Benefits of a Wave Maker

[straightrazorguy]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

the best thing about a wave maker is that if you have a lot of soft corals it makes them sway back and forth.

Steve

That's exactly what I thought; it's all about the visual appeal of having tentacles sway back and forth! What about SPS dominated tanks? Is there any benefit to having wavemakers for SPS?

[CM125]

There is benefit to every type of tank, I have personally never run SPS but im sure its a staple to have controllable power heads

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by straightrazorguy

That's exactly what I thought; it's all about the visual appeal of having tentacles sway back and forth! What about SPS dominated tanks? Is there any benefit to having wavemakers for SPS?

Well SPS needs way more flow than a softie tank.
Vortech
Tunze
Jebaeo

Anything else is a waste of money especially those zapping Hydor crap.

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Well SPS needs way more flow than a softie tank.
Vortech
Tunze
Jebaeo

Anything else is a waste of money especially those zapping Hydor crap.

+1

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by straightrazorguy

That's exactly what I thought; it's all about the visual appeal of having tentacles sway back and forth! What about SPS dominated tanks? Is there any benefit to having wavemakers for SPS?

I go for mass water flow in a SPS tank, I don't think I could have ever achieved the flow I had in my 92 gal with wave makers, I think by the end I was up to almost 170X turnover rate.

Steve

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

I go for mass water flow in a SPS tank, I don't think I could have ever achieved the flow I had in my 92 gal with wave makers, I think by the end I was up to almost 170X turnover rate.

Steve

You should give some WP40/60s a try....maybe you will change your mind

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

You should give some WP40/60s a try....maybe you will change your mind

I've always had Vortechs and I now have Tunzes.
Someone posted that they were having a hard time synching the WPs together. Is this true? For the price of these pumps they look pretty sweet.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I've always had Vortechs and I now have Tunzes.
Someone posted that they were having a hard time synching the WPs together. Is this true? For the price of these pumps they look pretty sweet.

Google "JEBAO TWINS LINKAGE CONTROLLER". I think this may work (can't post the link directly since that would violet the rule of this forum).

[Madreefer]

Hmm. It looks like that'll do the trick. Since Concept sells the pumps now maybe Denny can post something on their forum pretty sure it won't be violating any rules

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Hmm. It looks like that'll do the trick. Since Concept sells the pumps now maybe Denny can post something on their forum pretty sure it won't be violating any rules

Yah once they start bringing them in. Need to add a wp25 and this controller (maybe even swap the wp40 to 25 and add a 2nd one) to the tank but will have to wait; the light stripped me off my savings.