turbulent waters
 

Strictly from an efficiency standpoint you might want to consider trading the 1200 for a pair of 900s Christy?

The 900s use less than half the current of the 1200s, and with two of them you get even more flow, but more evenly distributed in your tank for less electricity used!

I much prefer the use of several 900s in my tank (5', 100gal) than a couple 1200s, and I'm saving on the electric bills to boot!

turbulent waters
 

Hi Christy

As well as useing Maxi jets power heads, I also use a SeaSwirls rotating water return device. If there is any investment you ever make for your tank, the one I suggest is a Seaswirl, it has greatly improved the circulation on my tank and greats no dead spots and all my corals have shown a degree of loving it.

Cheers

SeaQuest [img]smile.gif[/img]

turbulent waters
 

All I have to do now is learn how to type so I don't keep making spelling mistakes. :(

Cheers

turbulent waters
 

i guess this just shows there are 101 different ways to achieve the same thing. i really would like to have a couple sea swirls, but for the 500 bones it'll cost it just isn't worth it to me. and i'm not sure my corals are going to do 500 bucks better. until i can afford em, my $3 christmas light blinker does just fine. (this is one of my proudest discoveries - a little plug that is meant to turn non-flashing xmas lights into flashers, works great for a wavemaker, and at 3 bucks price fit me just fine).
shane

turbulent waters
 

Oh my. :eek: How fast is the "blinking"? I hope you're not spending too much on your pumps!!!

turbulent waters
 

bout every half second for on and off. only had to replace 3 ph's in the last 6 months!

haha, j/k.
truth is it comes on for about 10 seconds, off for 5. have been using same blinker on the tank for 2.5 yrs and haven't had any problem with ph's yet. have to mention tho the hagens don't like it, sounds like a small airplane that doesn't wanna start. maxijets do fine with it.
shane

turbulent waters
 

Hi

Don't feel bad, I used to use the same blinkers on my power heads, and they worked just fine as you stated but they seemed to just stop working after a while.

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turbulent waters
 

seaquest, i don't get it, why would i feel bad??

hmm, maybe cuz i can't afford a seaswirl -- well truth is i have chosen to spend my money on other things cuz i honestly don't believe they are a good investment (not high enough on the list of priorities for me) until i've gotten pretty much everything else i want for the tank.
i understand that they are great - and i would like to have em, but i also want to point out to others in the hobby, newbies or not, that there are cheaper options that work quite well.

turbulent waters
 

An occilating fan motor works well instead of sea swirls. For use on a power head.

turbulent waters
 

Hi

I'm sure the ocillating fan may work well, but it was not specifically designed to work over open water and may cause an accident if not carefully handled. The SeaSwirll is an enclosed product, as well as other models like it . They have been aproved by usc and csa which provides some sort of recourse.

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