|
|
|
10/13/2011, 03:29 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: North Miami, Fl
Posts: 39
|
Wave maker and Maxi-Jet Pro?
Hello all!
I was into reef keeping back in high school, and the fire has been rekindled after I got hired at my university's ecotoxicology lab at the beginning of this semester. We have a tank that contains a few species of scleractinians and their respective frags. We recently upgraded our pumps to Maxi-Jet Pros with the propeller style impeller. These things put out a lot of flow, but they do not seem to be working well with our Redsea wavemaker. The pumps will get power and chatter loudly for a while, but the impeller will not spin like it it should. Most of the time they don't create flow, and sometimes they just spin backwards. Is there anyone else that has at this issue? Could it be a bad signal from the wave maker, or is it the pumps? |
|
|
|
10/13/2011, 03:37 PM
|
#2 |
|
Moved On
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: canada, toronto
Posts: 8,161
|
its the maxijets .. wont work. they are all the same way ...
go with korallia, tunze or vortech |
|
|
|
|
10/13/2011, 05:24 PM
|
#3 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 4,627
|
+1 go with korillia or vortech if you have the money. I dont like the MJ Pro kit the Sure Flow is still way better.
__________________
__________ Current Tank Info: Past reef tanks: 20H softy, 29G mixed reef, 55G mixed reef, 40B sps dominant mixed reef and 75G sps dominant mixed reef. No tank currently |
|
|
|
|
10/13/2011, 05:28 PM
|
#4 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Yucaipa, CA
Posts: 1,007
|
I found the MJ's work good with a wavemaker but only with the stock form. Once you install those pro things they don't work.
__________________
skeeter - It is easier to ask for forgiveness than premission. My motto to my wife. Current Tank Info: 75rr,6"dsb,refugium,auto top-off & semi-auto water changer, OM squirt. 4 MJs 1200, Started on 03/03/06 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Auto Top off with Maxi-Jet 400 U.P. 106gph?? | oceanicsquire | New to the Hobby | 7 | 05/09/2011 09:03 PM |
| new maxi jet pro, affordable powerhead | frenchie | Saint Louis Area Saltwater Hobbyists (SLASH) | 13 | 03/19/2011 10:10 AM |
| Wave Maker or not? | BillMarisasReef | New to the Hobby | 5 | 03/13/2011 06:32 PM |
| Wave Maker with Maxi-Jets??? WaveMaster Pro by Red Sea | CRASHJT | Reef Discussion | 17 | 12/16/2009 04:41 PM |
| FS Red Sea wave maker and Maxi Jet 1200 Pumps | blstravler | New Jersey Reefer's Club | 3 | 07/30/2006 09:42 AM |
