Where Should a Powerhead Be Placed in an Aquarium?

[@tiffanya83]

This is exactly the info I needed, thank you for the visual aids for being so clear!

[@bovice1766]

Dear BRS. Please do an experiment with powerheads in nano tanks (20G and less) and all different types of coral to see how different coral are effected in such a small environment. I feel like most beginners start small and have no idea how to handle water flow and blast coral to death or just use a return pump and end up with filthy tanks and unhappy coral. Just a thought.

[@jamesbroderick3660]

I’m a beginner and I have a 30 gallon long I could use some help with this topic

[@leetupload]

I have a 5 gallon and only have a return pump. Detritus is settling on my sand bed and I just got a powerhead to handle more flow. I think that this video helped my suspicions a bit as to placement.

[@jamesbroderick3660]

@@leetupload how long are you running your light for?

[@ReefingAndAdventuresWithSteve]

You've just convinced me to get a 2nd pump for my 36 gallon tank. Thanks for the help.

[@AJ-bi6ns]

In general, multiple sources are better than one or two strong pumps for sure. On my 180g I have 2x MP60 sides toward the front 2/3rds the way down and 4x MP40s top/bottom towards the rear on the sides. Running so many pumps but at lower rates moves the water much better.

[@zzgremlin]

I’m a little confused he says with a single pump put on the side furthest from your return furthest from your filtration. Well what if you only have one return and one overflow opposite from each other for an aio tank. I feel like it doesn’t matter with an mp10 on a 15 gallon aio

[@chercm]

what about peninsula tank ?

[@ThomasBReef]

A unique challenge for sure!

[@mryes413]

Is this an old video re-uploaded?

[@Canadaisthegreat]

should i aim my wave maker to the surface?

[@jsiqueblue4948]

Hi , thank you for the great information. How often do you run your wavemakers do you have them on a timer or let them run 24 hours

[@BRStv]

That really depends on who you talk to. Some people prefer to turn the flow down during the overnight hours, others prefer not to mess with it. Personally, I like to turn the flow down by 25%-50% for at least a couple hours over night.

[@alexguitar841]

Thomas always gets a 👍

[@chump3947]

Can you have too much flow? If you had a tank with or without coral, could the flow exhaust your fish?

[@iceicetimmay]

If you watch the WWC video on flow the answer is yes. In fact it might more of the case we are all putting too much flow in our tanks

[@bowlda_5194]

Quality content 👌 👌

[@mrcovert011]

Great vid.

[@karankumarbarik2438]

flow 🙌🏻 (best part😆)

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

thanx😊

[@stevehumbert9042]

Man I was so confused. I swore I just watched this video last night but it was uploaded 3 hours ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2TNpIOBgtuZhLM Oh I did watch it last night, Honestly this is the first time I've ever seen a channel straight up re-upload an old video LOL. Props to you guys.

[@leetupload]

Interesting strategy. It's now also marked as unlisted. Though, it was beneficial to me seeing it now.

[@stevehumbert9042]

@@leetupload it was super super beneficial to me last night! I can’t knock them really for it, it’s basic level stuff and good to put out there again. I was just having a wild deja vu moment and thought I was losing it LOL

[@GtcoUC]

Time to give Alex my routine 👎. And Thomas his routine thumbs up 👍