Power Head Placement

[RIJohn]

I am having a hard time placing my power heads in my tank. I have 3 evo 1400 Koralias. In a 90 gallon tank with the live rock placed in a U shape. I came moving every other day I am looking for some suggestions.

Should they be more on the side panes of glass?

Should they be on the back pane of glass?

Should it be a mix?

I just cant find a spots that I like.

 

[SeaBee]

I placed mine kinda oposing each other on the ends of the tank but down slightly from the rear corners, the wash meets in the middle and swirls around nicely. I also hid one in the rockwork to blow out behind the rocks. You just want to try to move the water around all the sand areas without craeting a sandstorm, its a bit trying to do.

 

[Smitty]

I have my stronger one behind the rockwork, and the other 2 on one side(1 mid-level, 1 higher creating ripples) blowing towards my skimmer.

 

[BL1]

You also want to make sure when you set them up that every area of your tank at least gets some flow, you don't want any dead spots

 

[SeaBee]

What about behind the rock? I have a dead spot in one corner and the cuc is going to town over there, like 3 large Nars snails just stay there, the sand seems to boil sometimes when I feed the tank and they all start to surface....

 

[RIJohn]

I just cant seem to find a spot I like for visual appearence. I have plenty of flow with no dead spots. Just cant seem to find a spot where they dont draw your eyes away from the tank.

 

[Bifferwine]

Unfortunately, that's what sucks about powerheads :( They are difficult to hide. You can sometimes arrange your rocks around them. That makes them more hidden, at least.