Wavemaker question

[Ksturg]

i have a 55 gal tank and am looking for new wavemakers. I was thinking of 2 jaebo rw-4 would that be enough flow for my tank?

 

[User1]

I have a RW-4 and RW-8 on my 40 breeder. I keep them throttled back so I think you would be good although a little on the higher power side of things. A pair of RW-8's would be better because you can always dial them down if it is too much. They tend to lose a lot of oomph has they get dirty. Mine are controlled by my reef angel controller with a minimum power set to 40%. The RW series tends to not wake up or be as controllable at 35% thus setting it to minimum of 40. Anyway just make sure to clean them monthly or you will see a pretty large fall off.

They work, and are pretty reliable. I've had mine for a couple years now. Only thing is to really clean them monthly. If you can manage that then they are a pretty good return on investment.

 

[TangingOut]

They are really small and in order to get decent flow you'll have to turn them up which will be very narrow and concentrated. Go for 2 PP8s and run them at 1/2 speed.

 

[Ksturg]

The reason I was thinking of the 4’s is because I have very fine sand and I’m trying to avoid sandstorms. Will the 8’s even on low create a sand storm in your guys opinion?

 

[TangingOut]

The reason I was thinking of the 4’s is because I have very fine sand and I’m trying to avoid sandstorms. Will the 8’s even on low create a sand storm in your guys opinion?

I think the chances of a sand storm will be higher with the 4s on a high setting than 8s on low to mid. Reason being, the 4s will have the narrow/concentrated flow.

Is this a standard 55 that's 48" long? If so, I wouldn't even consider the 4s.

I have had both a 4 and multiple 8s

 

[reefndude]

I wasn't thrilled with the 4 in a 16g tank. I would go with the 8's

 

[Ksturg]

I appreciate everyone’s input on this and I think I will go with the consensus and get the 8’s