Pegasus Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Don't know how serious you guys are, but this looks pretty choice. http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/diy/wavemaker.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Wave makers are VERY COMMON amounst reefkeepers. Its very hard to keep SPS coral alive without some form of random water current in the tank. Looks like you need to be fairly serious to make one though! DAMN! Traditional wavemakers are becomming out-moded by the new electronic wavemaker/pump combos that never actually turn the pump off (the one in the article basically switches the powerhead on or off), but change its power between 90% and 10%, creating pulses and never straining the pumps too much be turning of and on too often. Many powerheads die very quickly when this happens to them. I have just purchased (am waiting for it to arrive) a TUNZE wavemaker using the new electronic TERBELLE STREAM pumps. These pumps don't have an impeller, but have a 'propellor' and each pump (I brought 2) moves 12000 ltr/hr, and has a wavemaker, with a light sensitive diode that knows when the lights are off and turns the pumps down to simulate 'night time' weather in the tank. Go the waves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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