Jebao Wavemaker setting help

[chooki99]

Hi all!

I have a couple of questions and just wondering if anyone can help.

Below are the wavemakers I have for my 90.3 Waterbox. I do believe they are probably bigger than I need but I'm hoping I can work with what I got before potentially needing to buy smaller.

I have them set up to be at opposite ends of tank and offset from each other (one at top of one end and one at bottom of other end).

Okay so...

What setting do you recommend. I've currently just had them set on classic at 30% flow and 100% frequency and crossflow. I don't really understand what frequency means.

I found that my torch is getting blasted and my sand too, especially at bottom is basically getting pushed away until glass is seen.

Is classic, random or sine the preferred setting?

And then after that, is there a way of playing with the flow and frequency to not have it seem like a hurricane in there? I have tried but I feel like I'm just getting more and more confused.

I'm just a bit confused at the settings and how to adjust them.

Oh and I've only got a torch coral at the moment. Goals for this tanks is soft and lps corals.. I just love the flowy movement

Thanks heaps everyone

 

[Kylesreeftank]

Set to pulse or cross flow, set power to 100%. Put one pump center of tank top right or left, about 2" below the surface, pointing up at 10° angle or less. Enough to see a bit of surface movement in Z axis. Put the other pump 5 inches from bottom in front of you don't have sand pointing slightly upwards at 10° angle or less.

Put both pumps on 30% flow with frequency 30. Move your pumps out of the way of euphyllia and meat corals but nothing else. If it seems like it's not enough flow, adjust towards 100% as initially recommended until you see visible gyre of water in center of tank. Set frequency to about 8 wavelengths per 10 seconds based on your tank length. I.e., on, off, on, off, on, off, on, off, on ,off, on, off, on, off, on, off, and 10 seconds passes before the next on which would be cycle 9. You'll know you're getting close when you see a semi quick but not too quick wave forming on the top of your water, that is not very high, (I'd have to go look at mine but essentially you'll see a slow "tug" or pull on your corals, almost like a peaceful day at the beach.)

Hopefully this gives you the courage to continue experimenting. Don't subject the fimbriaphyllia to higher flow or they will give up the ghost eventually. You want to imagine them as flags in the wind, not steamers on a kite.

Every other coral as long as it's not fleshy, (in this case, fleshy would be similar to scoly/lobo/acan etc, goniopora, alveopora,) can pretty much get blasted with flow and be fine, torches included but frogspawn and hammers excluded.

 

[chooki99]

Set to pulse or cross flow, set power to 100%. Put one pump center of tank top right or left, about 2" below the surface, pointing up at 10° angle or less. Enough to see a bit of surface movement in Z axis. Put the other pump 5 inches from bottom in front of you don't have sand pointing slightly upwards at 10° angle or less.

Put both pumps on 30% flow with frequency 30. Move your pumps out of the way of euphyllia and meat corals but nothing else.

Okay thanks so much for your reply. I will definitely try that. Do I keep it on classic or should I change it to random or sine?

I'm not sure if I can change power levels only flow and frequency... So hopefully it's automatically at 100%

 

[Kylesreeftank]

Okay thanks so much for your reply. I will definitely try that. Do I keep it on classic or should I change it to random or sine?

I'm not sure if I can change power levels only flow and frequency... So hopefully it's automatically at 100

Mine aren't wireless but I have them set to turn completely on and off. This is the bottom one and the top one that creates the gyre effect and is not directly hitting anything, but pushing water upwards so that water can be pushed underneath it and pulled downwards, and then back upwards towards the oump, is at 100%. Your pumps are more direct than my gyre on top of the tank though, but also less powerful, so I still think 100% and what I said earlier is probably going to yield the best results but you're going to have to experiment because your tank dimensions will slightly change the wavelength required for you to see that wave action I described above.

 

[chooki99]

Okie dokie. Thank you very much. I have adjusted the wavemakers to the locations you said. I'll keep adjusting until I see the effect you mentioned. I don't know how to make the 10° angle as the magnets I have only sit flat and I'm not sure where the curved part is to adjust but thank you for that I'll see if I can macgyver something.

Mine aren't wireless but I have them set to turn completely on and off. This is the bottom one and the top one that creates the gyre effect and is not directly hitting anything, but pushing water upwards so that water can be pushed underneath it and pulled downwards, and then back upwards towards the oump, is at 100%. Your pumps are more direct than my gyre on top of the tank though, but also less powerful, so I still think 100% and what I said earlier is probably going to yield the best results but you're going to have to experiment because your tank dimensions will slightly change the wavelength required for you to see that wave action I described above.

 

[chooki99]

Set to pulse or cross flow, set power to 100%. Put one pump center of tank top right or left, about 2" below the surface, pointing up at 10° angle or less. Enough to see a bit of surface movement in Z axis. Put the other pump 5 inches from bottom in front of you don't have sand pointing slightly upwards at 10° angle or less.

Put both pumps on 30% flow with frequency 30. Move your pumps out of the way of euphyllia and meat corals but nothing else. If it seems like it's not enough flow, adjust towards 100% as initially recommended until you see visible gyre of water in center of tank. Set frequency to about 8 wavelengths per 10 seconds based on your tank length. I.e., on, off, on, off, on, off, on, off, on ,off, on, off, on, off, on, off, and 10 seconds passes before the next on which would be cycle 9. You'll know you're getting close when you see a semi quick but not too quick wave forming on the top of your water, that is not very high, (I'd have to go look at mine but essentially you'll see a slow "tug" or pull on your corals, almost like a peaceful day at the beach.)

Hopefully this gives you the courage to continue experimenting. Don't subject the fimbriaphyllia to higher flow or they will give up the ghost eventually. You want to imagine them as flags in the wind, not steamers on a kite.

Every other coral as long as it's not fleshy, (in this case, fleshy would be similar to scoly/lobo/acan etc, goniopora, alveopora,) can pretty much get blasted with flow and be fine, torches included but frogspawn and hammers excluded.

Okay. I see it. I see what you mean by the wave like ripple effect at the top