swiss1939
Active Member
Finally added my first fish today, a clown pair. I've got reefer170 with a gyre (reefwave 25) on one side vertically mounted and a jebao Ow-10 powerhead on the other side blowing diagonally across tank, with a sycra silent 0.5 powerfilter mounted next to the jebao blowing back to front top of water line. The Reefwave gyre is on a schedule cycling different wave patterns throughout the day, with an alternating random pattern at night that is 50% power forward for 6 minutes and 100% power reverse 15 minutes. The jebao ow-10 uses the light sensor to turn down to lowest power at night. The power filter is constant power all day all night.
Just wondering if fish need lower flow for sleeping at night, or if they will just adapt to your tank flow and find a suitable spot to sleep? I set up my flow originally to get max movement without pushing sand around to keep detritus from settling. I didn't make any changes to my flow from what I originaly set it up as, but now that the fish are in I am wondering if I am going to be stressing them out from having too much flow at night?
My original thought was no.. currents and tides don't change just cause it's night time, but now that I see these two juvenile clowns swimming hard at night, I'm doubting my initial thought!
Just wondering if fish need lower flow for sleeping at night, or if they will just adapt to your tank flow and find a suitable spot to sleep? I set up my flow originally to get max movement without pushing sand around to keep detritus from settling. I didn't make any changes to my flow from what I originaly set it up as, but now that the fish are in I am wondering if I am going to be stressing them out from having too much flow at night?
My original thought was no.. currents and tides don't change just cause it's night time, but now that I see these two juvenile clowns swimming hard at night, I'm doubting my initial thought!
