Wavemaker

[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

Hi bros. Was watching videos of reef tank from brothers in SG over at youtube. When i look at their tentacles of the corals, it sways nicely from left to right. Then i look at my corals and compared. Mine doesnt sway. Mine was literally being "blown" by a fan switch to its maximum speed.

So it got me thinking and my question is. How do we calculate how much wavemaker we need as well as the speed? I currently have 2 Jebao wavemakers. Sunsun JVP 101 and JVP 201, on top of my return pump of eheim 1262. Coz i really wanna get that "swaying effect" which makes the corals look extra beautiful.

[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

Btw my tank is a 2ft cube tank so approx. about 60 gallons.

[tofubox]

Wow thats alot of flow already for a 2ft tank, assuming u using jebao wp25? What mode do u have it on?

[kenyee]

Bro, u got to try n error in ur tank..2ft cube using 4 wavemakers..any pic of ur tank?..for jebao wavemaker, use mode w1 to have the swaying effect..cheers

[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

ooppsss!! sorry bro. correction. i have 2 sunsun wavemakers ONLY! no jebao! ( i do not know why did i even type that!)

[Ken_ng]

I believe we need a wavemaker, one with a controller to create the waving motion. It has to accelerate the water forward, let it reflect and come back before sending out the next pulse.

Seniors correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that we want to achieve a standing wave in a tank. The wave crest is always at the same point.

[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

Thought of gettin the Jebao WP25 and run on only one wavemaker. But is it enough? im afraid of dead spots. thats my main concern.

[flo_reeftank]

Bro for 2 ft tank one wavemaker will do WP25 is quite strong and you still have your the return pump so should be ok ..

Cheers

[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

Bro for 2 ft tank one wavemaker will do WP25 is quite strong and you still have your the return pump so should be ok ..

Cheers

thanks for the feedback bro. got the wp25 and had trouble adjusting the flow as well as the placement coz it was too strong. ahahaha

[flo_reeftank]

Haha , hopefully you can find the right position & adjustment took sometime once ok just leave it at the same emplacement Cheers

[Clement Chen]

shuld get the wp 10, just nice for 2ft

[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

shuld get the wp 10, just nice for 2ft

wanted to get the wp10 but wasnt confident if it is enough for a 2ft tank.

[domvonn]

 

thanks for the feedback bro. got the wp25 and had trouble adjusting the flow as well as the placement coz it was too strong. ahahaha

Scale down using the controller?

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[Saeight Abdul Rahman]

Scale down using the controller?

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yup. running on W1 S3.

[Clement Chen]

Think got ppl use led dimmer to lower the wp25

[tofubox]

I am using the wp25 too for a 2ft x 1.5ft. I am using on W1S2, Love it. I'm running bare bottom though. Was shock at the amount of detritus build up i got after going barebottom. Waves did a good cleaning of my rocks.