Help with powerheads

[Miketc17]

I was hoping to get some input on how to position my powerheads since I'm relatively new to saltwater. I currently have 2 powerheads positioned like so:


Koralia 425 on the left side closer to the front which is aimed straight down the tank and then a Koralia 1150 on the right side towards the rear of the tank which is aimed upwards to the surface. I'm not 100% happy with this positioning, but I do love the awesome water agitation I get from the 1150.

I want to change it up and I have something like this in mind that I think will work really great. My new plan is to have 2 425's on the back wall on opposite ends and have them aimed at the center of the front glass (I'm not sure if I want them aimed downwards or upwards or just straight). Then have a 600 smack in the center of the back wall aimed straight to center of the front glass and aimed upwards to the surface. And I'll just not use the 1150. I think this will create an awesome random flow. Opinions? Thanks in advance!

 

[Hawkeye]

i'm not familiar with personal experience on the koralias - but i'd think you could do the "aim powerheads to the middle" to generate chaotic flow. Not sure if i'd call it random. Random would be like taking a power head and suspending it and letting it go around in 360 however it wants. That would be crazy lol. You don't want truly random flow hahaha.

The other idea is to use a GYRE flow. Basically a racetrack set up. back side would go one direction and the front would go the other.

 

[Miketc17]

Well, I tried my idea and I didn't like it lol. I was considering it "random" because my intentions were to bounce the current off the glass. I decided to stick to my original positioning.