Powerhead placement?

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  1. felixfish

    felixfish Bristle Worm

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    This is my 55 gal, with a Korilia 3 850gph & an Evoultion 750gph. The 850 is on the left pointed up at the water giving it a good ripple, and the less intense 750 is on the bottom right flowing behind the rocks. I have messed with these on either sides, and there is a small green and red algae bloom. Are these in a good spot?
     

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  3. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Looks fine to me.;) I see alot of people say that algae is from low flow but most of the time algae grows on my outlets and powerheads right in the highest flow in the tank. As long as you don't have any dead spots you should be fine.Considering you have bigger powerheads in your tank then I do in my 90 you should be fine.
     
  4. marks270galreef

    marks270galreef Flamingo Tongue

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    yep how old is lighting and etc...
     
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    marks270galreef Flamingo Tongue

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    i get algae when my bulbs start to get old.. i understand the flow thing and to an extent they are right my koralias are pointed towards the top
     
  6. felixfish

    felixfish Bristle Worm

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    They are probably 7 or 8 months old. I should probably look into new bulbs. I was thinking a GFO reactor. I recently bought a packet of a phosphate lowering pouch I added to my refugium, and since them my phosphates are 0.