Affordable Circulation Options?

GrimReefer · #1 08-01-2006, 03:27 AM

currently, my tank is a bit cluttered...

i'm adding a hang-on refugium to hide both intakes and the bulky UV sterilizer. i'm also getting tired of standard powerheads digging holes in my sand bed. so i'm looking for something inexpensive (read: NOT a tunze), compact, and capable of generating random currents or waves. what are my options?

Rikko · #2 08-01-2006, 04:21 AM

You could try the DIY Maxiket Stream mod.. It's probably an afternoon's work and I've only heard great things about it.
Barring that, SEIOs aren't that bad for their price point, but they aren't particularly random.

I've got random flow with my Maxijets hooked up to a wave timer and with the outputs sawn off (so when they start up the water flows out either hard left or hard right).

I agree with the clutter - it all looks so great until the powerheads start getting coralline all over them.

DanG · #3 08-01-2006, 04:22 AM

Have you looked at the seio powerheads? They're cheap enough, flow either 620, 820 or 1100gph and they don't have a narrow outlet, it's a good inch across, so the flow is very wide.

GrimReefer · #4 08-01-2006, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rikko

You could try the DIY Maxiket Stream mod.. It's probably an afternoon's work and I've only heard great things about it.

i'm interested. where do i find out more?

adidas · #5 08-01-2006, 04:40 AM

get rid of maxijets and get one powerful seio?

albert_dao · #6 08-01-2006, 05:03 AM

RIO should be coming out with their Polario pump by the end of summer.

fkshiu · #7 08-01-2006, 05:50 AM

Try a SCWD closed-loop like melev's:

http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html

Dale · #8 08-01-2006, 06:15 AM

It would require reworking the tank but here's another closed loop

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Reefer Rob · #9 08-01-2006, 01:54 PM

I just finished my 2 Maxijet mods on the weekend. Great flow, and cheap too! Start at www.mjmods.com it has all the links, and you will need to order the props from there.

Rob

Rikko · #10 08-02-2006, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by genix

i'm interested. where do i find out more?

Reefer Rob's link above looks like the ticket.. I haven't seen that site before but it looks pretty well developed.
The original RC link I read it from is at: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=611354

If there's any difference between our two sources, all the more data for you to go on! I think I saw a post on Canreef a while back where some local boys got the prop and shaft in Vancouver from a hobby shop - so the parts should be pretty accessible in any decent hobby shop.