Anyone using Wavy Sea?

[gregr]

Any experiences to share regarding the Wavy Sea? Flow is so important to a reef tank... seems like it's never perfect.
Greg

 

[moonpod]

nope, but I'm thinking about it......

 

[jknecht]

I just put one in my 90 Gallon a few weeks ago and love it. The corals seem much happier. You may want to get a battery backup (APC) of some sort in case of a power outage. When power is restored it stays in one place until you reset it. If you happen to have a coral in the way it could be bad. You can get a decent battery backup for about $50.00.

 

[gregr]

What pump are you using with it?

 

[Konadog]

Greg, if your thinking of getting one, get the + model as it can handle higher pressure and flow. I thought of getting these to replace my SS, but my SS were brand new, and I didn't have the $$ to replace something new.

 

[jknecht]

I'm using a GenX PCX-40 with it.

 

[gregr]

I got two
Think the varied flow combined with the Seio's is making for happy corals. Thanks for the input everyone-
Greg

 

[Konadog]

:thumbsup:

 

[gregr]

One of the two units isn't working this morning. Not even 48 hours old and the output thing had stopped spinning and after I reset it it will only rotate very slowly, and not smoothly.

 

[Konadog]

Not good

Greg, yours if the first I have heard of with a problem (if that's any help).

 

[gregr]

lol- that's me... the great groundbreaker
It appears to be working normally again but I sent an email to the place where I bought it asking if they'd exchange or if I had to send it in for repair. Since it's only a couple days old I'm hoping they'll just swap it out for me.
Greg

 

[gregr]

update: hasn't malfunctioned since that second morning... go figure.

 

[cmc5dc]

any updates.....still working?

 

[gregr]

Yep- hasn't been a hiccup since that first morning.
Greg

 

[manofcoral]

Hi, I use Sea Swirl. I have two 3/4" models in my 180g and they are incredible. You can watch the water flow when I feed flake food. Great product for flow.

 

[gregr]

I would've gone with Sea Swirls except they have a bigger footprint than the WavySea and the WavySea is too big... I like the 360 degree movement too- I thought the Sea Swirls only went 180.
Greg

 

[Konadog]

Greg, the SeaSwirls only go 90° not 180°.

If I didn't already have two new 1" SS waiting for my tank when I put it up, I would have gone with the Wavy Seas.

 

[tankslave]

Got one, and its great, just might want to put the controller on a battery backup...

Wonder if I can get another one at the club price still??