Flow question

[dewboy1127]

Would having a mp40 and a gyre 130 on the same side tank be counterproductive. .its a 72 gal bowftont tank and have an mp10 om other side but was thinking the gyre and mp would just be fighting each other or no??

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Would having a mp40 and a gyre 130 on the same side tank be counterproductive.

probably. mp40 and gyre on opposite sides. fill in with mp10 if you have to.
where they fight is turbulence.

 

[melev]

If you want to do it, you might consider what livestock will be in that tank. Some corals love flow, others not so much.

 

[Salty1962]

Use the XF to push side to side and the MPs back to front. That's how mine is and the corals love the random flow.

 

[mcarroll]

That's a long, slender tank with powerheads that seem to do best in short, stubby tanks. (Because that is the shape of the flow they create. Speaking predominantly of the vortechs here.)

So, I don't know about counterproductive, but those pumps are not going to be very "happy" IMO. (BTW, counterproductive is running pumps at opposite ends of the tank facing each other - each one canceling some of the others flow.)

BTW, if you liked the vortechs why did you add the gyre? (Or, if it is a better question, why are you keeping the vortechs?)

I'm curious because they are completely different pumps.

FWIW, I (still) like Tunze for your tank. [emoji6]

 

[dewboy1127]

I started with mps then i added a jebao rw4 on back glass lower in tank actually added two but took one out ...i acquired a gyre and put it above the mp40 soon later starfish went into mp40 stripped out nut holds prop in so i sent it out and placed the other jebao in its place ...ive had the mp40 back a while now and have debated putting it back in but figured it would be working against the gyre more than it would benefit