Advice on water circulation

Ctafesh · Oct 4, 2020

Hi All......just checking to see what air circulator is best for Red Sea Reefer 350.
currently using a single Hydor Evolution 1300 power head, but considering a wavemaker.
the tank is about 90 gallons. We’ve got a pair of clowns, 2 wrasse’s, 2 scooter blenny’s, a peppermint shrimp, pencil urchin, and a clean up crew. An elegance coral, hammer, frogspawn, GSP, a couple small frags of LPS, and a an RBTA.

terraincognita · Oct 4, 2020

Ctafesh said:
Hi All......just checking to see what air circulator is best for Red Sea Reefer 350.
currently using a single Hydor Evolution 1300 power head, but considering a wavemaker.
the tank is about 90 gallons. We’ve got a pair of clowns, 2 wrasse’s, 2 scooter blenny’s, a peppermint shrimp, pencil urchin, and a clean up crew. An elegance coral, hammer, frogspawn, GSP, a couple small frags of LPS, and a an RBTA.

You asking for the best power heads?

Vortech makes some of the best in the market.

Billdogg · Oct 4, 2020

With your Socking list of mostly LPS and the one anemone, you should aim for medium + flow. Someplace in the 40x range not including the return. So something around 3600 gph totalm aybe a bit more. It is best done with multiple power heads to help randomize the flow. I'd suggest at least two, placed about 1/3 of the way down in each back corner and pointed up and in towards the center so that the majority of their flow collides front and center. You may find the need for a smaller one or two as well just to help prevent dead spots where detritus can collect.

For my 120DT, mostly SPS system, I use 2 x Gyre 250s mounted on either side of my center overflow, a pair of koralia 1500gph in the corners as described above, and a pair of koralia 850's low in back on the sides to maintain good flow behind the rocks. I figure I've got ~70-80x when everything is going at once.

Jeffcb · Oct 4, 2020

I have a red Sea Reefer 250. Set up tank about 2 weeks ago. I went with 2 Reef Wave 25's. I'm staying with all Red Sea program. . You may want to look at 45's. You can always turn them down. Reef Beat is cool.