Turn off Pumps at Night?

[MikeP]

Some of my pumps are timed with my lights. I wouldn't time all your pumps with the lights but I think some of them turning off overnight is a good idea.

[Raf]

edit: I thought I read you had 3 Koralia 3's...hence I said a ton of current LOL.

If it is not a reef tank or you don't have a ton of LR in there, I would tame the current at night.

[justinl]

I leave my powerheads on day and night. I would worry about them becoming fish blenders unless you have covers for the intakes.

[skylord]

With 60#s of live rock in a 46g tank I would think its rather full. If your only running the one power head plus your return I wouldn't turn them off. What is your return pump and what type of corals do you have?

Scott

[linz8392]

My return pump...im not sure what it is...it does a good job though. Aerates the water and breaks the surface well.

I have mushrooms, cabbage coral, frogspawn, leathers, zenia...etc.

I put the frogspawn in an area where there isnt too much flow and it seems happy.