SCWD VS SeaSwirl ??????

[marinemarty]

Hi All, Simple question with cost in mind seaswirls 3/4" $110 Scwd $45 which would you get? Thanks
Martin

 

[marinemarty]

Hi It's a type of wavemaker also known as squid.
HTH
Martin

 

[tang_man_montreal]

Here's a link to the mfr's website
3iqventures

 

[marinemarty]

Has anyone here tried a " squid "? I may just have to get one to see how it works
Martin

 

[josh]

I have seen one in action at my LFS. It is a very nice setup and looks to be well made. It gradually switches sides, it's not sudden at all. A good buy for 40 dollars.

 

[marinemarty]

so doesi t shoot water left to right or can you adjust outputs? Thanks
it does sound good for 40 bucks
Martin

 

[pyro383]

ree$centr@! has an ongoing thread, sorry I can't post other websites. Mine comes in a few days.

 

[marinemarty]

Has anyone i here seen one in action???
Thanks
Martin

 

[marinemarty]

Hi All, I am really comtemplating one, found one for $39.99+S/H
Can these things be mounted on the tank?? I am thinking of attaching a rio 2500 within my tank, hide it behind some LR and attach this puppy to some flex 3/4 " hose and let it flap. Hoping to eliminate the 3 maxi-jet 1200's. The rio will hide well next to the overflow in my tank. Besides the unpopularity of the RIO brand name will this work? Thanks
Martin

 

[josh]

I am not sure what you mean by mounting it. I guess you could rig it up somehow, it sounds like you are wanting to do a small closed loop. It would be much easier to by a mag pump, say a mag 7, and just run a plain ole closed loop. In general, you would have one piece of pvc in the tank ( or sump, although I haven't seen that done ) running down to a pump, which you could mount behind the tank, and then hardpipe it to the scwd so as to give it something to sit on so you could avoid trying to rig it up. Then just run the returns out of it like you planned on. It would be a very easy install and would probably take longer to get the parts than to get it working. I would go with 2 3-way elbows so you would have actually 4 seperate water flows. Here is a pic in case you aren't sure what I mean. Just get them in 3/4 being that's what the scwd returns are.

I am not sure how big your tank is, but you could even go upto a mag 12 to really push the scwd and eliminate some more powerheads. The scwd is rated to 1400gph now, I hear they are coming out with a 1" model, which will be able to do more.

 

[marinemarty]

Thanks,
Martin