Water Currents

[JL27AY]

Hi All,

I have a few questions and hope that fellow Lao Jiaos can help to easre my doubts and advise mi on the following.

1- I have been reading and found out that currents are second to lighting when keeping corals. However, how do we create the currents? Okay, we have Phs and wavemakers. But may i know where do we place the PHs? I understand that is the PHs are not placed properly, i will actually damage the corals than do good. How many PHs do we need then for a 3 - 4 footer tank.

2- I heard about the SCWD ( Squid ) ??. Is it useful? Where do we place it in order to maximise its usage. Where can i find it apart from buying online? Anyone has a spare one to sell?? Or are there any other stuff that can help with the currents? Pls recommend.

Pardon mi if the questions sounds silly.

Thanks

[xp95]

Hi All,

I have a few questions and hope that fellow Lao Jiaos can help to easre my doubts and advise mi on the following.

1- I have been reading and found out that currents are second to lighting when keeping corals. However, how do we create the currents? Okay, we have Phs and wavemakers. But may i know where do we place the PHs? I understand that is the PHs are not placed properly, i will actually damage the corals than do good. How many PHs do we need then for a 3 - 4 footer tank.

2- I heard about the SCWD ( Squid ) ??. Is it useful? Where do we place it in order to maximise its usage. Where can i find it apart from buying online? Anyone has a spare one to sell?? Or are there any other stuff that can help with the currents? Pls recommend.

Pardon mi if the questions sounds silly.

Thanks

"Conventional aquarium pumps generate excessively high flow rates in the core area of the water jet, but on the outside of the core area the current is too low. This difference leads to stress for the aquarium inhabitants, such as coral polyps." (Quote ka poh from sponsor website).

[shiraz]

from what i saw on tv, the curernts for LPS is so that they can trap 'food' in the water when it streams by... the current should not be very strong as the corals might not bloom... u need a little current behind your rockwork too to minimalise the probability of dead spots too actually... SCWD is ok but it works exactly like a powerhead.. the only thing diff that is does it that is shoots the water in 2 different directions.. u can add more outlets at the expense on the output u recieve though.. a tunze is good as it has a wider range then PHs.. (is wider range the correct term??) the ph will only blow a very narrow jet of water at a certain spot but the tunze is like a fan in the water and will blow over a large area.. generally, people who have a 3/4 footer will have 1 tunze but if u're filled to the brim with SPS then 2 would be good at either side..

[FuEl]

For once I tot I saw something vulgar...La* Jiao..

Think I must be too sleepy..

[JL27AY]

Tks all for the advice.

BTW, can anyone recommend mi some of the better PHs ard? And where can i find it.

Where can i buy the SCWD? ANyone has a spare one for sale?

Thanks

[SharkBait]

1 of the better ph would be the maxijet.

[flubberina13]

1 of the better ph would be the maxijet.

Yup...if you doesn't want to get a Tunze, then maixijet is good...

Am using both...good effects....till my mushrooms flew...

[SharkBait]

Yup...if you doesn't want to get a Tunze, then maixijet is good...

Am using both...good effects....till my mushrooms flew...

keke, when you going into sps?

[JL27AY]

Heard about the maxijet too... BTW thanks for the fast reply though.

May i know where i can find them?? And about tunze, How much is it? How many I need? There is a controller to it rite? will i need it if i am only getting one of them?

[SharkBait]

you can click on the banner or pm edmund for the pricing.Think water circle is selling them too. As for the tunze... a stream with a controller would cost around $400.

[SharkBait]

Dunno whether you need a controller anot but without a controller, the stream would function like a normal ph except for the difference in the flowrate.