@SaltyG Was wondering after looking at your pics, is it better to have the wave makers facing up than straight forward? Just curious if I must adjust mine if it causes a better flow slanted upwards?
Tank looks awesome so far
Thanks!!
As you know every setup is unique and it does take some time to get it dialed in.
My return is very strong so that blasts water down towards the left corner of the tank and creating nice flow over the rocks on the left side and running across the tank to the right hand side.The Seio prop wavemaker on the left blows into the current of the return breaking the force of the return pump and makes it nice and turbulant. The power head on the right hand side just moves the water over to the left side and the stream collides with the rest of the pumps making uneven flow.
I tilt my power head upwards mainly to agitate the surface of the water for better gas exchange and it creates a nice shimmer from the LED lights.Some people will say that you need flow to prevent dead zones where dirtritus builds up but I have nice flow all over the tank.
I also have ocean white super fine substrate in the tank and having the powerheads blow upward it doesnt blow the substrate to bits.There is good all round flow with certain areas that are a bit more calm.
Lets say 250 ish total volume setup with a return of 4000l/h, the Seio prop 2000l/h and the jvp pump on the right hand side 4000l/h = 10 000l/h total flow. around 40 times turnover per hour.
At the end it depends...If you have a bare bottom then tilt it facing straight ahead or at an angle because you will net have sand flying all over the place.
I firmly believe in getting the surface of the water agitated for better gas exchange.Ridding the water of CO2 build up and oxygenating the water wich in turn for example leads to more stable Ph etc. and it look awesome when the shimmer effect is created.
Hope this gives you some idea of what you want to do going forward.
Happy reefing!!