Hammer and torch questions

[sman]

Ive had a hammer and just bought a torch last saturday, my question is how much flow should these guys be getting? They always look more full and open at the lfs than they do when they get home. The hammer is about half way up my 90g, and the torch is about 4 or 5 in up from the sand bed. The torch is starting to let its tenticles out a little farther, but still not as much as it was in the store. There both getting a pretty good amount of flow. They just never seem to looks as "full" as any others I see. Also I have a nova extreme fixture 4x54. Its been established for a year next month.
Im out of alk and dkh tests but calcium is 470-480. Everything else is good, amm, trites, and trates are all zero, temp is 78, and SG is 1.025.

 

[redman1221]

I don't think they need that much flow, my hammer just have a little flow that makes it just sway in the current, jmo.

 

[sman]

Also looking at some other ones, my hammers tentilces arent very hammer looking, there just round? Ill try moving the both of them to lower flow, the torch is really getting blasted, but it almost looks like its starting to like it, idk. Ill put some pictures up tomorrow.
Also just noticed I put this in the softies section(how, im not quite sure), would a mod please move this to LPS.......

 

[rileybb]

i have a 135g and have 4 hydro 4's on there they do 1250gph and thats power heads i say grab two of them and you should be fine for flow.....there are cheap ones on ---- that work just as well as any good power head and are cheap tpye in wave maker you can get two of them for $54.99 plus $14 shipping i would say for flow you want 20-30 times the turn over rate of your tank so 30 x 9 = 2700gph in power heads thats whati read any ways hope its helpful...and i keep torches ,frogspawn, hammers , galaxy , elegance coral

 

[florida joe]

Just remember that flow will influence the length of sweeper tentacles so depending on what’s around your hammer and frogspawn you will want to adjust your flow accordingly

 

[spanko]

Or ensure the flow is pushing the tentacles away from the surrounding coral. Euphyllia cannot move their tentacles themselves. They can only deflate them or inflate them. Otherwise they just "go with the flow" (hee hee)

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2873428
Or ensure the flow is pushing the tentacles away from the surrounding coral. Euphyllia cannot move their tentacles themselves. They can only deflate them or inflate them. Otherwise they just "go with the flow" (hee hee)
Not like me my friend it always seem I am swimming up stream on the boards

 

[spanko]

All systems go friend or foe
It's all dependin' on the dice you throw
Come without a warning like a U.F.O.
You're runnin' with the devil it's touch and go

 

[florida joe]

Or
I had a little sorrow born of a little sin I found a room all damp with gloom and shut us all with in Little Sorrow weep said I and Little Sin pray god to die and I upon the floor shall lie and THINK HOW BAD I’VE BEEN