Great video Josh Would also love to see one about lighting - PAR vs photoperiod Can you make up for less PAR with higher photoperiod? Will longer photoperiod at 'safe PAR' bleach out your low light corals?
These are kind of videos i like, reminds me of Jake Adams studio, showcasing different styles of flow in different tanks. I do enjoy seeing the high end tanks but this was a great change of topic, and i hope to see more.
Man, you have been killing it! You’re videos have been extremely helpful and it’s great to hear your perspective with respect to how much time you have mastering your craft!
I’m planning to reboot by mixed reef (SPS dominant) Red Sea S1000 (83”x27”x26”). I currently have (4) MP60s and after watching this video, it appears I have way too much flow. I’m looking for the ideal powerhead setup for now and the future. Should I keep any of the MP60s, go with (4) MP40s, or a couple of XF350 gyres?
This guy has the most annoying speaking habit. Why is every sentence a question? The one is all over the place. Why are random words getting stressed? Maybe a script would have helped out.
What would you recommend for a 6 foot peninsula if you didn’t want powerheads on one side? Would two gyres would’ve vertically work to remove stuff to the sump enough?
I would add one thing that I found incredibly important. Have heads that are controllable. I did a video on how this changed my reef tank. My 60 cube has about 10,000 GPH if all the heads are cranked. But having controllable heads that are programmed to do something different than the other heads (inverse is my favorite) as well as changing flow rate depending on the time of day have a massive impact. I would have gentle random flow at night with low to medium wave lapping at sun rise and strong random flow all day and then have it settle back down. My growth took off to the point where I had issues fitting my hand in the tank. Unfortunately this leads you to incompatible pumps. If your an apex reefer than compatibility is a must.
having such problems with flow in my 20 gallon.... it seems the corals are either getting blasted or not, in any case the sand either has all kinds of crap, or a huge bald spot gets scoured away, and this is using two power heads at 40% with a slow sine wave setting...
Exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you so much, Josh. The visual references are SO helpful. Loving the mix of the educational videos with the tank tours and installation updates. Keep it all coming! WWC is such a great resource, and your knowledge and expertise are very much appreciated, especially by those of us still relatively new to the hobby.
absolutely loved this video. best one i have seen on this subject. super informative, I feel i have a tangible and a solid understanding of what i should and can do to support my coral in terms of providing adequate flow. Thank you for walking through it so clearly and concisely. Subscribing and looking forward to watching more videos 🤗
I’m in love with that first tank. How do I aim the return with power head direction or opposing it? My tank is just like your first one you showed. Same size too. 3’ long. Also should I aim them up to move waste toward overflows?
If you have gyres, you should aim at least one of the heads up towards the water surface to get some surface skimming action. Just make sure it is not splashing water.
My hammers and mushrooms hate flow i just use my return pipe from sump and use a wave for 5 mins after lights been off for 2 hrs just to clear top of water
There are options. This is a relatively small aquarium so it's easy to accomplish. Nero's are a great option, mp10's another great option, as well as the small gyre. These can easily go on the back wall to hide the look but you would need 2 to do it well. If you only want to make 1 purchase then just add any of the above to the left or right in the path of least resistance generally more toward the front.
what do you recommend for a 15 gallon tank I only have two clown fishes and one ananomi and 1 big mushroom that looks like a tree and a shrimp and 2 Snails in 3 or 2 snails that live under the sand.
This is such an excellent, no BS guide to flow. I love the phrase you always use, "acropora vs everything else" - you absolutely don't need to murder a mixed reef with thousands of gallons per hour!
Very good video, good explanation of all the corals and the flow. 1 question: I have a red sea Max nano where I use the standard filter and a tunze turbelle e jet powerhead, because I had to many problems with detritius. I find my flow to high, but when I remove the powerhead it’s so a big change in the little nano that I have other problems again. I can not adapt the powerhead by putting it on 25% because there is no option on it. What suggestions do you have? Because I can’t keep mushrooms, scolly, lobos and fungia anymore. Please can someone help me
It sounds like the powerhead that you are using is not a great fit for your scenario. What may be another option would be to run the pump more intermittently with either a slower or a faster frequency of cycle. "to give the corals a break" so to speak. But you may also be fighting the fact that the equipment isn't right for the scenario.
