What happens when you have 1000gph flow in a 90gal

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My 90gal normally runs on ~200gph, I decided to add a spare 800gph powerhead to see if the extra circulation would help in keeping the detritus off the bottom, well it did that and then some:nilly:, i got wave patterns in the sand, dug out the corners, bit silly really:ROFL:.

My fishies didn't think much of it either, the plain looking fish are Australian Bass, the small schooling fish are Australian Smelt.

I only ran it like that for a short time, long enough it see that wasn't going to work and take the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQjv46ho-0E

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Yea the smelt were smart enough to stay around the middle where a big eddy forms (slower water movement), the bass were handling it well too.

Trouble is with all that water movement the smelt would have had little opportunity to feed, they normally roam around in a school feeding off the bottom (they do a better job scavenging than the catfish)
 
What kind of bass were those?
 
poor little guys could barely swim. The sand patterns looked cool though.
 
wow. it looked like those oscars were on a treadmill running full blast. pretty funny but i'm glad it wasn't long term. freshwater tanks for me run ten times the tank volume per hour.
 
Looked like the Oscars got a good cardio work out in :ROFL: The feeders seemed right at home.
 
I didn't see anything wrong with it, the Oscars must have been enjoying it to have been swimming in the direct current if you ask me.
Alex
 
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