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How much flow is to much? Or too little. I have a corner 54 with fish, live rock, HOB filter and 2-400 gph WaveMaker. Where should I set them? (This tank is an upgrade from my 46 bow) and being a corner im not 100% sure.

I'm going to add this here just incase
New AI prime light (well, New to me) no corals (yet?) What are your settings for this light?
 
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Which HOB? Those filters tend to provide a little flow too but I don’t imagine its much in a 54 gallon tank. Upload a pic of the tank and you’ll be able to get more feedback
 
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It's the marineland penguin 350, I will be upgrading to a canister here shortly- or I'm hoping before I cut the plexi tip. It's all still in the bow I just want to have a plan prior to the move. Ill upload both for now (i have since cleaned it up and vinyled the back of the corner black)
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Two 400 gph powerheads should be fine for a 54 gallon FOWLR. If you move to corals that’s a different story lol.
 

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Too little flow IMO. 800 gph by 54 gallons is like 14x turnover. Less actually cause powerheads always continuously lose effectiveness. Personally I like around 30x-40x + turnover. My 15 gallon softie tank (zoa’s and mushrooms) has 2 x 500 gph powerheads.
 

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