Pump layout questions

Bryce M.

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Not too sure if this should be in equipment or not so feel free to move. Anyways, so I've been pretty disappointed with my flow, now that I made a sketch showing the flow I can easily see why. The red circle is a standard wave pump that wasn't in when this photo was taken.
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It's rough but shows my issue here. The reefwave flow was taken from their diagrams, of course all of these streams minus the two middle returns are on various wave intervals, I run random with highest being max. My first thought is definitely moving that regular pump that's pointing up, also should I move the reefwaves? I feel like the left side is doing nothing.
I'm also considering getting another gyro pump.

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I was thinking of one maybe two doing the configuration of figure 3 but angled to flow into the middle. Figure 4 shows going into the middle but my current pumps are in the way.

I'm highly considering setting the two I have now up in the configuration of figure 4.
Any advice?
 

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Figure 3 is closest to the starting point I use. You really have to see what works in your tank though as rock work plays a big role in current. Bouncing off the glass has a big effect so don’t right that off.
 
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Figure 3 is closest to the starting point I use. You really have to see what works in your tank though as rock work plays a big role in current. Bouncing off the glass has a big effect so don’t right that off.
Thank you! I'm going to play around with the config on figure three tonight. My tank being longer than the cube shown I might have to move the a little closer to the middle. Though I absolutely will try it close to the glass and try bouncing, seems like that might be a key aspect I'm missing.
 

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