Transform Your Water Flow with a Cheap DIY Clover Nozzle

[@100ofnothing5]

I miss you jake!!!!!! My thoughts and prayers to your family you were an amazing human being and your legacy lives forever here online and in all are hearts, R.I.P brother may your rest in paradise!

[@jbslagoonreef]

I can't believe he's gone. He was a reef aquarium legend and he will be missed.

[@simonroberts6898]

i am so glad i found this video... i was literally just on amazon looking for a small pump to do just this. so thankyou.

[@Sedona_FD3S]

Well this is something awesome that i would’ve never thought to ask for. Thanks!

[@gcarroll1969]

A clover nozzle like that was used for years as the injection nozzle on AquaC skimmers. Nice DIY hack!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I knew someone would remember the good ole AquaC

[@deadboi77]

I'm actually still using a Remora!

[@bdanz5851]

Ahaaa!!! I have an old AquaC EV-240...... TO THE GARAGE!!!!

[@DrBlazer50]

That's excellent. Now I'm going to try to rig up something similar for IM Nano

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

Came back for a tip and man it's hard to not miss Jake, rip buddy 😢

[@fperez1821]

Thanks men, you give me a new project, I’ll be making one of this for my tank 👍

[@willmar2778]

Gonna try this, Thanks for sharing with us.

[@teddysantenard6031]

Hi, Thank you from NEW CALEDONIA, the DIY Nozzle it's perfect for my NANO !

[@trureef2319]

Yea I definitely couldn’t see that aquascape but now with the scoly corals it looks great. And the colors are super nice.

[@carllindqvist7764]

This is excellent advice. I've not been able to fully use my return pump cause the tubing from the DT to the sump isn't wide enough to allow for that turn over. I went ahead and did a clover nozzle straight after watching this video, it allows me to use another 15 % power on my return and increased the over all flow in the aquarium quite a lot. Thanks!

[@federicomanglavite9897]

I love that he uses a Kessil 380 as a desk light.

[@lifes_purfect_adventurezil4001]

Love it I have been 3d printing vortex nozzles.. xx

[@madshepsreef282]

Dude you got some yellow bitcoins in that tank

[@aaravreef7881]

Wow thank you so much what a reef hack

[@RogueAquariums]

Nice DIY Jake!!

[@johnreefervermont4874]

You are an awesome mentor. Awesome idea. I am wondering if I use this technique in my refugium if it would translate to less water and more tumbling of Chaeto. Right now my refugium is feed by a 3/4 inch pipe that is divided in two, at the bottom of the refugium, which are flared. The water travels about 20 inches until it hits the first baffle and it is making my Chaeto spin. However, I have to pump a lot of water to make it happen. If I clover the pipes, I am assuming that less water will send more force. My system is a 1500 (thanks to you Jake) with an external refugium located in the chiller section of the stand. The refugium and UV are sourced from the main sump and deliver back to the main sump. While the UV and refugium are sourced with a single DC EcoTech pump, they do not use the same water. What do you think about me clover-ing the refugium supply lines?

[@2869may]

"The refugium and UV are sourced from the main sump and deliver back to the main sump. While the UV and refugium are sourced with a single DC EcoTech pump, they do not use the same water..." How is this possible.... If they're "sourced" from the same place, it's the same water....

[@gabrielbrensjimenez3191]

Good video brother., God bless you

[@RanjibDeyX]

That kessil a360 makes me laugh :-) . Good content as usual . Thanks jake

[@CherIsmail]

Have you tried the clover nozzles on a closed loop? Love this idea!

[@philwu271]

I ALMOST bought one of those flow accelerators yesterday! Now I have a new project. ;) I need some black PVC pipes... thanks Jake. oh, wife says hi. She was eating chips at the orange county reefapalooza a couple years ago. Asked me to see if you remember her. lol

[@jameshopkins3096]

Nice! Great tip. Will be doing this for sure ✌🏼

[@Algaewarrior]

Awesome reef hack! Where can I get that hat and shirt? I didn't see it in the link for your store.

[@ou812reefing]

That’s cool Jake thanks for the tip 👍👍👍

[@melwingun]

Very useful

[@pasci0057]

Your a rocket scientist now

[@danchac01]

Love the idea👍👍

[@Pagodacoralsllc]

Jake dropping sauce thanks my brother ✊🏽

[@markmckinnell2204]

Nice hack Jake👍

[@latino277]

AquaC used to use something like this on their skimmers

[@nickvanhal4753]

👍Yo Yo Yo Nice workshop😉

[@Cheshhire]

So flow speed is different from the force of the flow on the coral? I am trying to lessen the force of the flow blasting a couple corals a little too hard will this fix that or make it worse?

[@Oceancharter]

I like your video, but wouldn't the less turnover affect the build up of film and cotton bacterial in the reef? keep em' coming! Thx

[@miguelsalty]

Update on the nano please.... day 150 lol 😂

[@ferrari_guy3570]

Is Reefstock 2021 still on? Can someone please let me know because I'm planning on driving to Denver from Cleveland OH?

[@zafishguy5166]

I am still waiting for Jake to accidentally invent the best reef pumps ever while playing with a milk carton or something...

[@athomeontwo]

Yellow tangs definitely look better in the flow of a clover nozzle 😉

[@Mike__B]

I've done something similar in the past with a PVC reducer just without the cloverness aspect of it. That said, isn't that why you put pumps in the tank? I mean not too many people run with just the return output as the tank flow do they? I mean I've seen people with those all in one tanks still use pumps in the tank, maybe even something tiny like that mini Nero that you have in the scoly tank.

[@lagoonreef]

That an Excellent hack

[@FamilyTanks]

Awesome stuff. We’re about to launch our dual reef tank build series, and this is an awesome tip! Always learning!

[@masiehmitra8273]

I used this hack when I just started my reeftank, years ago because the other nozzles were so expensive(for just a piece of plastic). It’s still working perfectly today. How about doing this with a clear acrylic pipe?

[@sirmixalot135678]

This has nothing to do with the video but any chance you can do a walk through on how to use the kessil app for the AP9X? love your videos and hoped maybe you had more experience programming in the app.

[@bdanz5851]

"Bernoulli's Principle"

[@Jbooth96]

Doesn’t back pressure harm your pump tho??

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

it's not that much

[@MikeFallen13]

Jake casually sitting on his own personal horde of yellow tangs #stoinks

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

25 is hardly a horde ;-)

[@2869may]

Velocity..... Is the word.

[@richardharding5320]

That’s really cool, compare the price to 3D printed items, saving you £ or $ 👍🏽

[@Slick_Reefing]

I did this and wow what a difference; had to take water out of the tank, diffuse it, and remove the grate fence on the overflow it works too well!!!

[@sovereignviper90]

Couldn't you use those to make a diy eductor? In theory leaving some of the crimping exposed on the back end to allow more water to enter through the back and be mixed with return flow. This is just my 8 o'clock one cup of coffee thinking lol

[@jjworld76]

Use boiling water. So much easier. Then put in cold water

[@TheUrbanBeekeepers]

heating pvc releases toxic gas, outdoors or respirator up.