waves at night?

[Anonymous]

My wavemaker has the option to decrease the current at night. Just wondering what everybody does. Right now I just keep the same flow pattern 24 hours a day. Any advantage to decreasing flow at night? Is the ocean calmer at night?

mitch

 

[monkeyboy]

I leave it on all night, doesn't really make sense to me that currents would decrease at night but maybe i'm wrong.

 

[Litoria]

The reef tends to be calmer at night. This is mostly due to wind/water interaction that is driven by the sun and heat during the day. Changing up the currents gives your corals a better simulation of the actual reef.

 

[monkeyboy]

Ooo, guess i am wrong, but that makes sense now that i think about it.

 

[KenH]

Calmer reefs at night have been my experience when diving and snorkeling as well.

I have my wavemaker on a timer that shuts it off from around 1AM to 7AM to simulate a calmer water condition. Since I use seaswirls on my returns, there is still some wave action going on when this occurs. I think that it is useful to change the dynamic of the tank at times to better simulate an actual reef.

--- Ken