#Best wavemaker for reef tank plus

and adjust as I see the need while also watching for build ups of algae and such (like the food thing mentioned) but now that I think of that it won’t work. I’ll just keep an eye on the snails and fish and make sure they aren’t being blown around or blown off the rocks for the first couple days.

and I added a little bit of variation where they had blocks of “constant” I switched a couple here and there to wave mode or smooth mode. so I just took one of their “premade ones” and tweaked it a bit considering that there are 2 of them (like I lowered the nighttime mode because the preset is set for 100L tank well a 32g tank is just about that. you can keep the same one but apparently it’s good to switch it up. and then you have to create a set for each half hour interval. Then for each (except constant) you have to choose a min and max percentage of what the wave maker will put out. quite a bit.īut then I had to complicate things by using the KPS models which have like sooo many options, from constant, wave, smooth, random, feed, night lol so if I put everything on constant in a 32g tank that’s like 2400gph lol.

#Best wavemaker for reef tank plus

I have 2 and they each top out at 1050gph that’s like 2100gph together plus the return from the MJ1200 which is close to like 300gph (295 I believe). it’s just such a small tank and those little KPS’ can throw a punch. (won’t be feeding them until Saturday though) I will remember that when we add our fish. I just set some random patterns and I’ll keep an eye on things for now.Īlso so I can’t remeber if I said but when I do keep corals it will be 90% softies and maybe 1 or 2 LPS that are easier (more forgiving than others) I watched several videos about importance of wavemakers and powerheads for killing dead spots in tanks ect to eliminate any excess algae growth but they are all on big tanks. one on the left, one on the right? Top bottom? That kind of thing. especially with the 200 options I have.like I mentioned my goal at this point is based on the biocube design and the options available with the 2 KPS’ I just was wondering where most people put them. Im not entirely sure how I would determine where and how intense the flow of going and if I’m missing dead spots? Like I don’t know what you mean by “watch the tank” with these little tiny wavemakers you can’t really tell where the flow is going or how far it’s spreadinf out. Then come when I want to add my corals after the tank is more mature I was planning on placing the corals (without having to move the wavemakers too much) and just place the appropriate corals (as per how much direct flow/light they require) in the proper places. What my overall plan was to get proper placement of the wavemakers to allow proper flow to all areas of the tank. that’s why I was hoping someone who uses them would chime in with a similar sized tank so maybe they could guide me with a good preset lol

I suppose I will be able to tell when they are in there but these wave makers have 10,000 options to choose from and I can’t watch the poor fish and snails all day to see if one setting is too strong or too weak. basically to kill all the dead spots but it’s impossible (for me anyway) to tell where the dead spots are when all’s that’s there is solid rock and I don’t want the poor snails and fish to be blown around.

I know for the biocubes people usually have them in certain places when they use 2 I just can’t remember where they told me to put them. my problem is how do I know when it’s the right amount of flow? Or how do I know if it’s too much? How do I know is where I have them placed is making it worse and pushing stuff away from the intakes. they are very very small but can be powerful. The view is nothing is nothing with these things.