how many power heads

I am curiouse as i am thinking about increasing the flow in my tank

 

bump

 

Water flow/movement is very important to corals especially!!! their are numerous reasons for having a moderate flow or greater...
Amount of live rock, size of powerheads, number of corals, dimensions of tank and design will all play a role in the number of powerheads need to supply ample amount of flow to ALL areas of your tank, as these vairables will hinder and decrease the flow supplied by powerheads!...not to mention the substrate areas and between your live rock as well!

 

On my old 55 gal I used a WaveMaker with 3 MJ1200. Put a closed loop on it if you want more flow, will look better then a bunch of powerheads and cords hanging in the tank.

 

I used 4 on wave timers on my old 75. All MJ1200's. However If I were to do it again I would use a 2 tunze powerheads instead.

 

need help for my powerheads

can anyone help i have a 55gal.reef tank i just started i have 65 pounds of liverock some clown fish some corals, livesand but anyway i have 5 powerheads 4-900maxi-jet and 1 1200maxi-jet and the outlet from my sump i just wanted to no wher i should put them in the tank all at the top or the bottom ?

 

here you go put one of these on 1 of your 900's and you are set on flow. Sure Grip Magnetic Power Head Holders Aquarium Algae Cleaning Magnets - Algae Free, LLC

 

I have 55gl with 4 mj1200 all with water deflectors attached, I run 1 24-7 and the other three are on a diy wavemaker which is also on a timmer to run during my day lighting cycle. Also I have a flurval 304 and my skimmer pushing water around.
Mind you I also have 80lbs live rock so my actual water volume is around 30-35gl .
It doesnt seem to bother any of my live stock and I still thinkI have some slow or dead spots in the tank.

 

In our 72 we use a Hydro Koralia 4 and a Seio 620...

 

I use two Rio 8HF with splitters...kind of like 4 smaller ones. Its pretty nice.