timer so that only one is on at a time. I"m gonna be adding a product from Hydor that distributes the flow more evenly and hopefully creates more of a wave action. This is a link to where you can find them:
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merch...ode=Wavemaking
Now I'm not sure about all the products that are out there. Are there really small versions of the Tunze Streams? Or maybe something similiar? I don't want anything that takes up a lot of space or looks obtrusive. Any help would be appreaciated.
