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Old 09-22-2016, 04:31 PM
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Default gyre,, how close to the water line ???

I run mine pretty close to the water line so a get a wave/turbulence....
Do you guys do this or do you run it deeper so there is no wave.. ????
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Old 09-22-2016, 08:10 PM
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I have mine 2.5 inches below, but I turn the knobs 1-2 clicks so that I get water turbulence.

when I tried a vertical placement, I had them in the middle so I could capture as much as possible of the sand bed and top.
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Old 09-25-2016, 04:41 PM
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Mine is 3 inches down but tilted slightly up to it creates surface turbulence. I find that if I place it any higher up it sucks in a vortex of air.
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Old 09-26-2016, 02:54 PM
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I have a XF150 that is about 1" below the surface horizontally on one end of my 36" tank. It runs in pulse mode - about 10 seconds on/off at 60%. My tank is 98% SPS, but the LPS that are in there (Torch, Frogspawn, Pectinia, Open Brain) are in sheltered areas where they can deal with the flow. If I turn the Gyre off the LPS inflate more, but screw them, they are just LPS.
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Old 09-30-2016, 09:17 PM
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So ive tried horizontally on the back of my tank. i tried one vertical and the other horizontal on the same side of the tank as coralvue suggested, but i find it works best both horizontally on either side of the tank. im currently trying out pulse mode, but might switch back to alt gyre mode. just trying t find teh best set up to avoid cyano building up on my gravel
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Old 09-30-2016, 09:57 PM
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alt gyre mode just makes a mess in my opinion....
pulse,,, ,,, I'm going to get the new controller and pulse in one direction,,, with the other one running at minimal,, for a while and then reverse..


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So ive tried horizontally on the back of my tank. i tried one vertical and the other horizontal on the same side of the tank as coralvue suggested, but i find it works best both horizontally on either side of the tank. im currently trying out pulse mode, but might switch back to alt gyre mode. just trying t find teh best set up to avoid cyano building up on my gravel
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Old 10-02-2016, 04:48 PM
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I have mine on the side, placed horizontally 2.5" from the top of the water line of my 4 foot 150g tall aquarium. I have two Tunze 6105s on the opposite side, a little more than half way down. All are controlled by a Neptune Apex.
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