I am looking for some help with powerheads in my new 180G. I currently have two Reefwave 45 Gyres,two MP40QDs and a jeabo rw8 and I am not impressed with the flow in my tank. I have a relatively minimal amount of rockwork but even with all the pumps cranked up to 100% the motion in my tank seems to be less than I hoped for. Especially when I read other people's posts about having to run their pumps at 60%. I have a couple of hammers in the tank and they gently sway. Definitely not the flow I want for the SPS. I am running bare bottom so I am not worried about sand blowing around.
I have one reefwave on each end of my tank pointing toward each other and two MP40s on the back wall and a small jeabo rw8 on the back bottom corner blowing across the backside of the rocks.
What is everyone using on their 180Gs?
I am thinking of maybe reconfiguring the pumps and having the Reefwave pointing front to back and the Mp40s side to side. I really don't want to add more pumps so I am curious what everyone else has had success with. Maybe I need to reevaluate what I am using. Not sure if what I really need is two Mp60s or Tunze 6255s or if I should dump the Gyres and get two more Mp40s or if the reality is I just need more pumps.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Here is a picture of my rock work. Its a pic from when I first setup the tank not showing the current pumps.
I have one reefwave on each end of my tank pointing toward each other and two MP40s on the back wall and a small jeabo rw8 on the back bottom corner blowing across the backside of the rocks.
What is everyone using on their 180Gs?
I am thinking of maybe reconfiguring the pumps and having the Reefwave pointing front to back and the Mp40s side to side. I really don't want to add more pumps so I am curious what everyone else has had success with. Maybe I need to reevaluate what I am using. Not sure if what I really need is two Mp60s or Tunze 6255s or if I should dump the Gyres and get two more Mp40s or if the reality is I just need more pumps.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Here is a picture of my rock work. Its a pic from when I first setup the tank not showing the current pumps.


