Pump for Tumbling Chaeto

[Brandon Rush]

I have a really small fugium section (9.75″ x 12.5) and want to start tumbling my chaeto. Does anyone know of a power head that's small enough to where it's not getting blasted?

 

[cwalton00]

How about making a spray bar attachment for a mj1200 or something similar?

 

[Brandon Rush]

How about making a spray bar attachment for a mj1200 or something similar?

How about making a spray bar attachment for a mj1200 or something similar?

That might work, any ideas how to do it?

 

[cwalton00]

PVC pipe and some holes in it.

 

[Brandon Rush]

PVC pipe and some holes in it.

Yea just looked it up and saw how easy that was. Probably give that a try, gonna be better than sticking a power head in there.

 

[High ICP]

A small Sicce pump

Call it a day

 

[Brandon Rush]

A small Sicce pump

Call it a day

Tried their smallest and it was too much flow

 

[DesertReefT4r]

You don't need to tumble the chaeto. I have never had an issue with it growing. The MJ1200 and spray bar are a good idea though if you do want to tumble.

 

[SuncrestReef]

I used a Neptune PMUP connected to a 3/8" tubing manifold I built from some push-connect fittings. It works great in my small refugium with enough flow to tumble the chaeto without blasting it.

 

[reelredfisah]

That worked really well. I have never been able to tumble mine either. Prob does grow better I would think.

 

[RandyC]

Tumbling chaeto is really overrated (and unnecessary). If you have a setup that can grow chaeto well, eventually you'll have a mass that is big enough that tumbling is impossible to achieve.

If your concern is providing enough light/spread to more of the chaeto, consider mounting a panel to the side as well. I do that myself. I mount two of these panels on two sides of my fuge, but I'm sure a light the top and one of these from a side would work just as well.

I use this light panel mounted to the side of my glass sump with 3M Command Strips. If you have an acrylic sump, you might want to mount with something that will provide a little more space between the sump and panel as acrylic doesn't do well with heat.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M8HJZYU

 

[xaflatoonx]

That’s beautiful.

I used a Neptune PMUP connected to a 3/8" tubing manifold I built from some push-connect fittings. It works great in my small refugium with enough flow to tumble the chaeto without blasting it.

 

[jefra]

I used a Neptune PMUP connected to a 3/8" tubing manifold I built from some push-connect fittings. It works great in my small refugium with enough flow to tumble the chaeto without blasting it.

This is so cool, where did you get those fittings?

 

[SuncrestReef]

This is so cool, where did you get those fittings?

The 3/8" fittings came from http://MistKing.com

The orange pipes and 3/4" fittings came from http://AquariumSpecialty.com