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zusima said:
For sps it's cleaning and bringing fresh nutrients correct?
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More or less, yes. So when you breath in and out, your capillaries in your lungs are absorbing compounds from the air around you to put into your blood, and excreting other things from the blood back into the air. This whole process is facilitated by your diaphragm sucking and blowing air in and out. We don't need to run around with our mouths open, or stick your head out a car window with your mouth open to get new air in and out.

Point is, corals perform a similar exchange but don't have lungs. They are 100% at the mercy of the water flow around them in their ability to exchange these elements. So, when people ask what kind of flow you need, well, think of it through that lens. Can some flow keep a coral alive and growing? Yes. However, it might be restricting photosynthesis due to not being able to perform this exchange well enough. So, even though a certain level of flow works, and a little more might work better.

Also keep in mind that corals without skeletons can flow with the water to maximize the exposure to the current. A torch tentacle is gettign the full effect of the water movement all the way down a tentacle. An sps is not. They require higher flow due to how they are structured. You can also sculpt the shape of some sps with flow. Prime example of this is monti cap. You want a large, flat plate, then keep it in low flow. It will grow flat to maximize itself for the water movement. Want those tight, rose pedal-like coils, then blast it. It will grow tight in an attempt to slightly reduce the flow to the zooxanthella.
 
CodyBot said:
More or less, yes. So when you breath in and out, your capillaries in your lungs are absorbing compounds from the air around you to put into your blood, and excreting other things from the blood back into the air. This whole process is facilitated by your diaphragm sucking and blowing air in and out. We don't need to run around with our mouths open, or stick your head out a car window with your mouth open to get new air in and out.

Point is, corals perform a similar exchange but don't have lungs. They are 100% at the mercy of the water flow around them in their ability to exchange these elements. So, when people ask what kind of flow you need, well, think of it through that lens. Can some flow keep a coral alive and growing? Yes. However, it might be restricting photosynthesis due to not being able to perform this exchange well enough. So, even though a certain level of flow works, and a little more might work better.

Also keep in mind that corals without skeletons can flow with the water to maximize the exposure to the current. A torch tentacle is gettign the full effect of the water movement all the way down a tentacle. An sps is not. They're require higher flow due to how they are structured. You can also sculpt the shape of some sps with flow. Prime example of this is monti cap. You want a large, flat plate, then keep it in low flow. It will grow flat to maximize itself for the water movement. Want those tight, rose pedal-like coils, then blast it. It will grow tight in an attempt to slightly reduce the flow to the zooxanthella.
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People often misinterpret pressure and flow.
 
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