Too much current?!

[Gulfsurfer]

Hey this is only my second post and im new to the hobby so take it easy on me haha... I bought this 46 gallon bow front off my buddy and I was looking at all the equipment boxes and realized he put the koralia 3 powerhead in there and I'm thinking 850 gph seems like wayyy too much.. Am I right?

[macchicks]

no its not to much. I have a k3 and a seio 1100 on my 40 gallon and I may have to much only by a little though. The K3 however would leave me way under flow though 2 K3s would probly be perfect though.

edit to add....
just my opinion however... I will take the hint from my corals when I move them in to the tank and change it to thier liking.

[Gulfsurfer]

okay, thanks! wheres the best way to point the current? Right now I kind of have have it parallel to the bottom of the tank

[macchicks]

I had one on one side pointing directly across the back mid height and the other in the center back pointing up to the front from mid height.

I was moving much of my sand from the front of the tank

I now have the mid back one on the opposite side pointing towards the oppisite front corner
I hope the arrows give a clearer picture.. I am however moving a lot less sand I only have one small bare spot under the one powerhead pointed diagnioly.

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my spelling sucks today. sorry.

[Gulfsurfer]

okay thanks again! yeah I get the arrows haha

[macchicks]

You may have to do some things different due to the bowfront... And heck I am not sure I am even doing it right.

[Gulfsurfer]

yeah the sand disturbance seems to have had settled down, now if I could get my clarkii to stop making it look like craters on the moon

[Sisterlimonpot]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14988685#post14988685 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gulfsurfer
yeah the sand disturbance seems to have had settled down, now if I could get my clarkii to stop making it look like craters on the moon good luck with the crater thing, by pointing a powerhead towards the surface you create good surface agitation which aids in oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange.