water movement

[ANGRY JOHN]

i have had discussion during the june 1.5 meeting about a diffrent and inovative way to create a large amount of water movement in the aquarium at a small cost. This device commonly referd to as a Carlson surge device is a great way to get a lot of bang for the buck. There are a few considerations that make this setup great for some and not so good for others. The bigest factor is the ability to have room for the device to operate and to be hidden. The best case would be to have somthing like this in a built in tank. I will post several diffrent articles and ways to do this and everyone can feel free to coment.
(a small version)
http://www.breedersregistry.org/Repr...mple_surge.htm
utube video in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRf4F76_pBQ
another version
http://web.archive.org/web/200507112...com/surge1.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/200507112.../surgediy.html

[Fish Dude32]

Good info John!

[clowninaround]

this is what you were tellon me to build ??

[ANGRY JOHN]

this is what i was looking at being a better option than a closed loop. it has a more random type flow pattern and if you look at the utube video closely he has three on his tank.

[clowninaround]

kinda loud

[clowninaround]

i dont like the whole blast my tank full of bubbles

[ANGRY JOHN]

he is another way to get a large amount of water movement, i dont know if you like diy but if not you can go in the 500 bucks for the tuze model. this way causes no bubbles but requires a diffrent kind of skills to build. i like this way a lot more becaue of overall size and you might see me trying one of these on my tank.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...light=wave+box

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1411393

[ANGRY JOHN]

mabe this will work better for ya. this will be a little more expensive but is also a cool diy project. if you dont want the diy you can get the tuze version for about 5 hundred bucks
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...light=wave+box

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1411393

[ANGRY JOHN]

here is another way to skin the cat. think this might cost a little more in the end but is a cool diy project. if not the tuze wave box is around 500 new
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...light=wave+box

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1411393

[clowninaround]

I like this one other than the box in the tank im ust gonna go with the closed loop

[ANGRY JOHN]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1483439
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=9
yet another cool idea for circulation i realy need to build some of these things

[clowninaround]

i wanted to build one of these i though it was pretty cool but didnt know where you get all the parts like motor

[SWINGRRRR]

Ive built the DIY swirl stein's. Highly effective in the random current department, with no micro bubbles.
I had pics, but I deleted them. Sorry.