5024 Mini pumps on a wavemaker?

[mrhat]

I've got a little 10g nano with mostly soft coral, and I was wondering if I got about 4 of the 5024's and put them on a wave timer, would that hurt them at all? I know some pumps don't work well be started and stopped often. Also, would 4 of these pumps on timers be decent flow for softies? Also, how quiet are these pumps?

 

[rvitko]

They are quiet, they are fairly weak flow (80gph), I would think you will need more. I don't know of anyone who has used them on a wavemaker. They are so miniaturized that I am not sure how they would handle it, you have to imagine they are smaller than a stack of two match boxes and the shaft is about the size of a toothpick, the impeller fits in a thimble. I think you would need more flow but I maybe wrong.

 

[mrhat]

I have a couple other powerheads I could use in conjunction. Really, I'm looking for smaller powerheads that could be used on a wavemaker to give my nano a little more random flow.