Water Movement

[ctiq21]

How much watermovement is necessary for a reef system. Currently I just have my return, a mag 7, doing the work.

I was going to put one of my powerheads in for additional movement.

Do I need to add the powerhead and should the movement of the water be from the return side of the aquarium to the overflow or should I create some kind of circular movement? any help would be great.

Please check tank specs below:

 

[EdgeKrusher]

The Minimum recomended flow for any tank is 10X volume. So in your case you want to be turning over 550+ gallons an hour.

HTH

Peace

EK

 

[fidojoe]

I have 1100gph my 50 gallon, same thing as your 55, but an inch shorter, and it is just fine for the stuff I have now. See my signature for what I use for flow. Here is a pic of my setup, you can see the powersweep and fluval in one corner, the skimmer in the middle, and the 2 aquaclears on the other corner. I don't have much of a problem with detrius settling either.

 

[Reef Geek]

I have been looking at those powersweeps for quite some time. How are they working out for you? I heard that they can gum up and stop working. I want to replace my Rio's and was thinking powersweeps would be cool due to the rotating movement.

 

[VINA DEL MAR]

I agreed with EDGEKRUSHER it should be ten times more than your tank volume.I will recomend that the pumps you are going to add never points direct into any corals.The best way to do it's to let the flow current hit the tank glass,this way the glass will serve as a deflector.VINA

 

[RanRoc]

My powersweep sticks about 10% of the time, but I just give it a little nudge and it's fine.
-RY

 

[Gina]

Our power sweep has been stuck for about 3 days now. I kinda wish now we hadn't gotten it. Getting tired of fixing it.

 

[Reef Geek]

Ok then, no powersweep for me.

 

[VINA DEL MAR]

I'm using Maxi-Jet 1200 ph.Had no problems yet!
VINA