Powerhead Placement

[moomoofatcow]

Alright...i got my books in, and I'm starting to learn everything that the LPS told me wrong...and there was a lot of it. (IE: They told me that i didn't have to run the protien skimmer for a month after buying the tank...he gladly sold me fish, and 7 of them died...probably could have been avoided IF my protien skimmer was running. I guess he wants me to get some new fish from him...HAHAHAHA!!) Anyways, I had a quick question about powerheads that I haven't been able to find an answer to int he books.

How high in the tank wall should they be placed? And how many of them should I place in my tank? It's 76 gallons, 48" wide...and I forgot the other dimensions...but I think it's 36" tall and 24" deep. I was thinking 2 of them kitty corner to eachother (That and I have the return line from the sump which creates a pretty nice current right smack in the middle of the tank) But should they be placed right at the top of the tank? In the middle? or toward the bottom?

 

[Kyle]

A little bit below the lip of the tank. Right about at the water line.

 

[aresgod]

depends on what your putting in the tank, if you want stuff that needs high water movement then it is a good idea to put them at varyign places through out the tank,

 

[S.Reef]

While a protein skimmer will help remove pollutants, your tank was still cycling and the fish deaths were for the most part inevitable.

Powerheads can be placed anywhere in the aquarium. I personally place them at the bottom. This way I can cover them with rocks. With this being said my return is at the top so I have enough surface agitation. You have a pretty good idea of where to put them.

 

[1979camaro]

then again...if your return pump is big enough you wont be using powerheads anyway possibly. i dont run powerheads in my 55 b/c i get enough flow through a scwd to do what i want