Need power head ideas

[Bulldog39]

I have a 40 breeder and gonna do mostly sps corals and very few fish. What type of cheaper power heads would do good for this setup?

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[OldReefGuy]

If you are looking for cheap, then any works...even the Chinese ones from EBay

 

[Denbf58]

Sicce makes some nice power heads fairly priced

 

[nereefpat]

Hydor

 

[CButkos]

Just got some tunze for like 40 each, nice and quiet, two or three ought to do it for a 40b

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[Lsufan]

I know people had a ton of success before they existed but I prefer wavemakers over regular powerheads. So if u want cheap I would go with a couple jabeos. I had a couple of PP 4’s in my 40 breeder for a while & they were about perfect. Once my sps started to fill in I felt like I needed a little more flow so I added a cp-25. So I have 2 pp 4’s & a cp-25 in my 40 breeder. I do have to keep the cp 25 turned way down. I like the flow options of the controllable wavemakers rather then the regular on or off powerheads

 

[Bulldog39]

I know people had a ton of success before they existed but I prefer wavemakers over regular powerheads. So if u want cheap I would go with a couple jabeos. I had a couple of PP 4's in my 40 breeder for a while & they were about perfect. Once my sps started to fill in I felt like I needed a little more flow so I added a cp-25. So I have 2 pp 4's & a cp-25 in my 40 breeder. I do have to keep the cp 25 turned way down. I like the flow options of the controllable wavemakers rather then the regular on or off powerheads

Don't you need power heads with a wavemaker?

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[MurphyLong]

Don't you need power heads with a wavemaker?

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It's terminology.

When someone says Powerhead, this is usually what is pictured:



This is a wavemaker:



But some people still call wavemakers powerheads.

 

[fcmatt]

It's terminology.

When someone says Powerhead, this is usually what is pictured:

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This is a wavemaker:

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But some people still call wavemakers powerheads.

And then there is me.. when I hear the word wavemaker I think of the Tunze Comline Wavebox 6208 for example.

The above are all just powerheads with different ways to spit the water out. I am probably wrong though!

 

[MurphyLong]

And then there is me.. when I hear the word wavemaker I think of the Tunze Comline Wavebox 6208 for example.

The above are all just powerheads with different ways to spit the water out. I am probably wrong though!

Technically they're all impeller-driven circulation pumps. You're not wrong!

 

[Bulldog39]

It's terminology.

When someone says Powerhead, this is usually what is pictured:

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This is a wavemaker:

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But some people still call wavemakers powerheads.

Yeah the bottom pic is what I call power heads. I was thinking a wavemaker is the longer bar type that goes on one side near top

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[AlSimmons]

For a 40 breeder a couple Koralia Evolution 1500's should work. Just place them up top at opposite ends of the tank facing each other. Being that they're on a swivel you can move one a little to the left, a little to the right etc and get a whole new set of currents flowing throughout the tank.

 

[Lsufan]

Don't you need power heads with a wavemaker?

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I could have probably worded it differently but when I say powerheads I mean something like a korilia that is basically just on & off with no controller. What I meant by wavemakers is somthing with a controller that u can adjust the speed & has different settings. Something that actually can make a wave.

If I was on a budget I would get two jabeo pp-4’s or whatever the new jabeos are called now