Is this a good wave maker?

TrevorL · Dec 16, 2020

So I am getting a new wave maker because mine is suction one and keeps falling and making me mad lol. I have a Biocube 29 and was wondering if this wave maker would be ok for it. Should I get the 5 or do you think the 10 would be better? I’m trying to get a good flow pattern for the anemone I’m buying soon and for torches down the line.

xxkenny90xx · Dec 17, 2020

That pump should be fine for your biocube. I would recommend the bigger one since you can lower the flow (putting less stress on the pump) but it might look awkwardly large and that smaller size is totally fine. I use the Jebao sow pumps on my reef and really like them.

Bellasmith · Dec 24, 2020

I've purchased Jebao RW for about a week and it seems that this wave maker works great

frank1203 · Dec 24, 2020

That’s should work fine. But I agree on getting the larger one and just turning down the intensity.

lavoisier · Dec 24, 2020

Depending on the amount of rock in your tank, the smaller will be adding @22x turnover and the larger @27x. Not a big difference, so the size of the pump might be your determining factor. If they are of similar dimensions, then more flow is usually better than less. What is your current turnover rate?

Snuggs · Dec 24, 2020

Have had two of the slw 20 for a year and a half. LOVE them. They were an upgrade to my pp8 that were 4 years old and going strong

Steph1 · Dec 24, 2020

saltyfins · Dec 24, 2020

jebao is JUNK. too much money. Mine you can hear it whirring from the other room. also, it's lost it's zip for flow. Even being cleaned. Never again. Not too sure this is a good replacement though either.

TrevorL · Dec 24, 2020

lavoisier said:
Depending on the amount of rock in your tank, the smaller will be adding @22x turnover and the larger @27x. Not a big difference, so the size of the pump might be your determining factor. If they are of similar dimensions, then more flow is usually better than less. What is your current turnover rate?

I’m not sure what my turnover rate is right now as I am a little new to reef tanks. I am doing a complete rescape of my tank pretty soon though and I plan to start a build thread once I do that for more help and such.

lavoisier · Dec 24, 2020

Divide the total gallons per hour (gph) of your current pumps (return pump and powerhead) and divide by 29 (the number of gallons in your Display Tank (DT) to get your turnover rate. This is a ballpark figure as your sand and rock displace an unknown amount of water.

Uncle99 · Dec 24, 2020

I must be lucky.

I have 8 Jebao wavemakers, 2 Jebao returns, 2 Jebao Gyres, and a UV running 4 years now.

Showing one persons bad experience is hardly real proof.

It’s just like the 5 Blackboxes that have also run for 4 years now.

Whenever you sell a ton of volume, your going to have some which are not happy.....

This DT is completely Jebao and Blackbox.

TrevorL · Dec 24, 2020

lavoisier said:
Divide the total gallons per hour (gph) of your current pumps (return pump and powerhead) and divide by 29 (the number of gallons in your Display Tank (DT) to get your turnover rate. This is a ballpark figure as your sand and rock displace an unknown amount of water.

Ok. Thank you for the advice!