Flow Rate Question.

[Altohombre]

In my 46 I got a Hydor Koralia 3 as my main gph of 850. My skimmer puts off a little bit of flow, but mainly blocks the Maxi-Jet 1200 which is in the pre-skimmer box. There is also a little flow from my canister filter which I may or may not be stopping. I have a little bit of a dead spot in my back right corner that I would like to improve upon. I like the Hydor Koralias, but was wondering which one I should get as my secondary pump. If I get another 3 it would be 1700 gph not including the little bit from my other equipment. This is a turnover rate of about 35x. Since I keep mostly small fish I don't want them to be blown all over the place. I also want a good turnover rate for keeping corals since I plan to start that up in the next month or so.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[yote]

As long as you dont have any dead spots,your good on flow.

 

[Altohombre]

If you mean where I am at currently then yes I do have a dead spot. If you mean at 35x turnover then no I most likely wouldn't have a dead spot.

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

It depends on what corals you want, SPS could always use more, but otherwise ur looking good

 

[yote]

I say go ahead and add another #3 or maybe even a #4.IMO,As long as the sand is staying on the bottom,you dont have too much flow.

 

[Piggy]

I would go ahead and get another one.

 

[Altohombre]

so a #3 eh? How much smaller in size is the #2. Being that I have a 46g the powerheads look a little large.

 

[Piggy]

The two is not much smaller. I have three #3 and one #1. You can barely tell the difference.

 

[reeffreak]

The K2 and K3 are the same size just different prop.If your just trying to add flow to that one small dead spot than get a MJ600 or 900.