hybridazn
Acro killer.....
I recently purchased and installed one and thought I would make a review of this for everyone.
Product Name- Aquatic Life Macro wavemaker
Purchase date- 4-4-16
Place of purchase- Amazon Prime
Purchase price- $19.99
Star review- 3 of 5 stars
Review- Out of the box the unit feels nice, not over the top quality but it doesn't feel like a cheap piece of equipment. Included in the package is the Macro wavemaker, a suction cup holder (the auctions cups are on swivels to allow mounting in a corner or on a flush surface), and 2 different styles of plumbing hookups, which are a 1/2" pvc fitting and a 5/8" barb connector and instructions. The Macro comes in 3 different plumbing sizes, 1/2"(the one I purchased), 3/4" and 1". Installation is pretty straight forward. I chose to use the pvc fitting to plumb this to my return. After removing my loc line I screwed in a threaded fitting and a black 90 degree elbows to make the Macro instantly part of my return (see pics below). I pushed the suction cups into place and that was that. The suction cups seem to hold quite well and it is pretty rock solid in the tank. Aesthetically it is no larger than a small powerhead and not an eye sore at all. Now I plug it into my apex and this is where it loses a star from me.
As I plug it into my apex I notice it's quiet, an obvious plus. At this time it's rotating with no flow going thru it and it looks solid. I turn on the return pump and instantly I notice the rotating head starts to shake with flow going thru it (see attached video). Now I know it's not a major concern (at this point anyway) but I felt that needed to be shared.
Conclusion- All in all I feel like this is a decent product, it will work well with smaller return pumps. I'm not sure how it would react with a larger return pushing a decent amount of flow thru it with the shaking diverter. Now maybe the larger models will handle this better, I am running a mag 9.5 as my return with about 5 feet of headloss and running my reactors so maybe I am pushing too much flow thru it.
I was thinking about purchasing a larger model for my 180 display but I think I might hold off, but then again for the price of these things I might just try one anyway. I say if your looking for a additional wavemaker and can't afford a sea swirl I would def try this out. For $20 you can't lose
Thanks for reading my review!
Product Name- Aquatic Life Macro wavemaker
Purchase date- 4-4-16
Place of purchase- Amazon Prime
Purchase price- $19.99
Star review- 3 of 5 stars
Review- Out of the box the unit feels nice, not over the top quality but it doesn't feel like a cheap piece of equipment. Included in the package is the Macro wavemaker, a suction cup holder (the auctions cups are on swivels to allow mounting in a corner or on a flush surface), and 2 different styles of plumbing hookups, which are a 1/2" pvc fitting and a 5/8" barb connector and instructions. The Macro comes in 3 different plumbing sizes, 1/2"(the one I purchased), 3/4" and 1". Installation is pretty straight forward. I chose to use the pvc fitting to plumb this to my return. After removing my loc line I screwed in a threaded fitting and a black 90 degree elbows to make the Macro instantly part of my return (see pics below). I pushed the suction cups into place and that was that. The suction cups seem to hold quite well and it is pretty rock solid in the tank. Aesthetically it is no larger than a small powerhead and not an eye sore at all. Now I plug it into my apex and this is where it loses a star from me.
As I plug it into my apex I notice it's quiet, an obvious plus. At this time it's rotating with no flow going thru it and it looks solid. I turn on the return pump and instantly I notice the rotating head starts to shake with flow going thru it (see attached video). Now I know it's not a major concern (at this point anyway) but I felt that needed to be shared.
Conclusion- All in all I feel like this is a decent product, it will work well with smaller return pumps. I'm not sure how it would react with a larger return pushing a decent amount of flow thru it with the shaking diverter. Now maybe the larger models will handle this better, I am running a mag 9.5 as my return with about 5 feet of headloss and running my reactors so maybe I am pushing too much flow thru it.
I was thinking about purchasing a larger model for my 180 display but I think I might hold off, but then again for the price of these things I might just try one anyway. I say if your looking for a additional wavemaker and can't afford a sea swirl I would def try this out. For $20 you can't lose
Thanks for reading my review!
