Waves in my tank

[Robbiesamp]

Ow do I make a wave in my tank I have 4 power heads and a pulse timer is this possible to make a nice little wave

 

[Gboy66]

You have to buy a small moon and atmosphere..lol jk

There is a type of powerhead named a "wavemaker." maybe you should look into that!

Im not really sure why you would though..seems like alot of flow! It would be really cool though

 

[Robbiesamp]

I have it's a lot of money something I don't have right now lol

 

[Gboy66]

I have it's a lot of money something I don't have right now lol

Well maybe if you bought several strong powerheads, and hooked them up near the top, and to a timer so that they turned and off in several seconds?

 

[Robbiesamp]

I have a 10 sec timer but that's it

 

[Gboy66]

I have a 10 sec timer but that's it

It all depends what you want. That wont really make a wave then, but it will be a short strong current/water movement

 

[ccCapt]

As far as I know, the only way to make a real wave is to use a pair of Vortech's.

 

[Robbiesamp]

Yea I guess but I don't want to go out and pay 500 bucks for a power head and I hear there is cheaper ways out there but I don't know

 

[ccCapt]

$500 is for 1, you need 2.

 

[Robbiesamp]

Nope I have a 50 gall tank

 

[Schism]

Actually in a 50 gallon mp10's would work. Or one mp 40. I have an mp10 and the flow does not compare to any other power head.

However they are expensive but well worth it in my opinion. Basically in order to make a wave with 4 powerheads you will need a timer capable of 2 sec. Switches. 2 ph's on each side of the tank time to alternate at 1-10sec intervals. However, most powerhead are not designed to switch on and off repeatedly, they will break in time unless designed for it. Also the wave effect will not compare to other products like waveboxes and vortechs that you might be seeing.

 

[Robbiesamp]

Ok thanks