https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/Recent content in Water Movement on RL180 ReefHugoen-usSun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/346-silentsurge/Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/346-silentsurge/This is the unit taken right out of the box. The tiles on the floor are 1 square foot in size. That should help you judge how big the unit actually is.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/328-seaswirl/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/328-seaswirl/This actually is not a powerhead because by itself it does not move any water. This is a ¾ inch version of the SeaSwirl made by Aquarium Current’s, Inc.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/326-gemini/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/326-gemini/This is a very powerful powerhead made by Aquarium Products called the Gemini. It is a powerhead rated at 960 GPH and it sure does move a lot of water.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/327-mj10000/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/327-mj10000/I used to provide water motion in my tanks with four Maxijet 1000 powerheads made by Aquarium Systems. All of these powerheads were switched on and off to create wave movement via the WaveStrip.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/300-wavestrip/Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/300-wavestrip/Water motion in a reef tank is a critical element in a successful tank. Many tanks have been setup successfully without the use of a wavemaker device.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/293-closedloop/Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/293-closedloop/In my never ending quest to squeeze more water movement into my tank I originally tried to use dual return pumps (Iwaki MD70RLT and MAK4) from my sump to the display tank.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/79-vortech/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/79-vortech/This is one of the original Ecotech Marine Vortech pumps. I was a member of the original beta tester team.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/76-iwakimd55rlt/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/76-iwakimd55rlt/After the MAK4 Water Circulation Pump failed, I installed this Iwaki MD55RLT pump. This pump follows my theory and plan that the most powerful pump in the system will not be the return pump.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/77-iwakimd70rlt/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/77-iwakimd70rlt/This is the most powerful pressure pump I have used. This time I did not use it for the return pump as I did in my last tank setup.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/78-mak4/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/78-mak4/I’m using this MAK4 pump as the primary return pump, this time around the most powerful pump in the system will not be the return pump. Instead it will be the skimmer pump.https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/80-tunze6100/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.rl180reef.com/hardware/water-movement/80-tunze6100/This is a very powerful water pump called a Turbelle Stream model 6100 sold by Tunze. I use two of these pumps in the display tank.