Sand

[Boogie]

Thanks for all the advice and answer. Here a lil more info on my part on why I wanna get rid of the power heads or sand. I have two wp60's that turns my tank into a sand storm. It's a 180. I drop down to one power head and it's the same thing. The sand is no longer under the rocks at times I have to push it back under the rocks. I have it set to the lowest setting and still the same thing. Love the flow and movement it gives but hate the sand storm

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

Maybe you should have coarser sand or smaller pumps or both... You know you need flow to keep a healthy tank right? Extremes either way are not good for the system as a whole.

 

[Boogie]

Imma try smaller p/heads. Maybe 2 wp40's. If that don't work then Imma need a bigger tank.:spin:

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

With a tank that size, why not switch it up so you get good flow all over the tank? Maybe 2 power heads on the back of the tank and one on each side. If you're not going to swap the sand out for larger grain sand maybe use rw8's on each side and 2 rw4's on the back. I think you would get better results that way.

 

[homegrowncichlid]

sounds like you need to use very coarse sand/crushed coral. In the end, you'll find that you can always use more water flow, not less.

 

[Boogie]

With running four powerheads I think it will be the same problem. Because the flow will meet in the middle.

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

I run 2 rw8's an MP10 and a wp25 on a 65 gallon with larger grain sand and crushed coral. No sand storms no cyano and the flow keeps sps happ, the debris suspended and going down the overflow to my sock and skimmer. More flow is usually better.

 

[Boogie]

Ok so it all ball down to I need larger better sand.

 

[Boogie]

Has anybody ever use the natural color rocks that be inside of a fresh water tank?????