Can you have too much gentle circulation?

helipilot

Member
I have a 30 gal reef with 26 lbs of LR, large Torch, med. Hammer, several shrooms plus a red open brain and some polyps. For fish, I have a pair of percs, a Yellow clown Gobi and a Mandrin. Everything seems to be well. (fingers crossed) I have a gentle current set up. 3- 80 gph powerheads, Lg Penguin filter and skimmer. The corals gently sway, I added the third 80gph powerhead to see if I could get rid of some cyano algae trying to start behind the LR. Is this too much? The tank is about 8 months old. Helipilot
 

lion_crazz

Active Member
No, actually the amount of flow that you have is perfect.
You have 19 times turnover per hour, as you are pushing 570 gallons of water movement per hour. That is not including the skimmer though, as I do not know which brand of skimmer you are using. However, even with the skimmer, you are fine.
 
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