please, shed some light on a WAVEMAKER

bryce.martin23

bryce.martin23

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hello all, for the past three weeks i have seached and scoured for a good wavemaker, i finally have the money to purchase a wavemaker and its burning a hole in my pocket. I have contiplated three different brands, first one is the tunze wavebox 6212, seconed was the koralia system with 2-#3 powerheads, and lastly runing two 1" sea swirls off a 2800 gph dolphin pump, my tank is a 210 gal, im so flustered right now, please any advice, experience, recomendations, anything to help me. i cant afford to buy this item twice. thank you
 
salt210

salt210

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from what I see and read I would personally go the koralia route, but I would go with some #4's instead
 
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vince-1961

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I used two 1" SCWDs and a Reeflo Dart pump to create a closed loop with 4 "faucets" to return water back to the DT. With the SCWDs, either line #1 or #3 will be running and either line #2 or #4. Probably overkill, but I have a 225g. With one SCWD, you would be alternating current from line 1 to line 2, and then just put them on opposite side of the DT. A 1" SCWD costs $80 and uses no electricity. It's silent as well. Here's where I posted a bunch of pics of the system as I created it. https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/336805/plumbing-re-design-blog
You could also go with an Ocean Motions 4 (OM4) to achieve the same result as I did with a closed loop, but that's more $.
As I understand the Koralia system, the individual powerheads just plug into a box which then alternates the electricity on/off on a schedule of some sort. That would work just as well, but it seems you could do the electrical part yourself for less $. And definitely go with the Koralia 4's. I have two of them. They make an even bigger one now.
 
bryce.martin23

bryce.martin23

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Originally Posted by salt210
http:///forum/post/3123455
by the way Im curious, that wave motion wouldnt cause stress on the seams?
i was thinking the same thing the other day, i was watching some videos on you tube and you figure that you have lets say 30 gals of water being "thrown" back and forth, at 8 lbs a gal. thats alot of weight being tossed around and IMO i would think that the seams would have to be a good seal.
 
bryce.martin23

bryce.martin23

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does anyone have any experience with the tunze wavebox model 6212, i think thats the direction im looking at, but im not too sure, i would like to hear some honest opinions from people who have used, or using them, instead of a person who is trying to sell one.
 
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