Surface skim/flow help

[hammerd]

I’m having problem with my surface skimming, and I’m getting a bit of dust and such on the surface that isn’t reaching my weir, looks like this:

This is my flow setup:

closer look at the return circled in the back: left side-

Right side-

Vectra return pump settings:

Vortec settings:

Other is set as child

So yeah can anyone help me out with surface skimming? I can’t figure it out no matter what I do dust and such just settles on top and circles without reaching the weir at some point

 

[blaxsun]

One thing you can try is angling your return outlets so that they aim towards the surface of the water to create more agitation.

 

[hammerd]

One thing you can try is angling your return outlets so that they aim towards the surface of the water to create more agitation.

That always helps a little but it never really solves the problem so I just keep trying different directions

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

surface agitation is very important, to me it seems like you need more, or stronger powerheads to create more flow in the tank.

 

[hammerd]

surface agitation is very important, to me it seems like you need more, or stronger powerheads to create more flow in the tank.

I haven’t tried increasing the power in my power heads yet, I’ll bring it up to 45 and see. Thanks for the suggestion