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WAVEMAKER AQUARIUM FREE

Put it centered down from the water’s surface about five inches. Put it on the side glass as far back as it will go. Take one bladed wavemaker and put it at the top back right side.There seems to be some confusion with the above instructions so I’m going to try to get more specific:

WAVEMAKER AQUARIUM FREE

This pump keeps the front substrate free of feces and mulm without being too obtrusive. Then add, at the side opposite the first pump, a bladed circulation pump at the back at a middle height, aimed at an angle to the middle front of the aquarium. Aim this at the surface in such a way as to maximize the choppy water surface area.

Add one pump at the upper back side of the aquarium.

They can sweep the bottom of the aquarium free of unattractive feces and insure they get into the filter.Ī good option is to use two bladed circulation 3 watt 500 GPH pumps per aquarium.

This type of turbulent flow is very effective at aeration and is vital in most heavily stocked aquariums that don’t have air stones.

They aerate the water very well if they are aimed at the surface in such a way as to create a choppy surface agitation.

They create a lot of water current with a small amount of wattage. The bladed circulation pumps or “wavemakers” are very useful in the aquarium. Good Wavemaker Positioning Bladed Circulation Pumps Unfortunately, this terminology has been used interchangeably by many suppliers of these devices. But the term has now been broadened to include bladed circulation pumps. This was really only useful in saltwater reef aquariums.

Wavemaker: an electronic device to which you connect, say 2 pumps, which then turns the pumps on and off intermittently, either together or alternately, giving the water a to and fro or side to side movement.

Circulation pump: a bladed propeller pump that is solely used to create water flow in the aquarium, giving a high rate of flow over a broad front.Powerhead: originally a centrifugal impeller pump used to drive an under-gravel filter that drew in water through the bottom of the pump (vertically) and then expelled it from the side of the pump horizontally in a forceful concentrated flow.Some terminology needs to be clarified when it comes to submersible pumps commonly used inside the aquarium: