If I recall they were around $100. Tunze is reliable as well. I have mp40’s In my current tank but your paying for the name and exterior motor.

The mp40's are nice. I would like one or two of those, but the price is a little more than I want to spend on powerheads at the moment.


I have been looking into the tunze powerheads as well. Also looking into innovative marine wavelink powerheads. They seem to have decent reviews and at $140 not a bad price either.

Give it a whirl! All you need to do is move water :smile:

So picked up a innovative Marine waveli k powerhead. Seems to work pretty well. The wave setting moves quite a bit of water.

I finally got my electronics cabinet finished. Started moving everything out from underneath the tank.

Unfortunately my return pump stopped working. Unplugged it moved all the wires and controller to the cabinet, plugged it in and nothing. Took it out to clean it and still nothing. The propeller turns freely so nothing is blocked, but I can't hear the pump making any noise.

I'm having some trouble with my hammer coral. It doesn't seem to be opening up. Any ideas on what would cause that? My orange eye chalice also isn't looking too good. Any ideas on how to get them back on track?

The pocillapora has stopped bleaching. The bleaching hasn't gone away, but it's not getting any worse. So at least something is looking up!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...45392e37dd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e3cf27190a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f3ef5b0499.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...01da3c693a.jpg

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Concerning your hammer; it's still looking OK even if it's not very big right now.
After that powerhead failure, I'd be inclined to run more carbon and change it every few days for 2 or 3 more batches. Make sure you rinse it very well before adding it to your tank.
About your pump, do you have anyone close to you with a multimeter?
I'd suggest you test the power supply for proper output.

Good luck

I would suggest WC’s to get everything settled back to your ideal parameters.

I have been doing weekly water changes. So everything should be good parameter wise... I think



Good to know about the hammer. I moved it to a place with less flow and it seems to be opening up a bit more now.
I do run carbon and have been switching it out every week.
Unfortunately I don't know anyone near me with a multimeter. I can borrow one from my dad this weekend though. I might do that and see what is going on with it. I did order a new one. I figure even if I get this one working again it's good to have a backup.

Been awhile, have been on vacation the last few days. I did get my new return pump before going away though. Turns out it was the controller that had gone. Plugged new controller into the old pump and everything is working fine.

Good news 2 of the smallest acro frags are getting some colour back!

Unfortunately my acan isn't looking very good and same with my hammer coral.

The frogspawn is doing well though.

Any idea what I should do about the hammer coral and acan?

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Back from vacation! Tank has done well. Got a few new corals before I left from Dash. They are all doing well so far.

My hammer coral looks to have died though.

Some updated pics.

Looking into getting a wavemaker. Anyone have any good recommendations for one?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4262a851c7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...16856ecd4f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6f25f8bd4c.jpg

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Glad the frags are doing well. No fishie friends?