New Water Flow Plan - Looking for Input

estein02

estein02

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I'm not crazy about the water pattern in my tank with my current PHs. After reading a Anthony Calfo post I'm thinking about taking out my current PHs and replacing them with 4 Hydor Koralia 1 pumps. I would love to get tunze's, but they are too expensive plus I think my tank is to small for them. In reading about the Hydors it appears that they distribute water better then the MJs do...not in a straight jet, but more dispersed (if that is the right word). Anyway, I would place 1 pump in each corner at the top and direct them to the opposite lower corner. These 4 pumps in combination with the return pump from my sump would give me a water flow rate in the tank (65 gallons) of approximately 2050 gallons per hour. Is that too much flow? If I'm using the rule of 10 - 20 times the tank capacity my flow should not be higher then 1300 gph. Maybe I should adjust the way I have water returning to the tank and use just 2 pumps. Doing that would give me 1250 gph.
Whaddaya think?
 
estein02

estein02

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Originally Posted by sign guy
Id go with as much as possible
But isn't there such a thing as too much? I don't want my fish to get blown into the glass because of too much flow, or any corals I get to go into hiding.
 
sign guy

sign guy

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its not really that much Ive seen peopl use the wave2k in a 55 and it pushes 4000gph. its all about the water being disperced and not in a straight path
 
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