Flow suggestions

[Devereuxjoe14]

Looking for suggestions before adding some coral. Looking to put lps corals. Had a bio cube before with no luck on growing corals. How much flow do I need? How do I know when I have enough? Thanks in advance!

Looking to put a zoe garden on top.

 

[Boehmtown]

Less than you think. Especially for lps

 

[MadReefer]

Depends on what LPS you put in it. Duncans torches will require less flow because of the long tentacles compared to LPS with shorter ones.

 

[mnat]

What return pump are you running and what is the powerhead in the back? As others have said, you don't need a ton of flow with LPS, you can also use your rockwork to create zone of higher flow and lower flow.

 

[Rueric]

For LPS, it's easy to identify how much flow they want. I find that torches can tolerate more than others like hammers, frogspawns etc.
What you're looking for is for it to be puffed up and have a bit of sway on the tentacles

 

[Devereuxjoe14]

Awsome ! Ill try and mess with flow that I have in the tank before I go ahead and buy something else.

 

[DEL]

What size tank is this?

 

[Devereuxjoe14]

30 gallon cube

 

[DEL]

30g, let the return be the flow. You can even get one of those varied flow things that you attach to the return outlet.