Looking for a better way to attach powerheads...

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

Yah...I hate suction cups too! I glue my MJ1200 mounting brackets to cleaning magnets. Seems to work well.

- Victor.

[StirCrazy]

I used the long black clips that came with the powerheads, I just bent them up so they would hang on the side of the tank.

Steve

[EmilyB]

Kari, six please, send invoice.

[Veng68]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Hey Teevee, talk to Kari, he has some rather ingenious methods of attaching powerheads to moveable plexiglass mounts. Really quite a cool idea!

Eventhough you may not have invented it ........ they were very cool. I would have never thought of it.

Cheers,
Victor [Veng68]

[Jack]

Whats the solution to get around euro bracing?

[kari]

Originally Posted by Jack

Whats the solution to get around euro bracing?

All my little brain can come up with is acrylic.

[Jack]

Originally Posted by kari

All my little brain can come up with is acrylic.

Yah me too. Just wondering if anyone had a cool idea. Hangers like the Tunze streams would be awesome. My suction cups are loosing power. One fell off but landed on the rocks but I have had it where the powerhead makes a crater and sandstorm in other tanks

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I've never been successful with getting them to stay on. They have quite a loose fit and shoot off into the tank whenever I try to use them. You are right though Quinn, they are ugly.

Christy

There is supposed to be a ridge or a clip that it clicks onto it. Once there is the slightest amount of coraline or other algae they become impossible to push and click into place (I end up pushing so hard I swear I am about to break the stupid thing). But if it is not clicked into place just right then it is just a loose fit and no amount of begging/hoping it will stay in place will work, it will eventually fly off.

Quinn they don't reduce flow (not significantly anyways) they just diffuse flow (so you don't notice the flow as much, because you have less velocity). If it's surface agitation you're after then you'll notice more visible results without them. I found in certain situations it was better to not use them, but in others I found it was better to use them after all (i.e. if I didn't want to be blasting a nearby animal), and it just depended on the situation and what I was going for. If I was trying to acheive a flow that makes it to the other side of the tank, no diffuser, but for a more localized effect I might consider using one.

I find the suction cups to be a PITA too.

[Jason McK]

Kari, Would you be able to take I pic of your hangers?


J

[Jack]

Originally Posted by jakets

Kari, Would you be able to take I pic of your hangers?


J

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