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So I have a red sea reefer 750, 160g 6 foot tank. I currently am running two tunze nanostream 6095 pumps on each side (2500 gph max) and one nanostream on the back wall on max pointed up for gas exchange. I have never really been happy with the flow in my tank, I don't have any corals right now besides a duncan but I do want to start with SPS soon.

My question is, I can't do sps with my current amount of flow, correct? I feel it may be too low because I don't run the nanostreams at max all day, they are in varying different configs depending on the time.

Second question: would two of the new gyre xf350 pumps (max flow 5280 each) be sufficient for sps? I am considering getting rid of my tunze pumps and going for the gyre, thanks for any input.
 
Seems about right to me, I have my tank around 40 times turn over an hour this includes the return pump.

Gyres would be a better choice IMO as the flow is wider and less focused.
 

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