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[slakker]

how did you set up the time, etc. to get waves going? I'm debating wave box vs. multiple powerheads... the whole notion that a wavebox can "break" a tank scares the crap out of me...

[Patrick1]

I am controlling my power heads via my Profilux but Tunze, Vortec & Koralia all make controllers for their powerheads. I have had no experience with a wavebox. I just really had enough with ugly things sitting in my last tank Skimmers etc.

Honestly the power heads work fine for me. I am running them 30 seconds a side so my LPS flowes to one side then the other. It dies down to 50% max at night and shrimp go wild.

[superduperwesman]

I think it's time for a VIDEO

[Patrick1]

Oh that was my 100th post where do I get my cash prize???

[fkshiu]

Four 6055s in a 72 bowfront is a lot of flow! You can actually add appreciably more by simply removing the little plastic lip on the inside of the front cover of a 6055.

[Patrick1]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Four 6055s in a 72 bowfront is a lot of flow! You can actually add appreciably more by simply removing the little plastic lip on the inside of the front cover of a 6055.

Hmm interesting can you elaborate??

[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by Patrick1

Hmm interesting can you elaborate??

1. Pop off the front cover. On the inside you'll notice a small plastic lip running around the top half of the circular nozzle where water gets pushed out (when assembled this lip sits just above the propellor).

2. Take a Dremel-type tool and cut off most of the lip with a cutting wheel.

3. Switch to a grinding stone and finish off the rest of the lip until flush with the rest of the cover.

4. Take 150-200 grit sandpaper and wet sand the area until it is perfectly smooth.

That's it. In about five minutes you've got a lot more flow. That lip severely restricts quite a bit of flow. My 6055 can now reach across the length of my 6-foot tank whereas before it only got to around 4 feet or so before the flow died.