~130 GPH wavemaker for 14gal cube? Suggestions?

[Reef Of Jo]

Hi ,

Im looking for a wavemaker, preferably low profile, that is about 130gph. I currently have a HOB that is 125gph and a fluval CP1 that is 265gph. This puts me at 28x turnover rate, which I'm completely fine with.

However, I feel as if the flow could be better if I had two wavemakers facing each other to create turbulent flow.

Any suggestions for wavemakers?

 

[maroonstang]

If your looking for turbulent flow you may want to consider somethin programmable to shoot across against that cp1.. for a small tank.. amazon has some stuff avaliable.. i wouldnt go big money unless you want something with app controls.. on my fluval 13 i just upgraded my return pump to a sincce 1.0 .. i modded it to have 4 heads instead of the one it came with.. along with that cp1 firing back at it...

 

[lawnerd]

Hi. I struggled with getting a wavemaker for my lifegard 8.3. I bought a mini hygger wavemaker. It is rated as 1600 gph which was way more than I want or need but is programmable, so I thought I could use the lowest setting. This was too much so I put it in storage snd relied on just the return pump. This resulted in a few dead zones. So I revisited the hygger.
I removed the propeller (not sure if that is the correct term) and trimmed the blades down and tried it. They are soft plastic and cut easily with an exacto knife. I kept doing this until I ended up with 2 small blades (completely removed 2 blades). This works for me at the lowest setting. At higher power it gives an error which is fine by me.

I don’t know the flow rate of course, but it works great in my 8 gallon cube.

 

[maroonstang]

Hi. I struggled with getting a wavemaker for my lifegard 8.3. I bought a mini hygger wavemaker. It is rated as 1600 gph which was way more than I want or need but is programmable, so I thought I could use the lowest setting. This was too much so I put it in storage snd relied on just the return pump. This resulted in a few dead zones. So I revisited the hygger.
I removed the propeller (not sure if that is the correct term) and trimmed the blades down and tried it. They are soft plastic and cut easily with an exacto knife. I kept doing this until I ended up with 2 small blades (completely removed 2 blades). This works for me at the lowest setting. At higher power it gives an error which is fine by me.

I don’t know the flow rate of course, but it works great in my 8 gallon cube.

If it doesn't work mod it till it does!

 

[New Hampshire Reefin]

Jaebo slw is a great little wave maker. I have on my 9 gallon peninsula