Avoid MP40s I bought a pair, both externals self destructed in a few months and although they got repaired under warranty separately who needs such unreliable equipment, return costs, time lost etc. I think shops promote them for the high price and profit margin they make so be wary advice you'll end up paying for. They are a nice concept but badly executed.
Very educational 👍 I enjoy WWC videos the team is great keep it going please you can never put to many great advice out there to us the people. Hello from 🇬🇧 👋
Thanks for the video. Recommendation: Your in between scene music is way louder then your speaking volume. Your music made me jump. My Kef Q100s and my 12" ported down firing Infinity 1262W powered off a Crown XLS1002 was blasting my room. Recently learned how to use Davinci Resolve. In the audio portion there is a visualizer to see easily when the audio is uneven. You can literally lower the loud parts and even raise the quiet parts.
Thank you very much for your video. I have qty 2 300 gallon reef tanks. They are doing fairly well but I feel i have too much flow.. I have 4 maxspec 350. set at about 70 % max flow and 25& minimum flow for a 30 second square wave. My acros are dong well but the Torch is not out tht much and pulled in. I am asuming too much flow.
Hey guy's please please help I have mwl-20 jebao wavemaker what ever I do I can't get ideal wave in my tank my tank Dimensions is 80.50.30 include stuff in tank I thought I have 90 or 100 liters water
@@WorldWideCorals hello as I said I try so many places in my tank I never get forth and back wave does my wave maker to strong for my tank or any other reason? And I have just one wave maker
@@WorldWideCorals perhaps but as I know mlw-20 10000 litter power per hour including my tank Dimensions 100 liters I thought powerful anyway thank you so much for responding
This is a great video. I have a custom tank 2metres long about 46cm wide and 60cm high and am running two Red Sea 45s but both vertical. I am going to switch one to horizontal after watching this and the other one point to blast the back of the tank. Question for the horizontal one do you point it deliberately up towards the surface, say mid tank aim, or just straight across the tank at the level the power head is mounted, in your case 2.5 inches into the water ?
Great video Josh! A lot of people don't realize how little flow Euphyllia truly get in the wild. They're often in murky, lower energy areas vs. other small polyped corals.
This is very true. I often see the tanks though, catered to euphyllia and the rest of the tank suffers from too subtle of an environment. Leading to hair algae and cyano and just simply dying corals. So it is definitely a balance that matters most. Thanks for your support.
I never understood how important waterflow needs to be in my tank. I know realized my waterflow is not adequate which is contributing to high readings of Phosphate and Nitrates, ultimately killing my corals. Lots to learn. Thank you for putting great content.
I have two reefwave 25's in my tank. It's a 75 gallon mixed reef and one gyre is put on each side. My question is, do you have the gyre heads pointing up to the surface or do you have them pointed in different directions?
I plan on building a nano with a 6 gallon betta tank. I plan on putting a bit bigger filter inside than what it comes with. To be specific, it will be a HOB filter. I wonder if i could achieve good filtering and flow with a HOB filter
If you feel like your corals don't get the food they need you could always try night mode implementation. It doesn't hurt to try, corals do feed at night
I think I spotted Casper at 19:56. I would like to see more videos of coral care specific kinds too. I just can't seem to keep Zoas. They start to recess and die. But my Palys are fine. My zoas are sitting just alittle higher than the Palys next to them but they aren't doing too good. So I will try to turn down the flow and see what happens.
It’s good to hear somebody that’s a pro that doesn’t just say it needs X number of turnover. Or just point the powerhead towards the coral. Can’t get enough of those videos. Keep them coming. I’ll keep watching for them. I wonder if you could talk about why some tanks do well at the same perimeters and some don’t and what to look for or be seasoned on for visual cues when a tank wants to go office beauty mark.??
Hi, Anyone can help with RedSea 650 Penisula Tank Flow. I have 2 Gyre`s, with a high rock structure in the middel. Cant seem to get the placement and settings correct.I or blow corals to hard or get dead spots.
Mp40's-Gyres-Hydro Wizards are all great choices. Appeal and budget I'm sure will be your ultimate deciding factor. As far as placement as mentioned in the video, your truck will hold the key to that answer. I always start in the clear path of least resistance.
