Struggling figuring out flow

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I have a 210 gallon 72 x 25x 30 I use 3 MP40s 2 in sync on the left side one on the right anti sync. I am running the master at 75% alternating every 4 hours or so between constant and reef crest. I also ave a Vectra L2 return pump with 2 returns running at 75% the return pump flows through a manifold for my UV and carbon reactor I also have a lot of elbows which I’m sure cut down that flow by a fair amount. All plumbing is 1.5”. Is this too much? Too little? It’s an SPS dominant tank with some lps hammers 1 torch 2 goni and what not. The torch and Goni’s don’t extend very far but seem okay. The torch polyps seem puffy and short the Goni same thing. I figured the Goni and torch would extend much farther. The hammers are miserable lately. Parameters are all within normal limits. Nitrate 10 phosphates .07 - .1 Alk 8.0 salinity 1.025 all tested with Hannah checkers. Please excuse the fish they think it’s dinner time!
 
From what i could see on the coral with polyps open it looks like pretty appropriate flow for an sps dominant tanks(some nice looking frags in there!).

The larger red goni you showed i would say could use more flow if anything but looked pretty happy. The hammers at very beginning of video i couldnt really tell how much flow they were getting but that would be the only thing i would worry was possibly getting too much from what i saw. They like pretty low flow and can be hard in a high flow tank unless you got some good "dead spots" with low flow for them.
 
Yeah the flow seems fine, how long has that big branching hammer been closed? Did something start it or have you always had the concerns above?
 

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