I have a 1050 eflux dc return pump that I run about 60% and 2 eflux 660 wave pumps connected to Bluetooth that I initially installed on back wall but after watching flow patterns and stagnant areas I moved to side and has worked better for me and my rock work design.
One thing I didn’t think about at first was water changes and the height of my coral growth on my rock work . A 16 gallon water change is exposing my montipora digitatas some so I was thinking about moving .
All in all This tank is my favorite .
I have the deep blue marching cabinet that
Was sold with tank.
Yes, I wasn’t used to tank being lower in height at first but i really like it now for several reasons.
First , it’s much easier to get my hand in Tank and work on stuff inside tank with having a step ladder like on my 90 gallon setup.
Second, I can look down from the above at inhabitants and enjoy a different perspective
Third, I can enjoy tank more when sitting down without having to look up so much and I just like the low profile and look of tank. Not just a ordinary tank.
3 things you might want to think about getting from my experience
1) getting a screen top so your fish won’t jump out. I’ve had 2 jump out within a year and was lucky I was there when it happened . This happened when I turned lights off and fish were not used to water changes I assume .
2) checking your par values since it is a shallower tank. I haven’t done this yet but I lost a few corals I think to strong lighting
I am going to rent a par meter to check so I don’t have to assume . I have 2 hydra 26 HD’s on my tank that I have them setup to equal Radion’s setup.
3) Live rock design