Water Flow and wave maker

Discussion in 'New To The Hobby' started by LukeSchnabel, Sep 12, 2011.

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  1. LukeSchnabel

    LukeSchnabel Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have a 75gallon tank, 110lbs live rock. I have a wave maker with 2x1050gph heads and a single 850hpg head going 24/7. Do you think I need more circulation.
    As of now my wave maker goes 5-6 seconds per head.
    I feel like I need more circulation and was thinking of a Tunze wave box, but I don't want to spend 600$ if I don't have to.
     
    LukeSchnabel, Sep 12, 2011
    LukeSchnabel, Sep 12, 2011
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  2. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    You have plenty of flow IMO but I'd bet you'd see better results if you ditched the oscillator and ran the two big pumps on full, pointed directly at each other. This will create random spinning turbulence. Your corals will thank you for it.
     
    reefmonkey, Sep 12, 2011
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  3. felixfish

    felixfish Bristle Worm

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    Check out the new Hydor Korlia Smart Wave box they just came out with. If you do a youtube search for it Mr.Saltwatertanktv did an interview on it at some reef convention. It's going to retail about 60$, and you can plug in as many pumps as you want to it. I saw one on aquariumguys.com, but there out of stock at the moment. Just FYI;D
     
    felixfish, Sep 15, 2011
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