Wave maker and flow

[dazzarazza]

Hi guys, new here but I just wanted to know what you guys think..my tank is a mini reef 120 aqua one. iv been having issues(I think) I feel my power head is too much as i find it hard to place my softies(gonies,hammers, elegance etc) .. I had a jabeo wavemaker but that died a year ago so I bought a tunze nano stream 6015 and now I feel no matter where I place it there’s always so much flow and as you can see in my photos I’m building a zoa garden, where that zoa garden is is low-moderate flow. On the right side of tank is all heavy flow and now I’m stuck placing my softies as I have the mountain of zoas where they are…. And suggestions ?
As you can see it’s sorta craming everything In left corner and I don’t like it.

 

[MACHO]

Hi guys, new here but I just wanted to know what you guys think..my tank is a mini reef 120 aqua one. iv been having issues(I think) I feel my power head is too much as i find it hard to place my softies(gonies,hammers, elegance etc) .. I had a jabeo wavemaker but that died a year ago so I bought a tunze nano stream 6015 and now I feel no matter where I place it there’s always so much flow and as you can see in my photos I’m building a zoa garden, where that zoa garden is is low-moderate flow. On the right side of tank is all heavy flow and now I’m stuck placing my softies as I have the mountain of zoas where they are…. And suggestions ?
As you can see it’s sorta craming everything In left corner and I don’t like it.

Can you reduce the power of the power head? Never had it before but almost all of them allow for a lower intensity simple solution.

 

[dazzarazza]

Can you reduce the power of the power head? Never had it before but almost all of them allow for a lower intensity simple solution.

Nah I can’t reduce it it’s just one speed… which sucks it does 1800l/h or 475g/h…

 

[Reef.]

You can point it to the water surface this will reduce it greatly (think you have already done this tho) another option is buy a foam nem guard for it, this will reduce the flow some, or get a 3d printed flow adapter so you can have more control on where the flow is pointed.

 

[dazzarazza]

You can point it to the water surface this will reduce it greatly (think you have already done this tho) another option is buy a foam nem guard for it, this will reduce the flow some, or get a 3d printed flow adapter so you can have more control on where the flow is pointed.

So I ended up spending the money and opting for a controlled Wavemaker cost me $220 aud but I’m happy with it, everything is flowing perfectly now just sucks I wasted $80 but going to return and get in store credit… More zoas!! Haha

 

[nightmarepl]

So I ended up spending the money and opting for a controlled Wavemaker cost me $220 aud but I’m happy with it, everything is flowing perfectly now just sucks I wasted $80 but going to return and get in store credit… More zoas!! Haha

i got the current USA wavemakers their pretty good the app is iffy at times gotta keep resetting it which isnt bad but gets stuck at times their like $160 for two 1050s
i also tried the jabeos their actually really nice but their app is literally horrible so once you setup your done dont mess with it..

i did also try the AI wave makers their AMAZING the app is solid just expesnive as hell...

 

[Dburr1014]

Hi guys, new here but I just wanted to know what you guys think..my tank is a mini reef 120 aqua one. iv been having issues(I think) I feel my power head is too much as i find it hard to place my softies(gonies,hammers, elegance etc) .. I had a jabeo wavemaker but that died a year ago so I bought a tunze nano stream 6015 and now I feel no matter where I place it there’s always so much flow and as you can see in my photos I’m building a zoa garden, where that zoa garden is is low-moderate flow. On the right side of tank is all heavy flow and now I’m stuck placing my softies as I have the mountain of zoas where they are…. And suggestions ?
As you can see it’s sorta craming everything In left corner and I don’t like it.

Point the power head at the glass. Bounce it off the wall and see if that helps.

 

[rmorris_14]

I have the same one in my biocube.. it’s ALOT of flow for my softies. I have to put it in the back corner and angle it up at the surface diagonally. In hindsight, I wish I would have gotten a controllable one like you ended up with. I also bought a tunze at the same time that was WAY too powerful, and ended up using it to mix my saltwater. Just a thought if you haven’t done that, so it doesn’t seem like a total waste.

 

[Reef.]

So I ended up spending the money and opting for a controlled Wavemaker cost me $220 aud but I’m happy with it, everything is flowing perfectly now just sucks I wasted $80 but going to return and get in store credit… More zoas!! Haha

Best option to be honest, I didn’t suggest buying a different pump as that was an obvious solution to your issue and I guessed you would have known that. But yeah you took the best option.