To Ripple or not to Ripple your water?

[phastroh]

I run 4 1400GPH Hydor Evolutions on a Smartwave on my 220Gal.

I also took my 2 Aqueon 1250GPH and put one on each side near the top and pointed them upward. They both make a nice slight bump in the surface and cause a big ripple/wave effect.

I was thinking this is great for gas exchange but is it good for light penetration.

I have a lot of corals and they seem fine but would it be better to agitate the water in the sump instead and let the surface sit motionless. I do have it in the sump when the water comes into it and leaves the skimmer etc.

 

[bjohanson1234]

I doubt the ripple will effect the light penetration much at all. Plus you see how big the waves are in the ocean?

 

[Northstar24]

Good for gas exchange, negligible effect on light penetration

 

[phastroh]

I doubt the ripple will effect the light penetration much at all. Plus you see how big the waves are in the ocean?

Haha good one!!!

Did you see how big the Sun in space is! :D

 

[Smitty]

I don't think you need a huge ripple, but I would recommend some rippling effect on the dt.

 

[phastroh]

Well it is decent in size with the 2 powerheads pointing at each other. One sort of runs out of steam maybe 7 inches from the other side of the tank so the 2 meet in the middle.

I will show it in my next video and then you can see it and comment.