Dead Zone

[sammyinafrica]

I have noticed a dead zonein my tank near the front left of my tank. I have tried to adjust the power heads but it has not helped much.

Suggestions.

[JimD]

Add another powerhead?

[ballardjr2000]

yeap add another pwr head or if you got even if its a small one to rid that dead zone. or try verizon. lol

[RayAllen]

x3

[sammyinafrica]

Verizon... LOL, I think I might buy a more powerful return form my sump, then split it so that I have two exit points that I can aim...

Are dead zones an inevitability??? Or can you completely get rid of them...

[BIGBIRD123]

a wavebox....

[JimD]

You can certainly minimize them but unless you have no obstructions (live rock) in your tank, without flow fom multiple areas or a wave box, as Bird mentioned or something like a Vortech, youre probably going to have some small regions of lower flow...

[Troy Valentine]

Not sure what type of corals you have or the look you are trying to acheive in your aquarium. But dead spots aren't bad in a heathy fuctioning aquarium ecosystem.
In fact if you are growing a lot of softies like mushrooms I find you can get greater polyp extention with virtually no flow.
I currently have a 60 gallon corner tank set up with about 200gph flow from a single return pump, basically the whole tank is a big "dead spot", yet every soft coral I put in the tank flurishes.
Remember in our aquarium we are trying to simulate the ocean and all facets of that HUGE environment, including flow.

[JimD]

Thats very true but I think hes looking to minimize dead zones to reduce the ammount of detritus build up if Im not mistaken, correct me if Im wrong.

[sammyinafrica]

Yes that is correct I would like to minimize the dead zone to keep food and such form collecting. When I feed I watch the food and see it circulating through the tank. I ampretty pleases with the result, but this one area, just collects the stuff...It is like a grave yard...

What type of snails / crabs would be good to get rid of this stuff? Cerith Snail, Nassarius Snail??

Algea is not a problem, I just do not want all the detrius in the tank...

[profntbtr]

nassarius snails are awesome for consuming extra food, and when you feed it's like the scene from waterworld when all the jetskis pop up in ambush.