power head placment in a 120

[Jim_Dont_Care]

just because im interested to see how many differances there are im going to ask a question lol.
if u had 2x korilla 1400 and a 120 gallon tank 4x2x2 ware would u put the power heads ill even put a rock pic in for refrance this will be sps tank soon again lets here it from u guys

[dputt88]

bpth on the back glass, about 1/2 - 2/3 of the way up, turned inward as far as they go, one point just slightly upwards, the other just slightly downward. its what i do in my 90 and the flow is pretty random except for int the front bottom corners. thus way the are less intrusive to the view as well.

[Jim_Dont_Care]

i can use the reef keeper for wave maker also and my return pump is mag 18 u can see the lockline ware to flows gently
if i point them both inward seems like to corners would be dead

[dputt88]

mine aren't dead, they just have a more regular flow., you can always point the return pump toward the corners and slightly down to make more flow in the front lower corners too.

[Jim_Dont_Care]

ill have to try it and take a look i think i need bigger power heads though

[Turtle]

I have 2 of mine opposed like you have in your pic in my 120 plus another one on the right hand on constantly. I was planning on using my new RKL in a wave maker cycle for the two opposing and tested it out yesterday but am concerned that the wave maker cycle will reduce flow too much Currently my water flows clockwise but I seem to be getting dead spots where some SOS corals are not getting enough flow and others close to the ph are getting too much and growing strangely in shape and having some die off in shaded areas.

[Jim_Dont_Care]

do u have bigger power heads that do more than 1400 on yours i just c,ant see spending a ton on votechs but they seems superior maybe ill save up for some tunze before i add coral

[McPuff]

It seems like the 1400s should be ok in a 4 foot tank. I actually have two of them in my 6 ft 180 and they do an ok job. I have them opposing each other and they seem to produce a decent random flow (along with another pump pointing toward the back panel). Saving up for the MPs isn't a bad idea though. Another idea is to add a SCWD to your return line and then your return water will alternate between two inputs, creating more variations in flow. I'm in the process of installing one of these as well.

[Jim_Dont_Care]

yeah i see the new scwd u can take apart and fix that a big bonus compaired to the old ones but i think its only the 1 inch one but thats ok i would have to use that one anyway because of gph

[Jim_Dont_Care]

ok i moved them to back wall left pointing right right pointing left and streams intercept flow seems good but when it bounces off the front glass it has cleared out the sand ina big way