SkinnyPete
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've had a redsea wavemaker for about 6 months. Got no problems with it. Seems to work as advertised, but I have a 110 gallon tall 30" tall tank. I'm trying to get as much gas exchange as possible. I took off my preskimmer box and of course that oily film appeared on the top of my tank.
I removed my wavemaker to constantly run two MJ1200's pointing at the surface, and 3 more near the bottom, two pointing up - 5 total. The point is, it hasn't resolved the oil film issue but it has definitely broken it up a bit and the tank looks clearer than ever for some reason.
Thinking about it, when wavemakers are being used, all four powerheads are not always on (duh, of course) so the water flow goes down, right? So, other than the fact that the waterflow is more random, what exactly are the benefits of a wavemaker? Just to make sure there are no dead spots? Wouldn't it be better in the long run to just keep all 5 powerheads running 24/7? I'm thinking of keeping it unhitched for good. Any opinions would be appreciated.
I removed my wavemaker to constantly run two MJ1200's pointing at the surface, and 3 more near the bottom, two pointing up - 5 total. The point is, it hasn't resolved the oil film issue but it has definitely broken it up a bit and the tank looks clearer than ever for some reason.
Thinking about it, when wavemakers are being used, all four powerheads are not always on (duh, of course) so the water flow goes down, right? So, other than the fact that the waterflow is more random, what exactly are the benefits of a wavemaker? Just to make sure there are no dead spots? Wouldn't it be better in the long run to just keep all 5 powerheads running 24/7? I'm thinking of keeping it unhitched for good. Any opinions would be appreciated.