How does wave maker work with overflow?
- Thread starter Demonkegman
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A wavemaker doesn't necessarily "splash" the water around. I think the purpose is more to provide a somewhat random current throughout the tank to better replicate the natural current of the ocean. Some corals such as SPS like an alternating/random current rather than just a steady blast. Don't think about it in the sense of creating a tsunami that will splash water out of your tank.
As far as how it works it depends on the type of wavemaker you are going to purchase. I have a RedSea Wavemaster Pro. It works by plugging up to 4 powerheads into the unit and then choosing a pre-programmed wave motion. You can choose from a gentle, rolling, turbulent or alternating. I'm assuming if you choose turbulent you will have all four powerheads coming on/off rather close together in time rather than say 1 on and three off, 2 on 2 off, etc.. The lights on the front of the unit show when each pump is on. If you have something like a Vortech MP10 you can also choose a similar function but the one powerhead does all of the work. It might come up really strong for 20 seconds and then drop off for 10 seconds at a lower rate and then strong again for 5 seconds, etc.
Most hob over flow boxes r set that they won't break the siphon. Does urs break syphon when u turn the return off? The problem u might encounter would b the wave moving the hob ofb around witch that may cause a break in the syphon. Or even the increase splashing into the suffuse skimmer will cause more air to go into the syphon tube. This would cause a reduction in the water it will syphon or even cause it to break the syphon.
