hygger2100 GPH Aquarium Wave Maker Pump with Strong Magnetic Suction Base, Ultra-quiet 360 Degree Rotating Submersible Power Head, for 75-130 Gal Freshwater Saltwater Tank

It stopped working after starting it for the first time, I advise you not to buy

I have just stepped foot into the world of fish tanks in my early thirties.. Having skipped the role of fish Daddy throughout my formative years, and being barely responsible enough to drink water myself let alone keep a tank of it with living beings inside happy..So my excitement was pretty palpable now that I was adding more mouths to feed into this household. I made a cool little skull filled/fake plant garden and got to buying my African Cichlids. I got some cat fish, and even a pleco.. I went fish crazy I guess.Well, being a newcomer to fishkeeping, I made a couple rookie mistakes. You are never told that overfeeding is a thing with fish. You are never told that if you continue to overfeed, the debris will end up in the substrate and fester there. You are never told that one day, after all this overfeeding, you will wake up to a tank that looks like someone poured a shot glass of milk into. No one tells you this stuff in advance. It’s a right of passage I guess as a fish owner. …fish don’t produce milk as far as I’m aware.Anyways, several google searches, YouTube videos and forums later, you’re told to generate some movement in the water. “How do you do that?” I asked…. “ a wave generator dummy” I was answered. So I bought this guy.I set it up and figured the best route for the water to travel along the skulls, not really sure what to expect. Then I plugged it inRegret flushed over me as my milky water was teeming with bits and pieces of food being kicked up from the substrate. I thought my fish career was over. I noted that the wave generator was silent at this point, my air pump seemed to get louder for some reason but I figured maybe it’s because it’s pushing bubbles through the milk and the food filth so it had to work harder.I closed my eyes and walked away.When I returned, I was ecstatic to see that the water was actually fairly clear. On top of that, my fishes were “playing” in the current. I watched them kind of do this little dance and that’s when I knew I needed a second one.So, in other words, if I bought two of them, surely I am here to tell you it’s worth it to at least buy one. You never know, your fish may dance the night away and your tank will at least be clear as air in the process.

So I bought 2 models. The low power and the high power. I have 2 tanks, 150 gallon 61”x24.5” and a 55 gallon 48”12”. Obviously I put them in their perspective aquarium. They’re no ultra powerful but perfect for the tanks to agitate water and move wast to the suction side of the canisters. They worked perfect for me. I didn’t want weak flow but not hurricane force either. These would be perfect for reefs. They also include suction cups and they’re magnetized. I use both but you can removes the suction cups as well. My question would be why would I do that when they’re integrated to be used together. I cannot hear these things. I tried so many others and sent them back because I hate even a hum. These are as quieter than my Fluval FX-4 which is super super quiet. I have some Dojo Loaches and they love to swim against them and do back flips. I wish my other 4 aquariums needed flow so I can get more just to see how great the water effects are in the light with no sound. .Just a note: I bought these to blow over the Fluval thermometers to keep them from giving Low Flow error codes and they work perfect. As I know that Fluval thermometers want them set at 45 degree angles and never vertical to avoid hot spots that can cause them to fail and kill your fish.

This thing definitely moves water, I just wish they were smaller, it’s kind of bulky and is kind of an eye sore in the tank… but compared to the others that are hundreds of dollars, this one does the job just as well

I've had several powerheads. This is probably the best I've found for the price. It has a magnetic piece that attaches from the outside of the tank and an interior mount with suction cups. The exterior magnetic mount is what keeps it reliably in place. Sound is damn near silent. Very solid construction. I was happy enough to order a second. Regarding how 1050GPH and the 2100GPH I have both in my 65 Gallon Reef which is about 36" wide. The 2100GPH moves water nicely for high current. I would get the 2100GPH for tanks 65 gallons and over, or the 1050GPH if your into low current. I bought both and alternate.

I bought 2 of these in the 2100 GPH size. Put 1 in the top and 1 on the opposite side towards the bottom of my 125 gallon tank. Turned them on and adjusted them. After a couple minutes of readjusting the one on the bottom i finally turned it off completely. It's way too powerful for a 6 foot 125 gallon aquarium. It was blowing my African Cichlids all over the place and they were all struggling to swim back to the right side of my aquarium. They were all blown to the left side under the one i stuck near the top and was mostly staying there. The few others that did tempt to swim to the right were struggling and kept being blown back to the left.It also blew large amounts of sand away from my right side as well as plants and 2 peices of drift wood. It's just simply way too powerful. I only wanted a gentle current to keep small debris airborn, err... waterborne so my filter could eventually pick it up rather than everything resting and staying on the bottom.The one at the top on my left side honestly is kinda too powerful too. I have it about 10 to 12 inches under water pointed up and towards the back wall of the aquarium so the back wall takes the blunt of the force. I wanted it to aggitate the top of the water and help create that circular current i was going for. It is working well but any fish that goes near it in front of it gets blown away rather quickly.Simply put I'ma replace for one i can adjust the amount of output down because these both are way too strong for a 125 gallon aquarium in my opinion. Your fish could not possibly be happy fighting non stop against the pressure these put out. I would recommend something more at about a 1,000 gallon maximum output that you can adjust lower for aquariums about 6 to 8 feet in length unless you're trying to create one heck of a current to make your fish struggle to stay in 1 spot.I also have 2 water turtles in my tank and.... my poor turtles... lol