After listening to a talk from Jake Adam’s, I decided to go with gyre flow. His point was that water will actually gain momentum as it gets consistently pushed, it pulls water from other areas and in a paper he published it showed that it will force water through small crevices that are hard to reach in colonies. I use 2 tunes 6095 and a Nero 3 on a 100 gallon. One powerhead turns on every 15 minutes and the other one goes off. I can watch the flow turn around and cause a “one way” wall of water rather than a jet stream
@@lukaivic5790 They certainly are! A few years back, I used vinegar to clean my two MaxSpect gyres, That was per the video advice given by Carlos of CoralVue. Eventually the magnet burst open on both units, Coralvue wanted to charge me 3/4 of what I paid for the unit for repair. I recently built a false bottom reef tank and it's finally beginning to take shape. It's a 22 long and I've got two Tunze 6040s, two Sicce Nanostreams, two Sicce XStream 5000s and two ReefBreeder Nautilus 900 return pumps. It sounds like a lot, but with the false bottom, I can alternate the flow - clockwise or counterclockwise. Too much flow is never enough! Thanks for sharing your tank and sorry to ramble on...
@@lukaivic5790 They're really not honestly, we frequently clean them in the marine store I work at. We just take the rotor and cages off, go at it with a brush, done within 5 minutes each. Once a month we take off the entire thing and give a good deep cleaning.
Dude that closed loop is amazing. Sea swirls really seem to be making a comeback!
After listening to a talk from Jake Adam’s, I decided to go with gyre flow. His point was that water will actually gain momentum as it gets consistently pushed, it pulls water from other areas and in a paper he published it showed that it will force water through small crevices that are hard to reach in colonies.
I use 2 tunes 6095 and a Nero 3 on a 100 gallon. One powerhead turns on every 15 minutes and the other one goes off. I can watch the flow turn around and cause a “one way” wall of water rather than a jet stream
IMO gyres give the best flow pattern, but I’ve heard they are a pain in the a** to maintain clean.
@@lukaivic5790 They certainly are! A few years back, I used vinegar to clean my two MaxSpect gyres, That was per the video advice given by Carlos of CoralVue. Eventually the magnet burst open on both units, Coralvue wanted to charge me 3/4 of what I paid for the unit for repair. I recently built a false bottom reef tank and it's finally beginning to take shape. It's a 22 long and I've got two Tunze 6040s, two Sicce Nanostreams, two Sicce XStream 5000s and two ReefBreeder Nautilus 900 return pumps. It sounds like a lot, but with the false bottom, I can alternate the flow - clockwise or counterclockwise. Too much flow is never enough! Thanks for sharing your tank and sorry to ramble on...
@@lukaivic5790 They're really not honestly, we frequently clean them in the marine store I work at. We just take the rotor and cages off, go at it with a brush, done within 5 minutes each. Once a month we take off the entire thing and give a good deep cleaning.
Punching the air rn because I barely setup a new 120 with vca random flow generators
@Reefdode they restrict alot of flow. I know because i have to adjust my ball valve on my drain after replacing them with something less restrictive