Proper Tank Flow?

fish-boy13

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Is there such a thing as a proper way to have your water flowing, in terms of benefiting your fish and as well as maintenance within your tank?

I mean most people from what i have read up always suggest to have two power heads from both ends of the tank and such to even out the "flow" in the tank. Just wandering what is the general idea behind this. Also would like to know more how i should be aiming to create the "flow" in my tank.
 

Nic

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flow depends on what kind of fish you wanna keep.... that will determine how much current you need
 

12 Volt Man

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it depends. I am from the school of thought that in freshwater tanks, as long as you have proper filtration, you don't need powerheads. If you have a big tank, you are going to have a few filters on it generally, and that is enough.

Saltwater tanks with reefs are different, in that they often have 'filter feeders' (corals, shrimps, clams etc) that depend on food flowing into their mouthparts via current.

so for saltwater reef tanks, its much more important..IMO.

but for freshwater, unless your tank is monster huge, its not really an issue IMO
 

fish-boy13

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Well the type of fish im stocking are JD-GT-Osc-Jag 1 of each. 125 Gal.

What im looking for is a general type of flow direction within the tank, not how much power current wise.
 
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