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any benefits of using wave maker in a cichlid tank


zuri08

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I would be more inclined to buy another filter than put a 5000lph power head on a 4ft tank..

You mean THEN put a 5000lph powerhead on a 4 foot tank. :thup:

I used to have a Laguna PJ5000 in my 4X2X2 along with a pair of 3000LPH Seios and 2 CF1200s. So that's ideally a total of about 15,000 LPH. It was a reasonable amount of current, but not overwhelming. I've taken out the pond pump since then, so with just the two seios and 2 CF1200s it's pretty calm. But not stagnant looking like most tanks.

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I have two 5000lph wavemakers in my 1200*600*600 along with the cf1200 filter. There is not too much current down the far end of the tank, i have both at the same end.

My natives probably like more movement than Cichlids might, and some would like even more current than what I have in there.

If you are looking at the cheep resun ones on TM then they are cheep for a reason ;), one of mine arived with a broken shaft, that was replaced promptly, and I managed to break another shaft when one started in reverse and sucked small stones in and I had to pull the cover off :(

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