Is my surface agitation bad?

[Notsolostfish]

I have my 150G, and im running my vectra m2 at 50%. And my mp40s at constant 66%. And i feel theres barely any surface agitation am i overthinking this? Or this is no flow.

 

[jkcoral]

Surface agitation doesn’t look bad to me, and probably have good gas exchange if you have a protein skimmer running as well.

If you really wanted more surface agitation you could up the return pump speed, angle the return nozzles up, or try some of the different modes on your powerheads. I always got a ton of surface agitation by having the powerheads synced and using the reef crest or pulse mode.

 

[exnisstech]

Looks like plenty to me.

 

[Notsolostfish]

Looks like plenty to me.

I dont know i feel like when i look at the top of my tank i can see the rocks and sand perfectly clear and still haha. Maybe iv been watching a lot instagram reed tank videos?

 

[exnisstech]

I dont know i feel like when i look at the top of my tank i can see the rocks and sand perfectly clear and still haha. Maybe iv been watching a lot instagram reed tank videos?

The first thing I look for to make sure I have enough agitation is the absence of anything floating on top like scum or dust.

 

[Lavey29]

I keep my MP40s 3 inches below the surface. Yours are placed much deeper in the tank. I have a very visible surface ripple and my SPS get a nice blast but the corals down below get nice low flow.