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Hi guys I have been snooping in on your conversations for a while and have learned alot ( THANKS ) . I am in the process of setting up a 55 gallon reef I purchased a wave timmer and was planning on using 3 power heads for circ . What size should I purchase ?
Hi guys I have been snooping in on your conversations for a while and have learned alot ( THANKS ) . I am in the process of setting up a 55 gallon reef I purchased a wave timmer and was planning on using 3 power heads for circ . What size should I purchase ?
If you don't have the money for some Tunze then I used to run a Wavemaker with 3 MaxiJet 1200 and it did great. MJ's can handle the starting and stopping all the time which most PH cant handle. Tunze are nice but they are not cheap, don't know what your budget is.
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Scott
265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge
If you don't have the money for some Tunze then I used to run a Wavemaker with 3 MaxiJet 1200 and it did great. MJ's can handle the starting and stopping all the time which most PH cant handle. Tunze are nice but they are not cheap, don't know what your budget is.
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+1 on that.
Also, people are liking hydors lately too and I think they are cheaper than Tunze. I don't think they work well with wavemakers though from what I understand.
Maxie Jets it will be I'm not trying to be to cheep but dont want to blow the bank either . Kind of planed on ordering the package from Tampa Bay salt water aqua . A few years back I ordered rock from them for a fish only tank and was impressed . Any one ordered the package from them lately ?
What wave timmer did you get ? the red sea thst shut's offthe pump 100% during the cycle or the Coralife that just lowers the power to slow rthe pump to 20% of its normal flow ? Thats what makes the difference of how I'd do the thing.. Red Sea wave makes then the Maxi Jets the reduced speed then I'd just go with two of the Koralia 3's or even just the 2's in a tank that small
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Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson)
Also, people are liking hydors lately too and I think they are cheaper than Tunze. I don't think they work well with wavemakers though from what I understand.
I heard this as well, When I got my hydor's there was also a notice inside not to use them for wavemakers. I believe there is a post on this board somewhere as well that someone tried to use them and they died within a few weeks.
I got the Natural Wavemaker like the one in Otty's link . Doc Foster & Smith sell the Maxie jets with the system just wasnt sure how many and how big to get with a 55 gallon tank .
Firstly welcome to the 3reef my freind,
I also have a 55gl and run 4 1200m/j's with hydor deflectors (never had a problem with them) I use a Wavemaker that I fabricated myself but its ajusted to change pumps every 17sec (which I choose after fine tunning over a few days ).
You can see them at work in this short vid.
I love em good cheap option IMO.
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55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
Fish-3
Coral-13.
Last edited by wastemanagement; 02-02-2008 at 01:55 PM.
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Size of PH to order 
