Can too much flow be an issue?

[Paranoiattack91]

I have a gyre 150 on a long pulse at 80 percent and have loved it. Last week a small snail got jammed in the pump and broke a few blades so I pulled it out to fix it. I put a small jebao powerhead I had laying around from my last tank in for a week while I fixed the gyre. Over that week I noticed some really good growth in a few zoas and my Goni opened up even more. I was thinking of maybe switching things up and running the gyre on the opposite side of the tank facing the jebao to create a more turbulent water movement instead of the gyre moving the water in a fast circular pattern. What do you think?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Best way to find out is try it as I'm sure you know. The key is to have flow that doesn't create sand storms. Some corals will not open up because of that. I would play around and see how corals respond. Generally speaking I am a big fan of strong flow.

 

[Paranoiattack91]

Yea, I have it tons of flow but it is all in one strong circular flow. I just noticed a few corals responding well to the low flow and was wondering if I'm blasting my corals too much in one direction.

 

[Smite]

That's how I set mine up. My gyre is on a real long pulse @ 70% and fights my mp40 on reef crest @ 100%. I get a ton of flow, no dead spots. And a nice random sway during the gyre pause.

 

[Smite]

48" tank. 180g

 

[Paranoiattack91]

That's how I set mine up. My gyre is on a real long pulse @ 70% and fights my mp40 on reef crest @ 100%. I get a ton of flow, no dead spots. And a nice random sway during the gyre pause.

Nice! I'll give it a shot. I'm on a 48 long tank as well but it's a 120. 48x24x24x