Good flow VS Bad flow? (kinda)

busa1340

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First, I have a 28 JBJ nano and having some issues with a moderate flow on the bottom for my xenia frag. Its about 1.5 in. I was told a while back (by LFS, very reputable) that you should make sure that both eductors from the pumps trickle across the water heavily to the front of glass. I didn't follow up that question with another as the guy seemed to be pretty busy. Although this is my girlfriends frag and I hate seeing it look like its blasting off into outer space instead of opening and closing on its own like it was supposed to.
Recently I added another pump in back on side (425gph) to add more flow and so old food/crap doesn't build up. Today I did a 5 gal water change and when putting the eductors back on i realized, if i didn't put the left pump diectly off the glass and pushed it down a little more the xenia looked awesome, plus everything else had great flow as well! OK, so my question is, do I seriously need both those stock pumps trying to create as much wave as possible to the front glass??? Sorry this question took so long :)
 

u z i

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i running. both stock pump .. this is why i bought the nc28g .. also added 2 qowerhead 280-425 ... for more flow
 

snakeblitz33

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Originally Posted by Busa1340 http:///t/392954/good-flow-vs-bad-flow-kinda#post_3492758
First, I have a 28 JBJ nano and having some issues with a moderate flow on the bottom for my xenia frag. Its about 1.5 in. I was told a while back (by LFS, very reputable) that you should make sure that both eductors from the pumps trickle across the water heavily to the front of glass. I didn't follow up that question with another as the guy seemed to be pretty busy. Although this is my girlfriends frag and I hate seeing it look like its blasting off into outer space instead of opening and closing on its own like it was supposed to.
Recently I added another pump in back on side (425gph) to add more flow and so old food/crap doesn't build up. Today I did a 5 gal water change and when putting the eductors back on i realized, if i didn't put the left pump diectly off the glass and pushed it down a little more the xenia looked awesome, plus everything else had great flow as well! OK, so my question is, do I seriously need both those stock pumps trying to create as much wave as possible to the front glass??? Sorry this question took so long :)
A pic of a video would help a little bit
Xenia can take a beating - so can anthellia. In fact, it's kind of like a weed.
If you don't think that the xenia needs to get a beating, then move it or move the powerhead. Simple as that.
 
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