Powerheads

[edress714]

Hello WAMAS, my koralia 1050 just crapped out. I have only one now working. Have a 75g tank. Should I just get a replacement for the one thats broken or just go all out and upgrade to two better ones? The vortechs, if I went with these beasts, which ones would i need and how many of them? Let me know what else you need to know about my tank. Thanks!

[WheresTheReef]

I have 2x Jebao rw4 in my standard 90g. They push lots of water and have good value in what you get for the price. Amazon has them for $60 each.

[edress714]

Jebao rw4 or the wp10? any better than another?

[gmerek2]

one MP40 would probably do the trick. You could get fancy and do two but will need dialed down pretty good. They communicate or connect so if you are into SPS it would be nice to get different flow directions. They are pricy and expect one item per year to crap out if you have two. Usually it's a wet side, but I once had a controller go and another time a power cord. But with the jebao I havnt had much luck with them lasting. The nice thing is they are disposable at the price.

Edited March 28, 2016 by gmerek2

[edress714]

Yea I don't know if I want to spend that much right now. I have mostly have LPS and soft corals and plan on keeping up with that. 

[sethsolomon]

I would do 2 Rw-4's or Rw-8's.  Don't get the WP-10's as they are the old model and they have a higher failure rate than the RW-s

[SunWyrm]

I could never keep koralias for very long before they give out. MP40 is worth the investment imo, I've spent more in failed koralias and cheap ebay knockoffs than on my Vortechs. Try to find a used one. 

[davjbeas]

I would go with 2 vortechs MP40 and add the battery back up to protect your livestock if the power goes out.

 

David

[Origami]

Note to responders: The OP has requested advice, not a WTB announcement here in the General Discussion forum. Please don't reply here with items that you'd offer for sale.

 

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

[edress714]

Ok I got the rw4s and man they are small lol I'm sure they're powerful. How do you guys recommend I set them up? And putting one on each side facing each other the best way?

[Der ABT]

Depends on the rockwork...try to have as few dead spots as you can

 

Either get a big circle going....have one on the side one on back shooting forward etc...

Play around with it

[edress714]

[edress714]

And do I leave them on wave all day and night?

[Der ABT]

Nice looking tank....I'd probably throw one on each side pointing down at opposite corners to get s swirl and agitate the bottom or do it on one side of the tank...top bottom front and back side type of thing

 

I leave mine on wave all day and night.....unless it's a lagoon pretty sure the reef has flow 24 hrs....again up you...

Move it around every couple days till the fish stay out just right or you think you hide the power heads enough....whatever floats your boat

[edress714]

I installed them and have them on 4 with slow waves but they're really not that powerful. Thinking I should of gotten the rw8s :(

[WheresTheReef]

Did you try running them in Else mode?

[edress714]

I do not. Have them one W1. What does else mode do?

[WheresTheReef]

You can also sync them and use C mode. Both C and Else mode work well in my 90g. The only problem I have with C mode is that it loses its sync often.

[flooddc]

I installed them and have them on 4 with slow waves but they're really not that powerful. Thinking I should of gotten the rw8s :(

yeah! I think you should exchange them for 2 rw-8 instead. rw-4 is not that strong and they will reduced power once algae start to grow on them.

get the one with pp8 which has stronger magnet.

[WheresTheReef]

else is fully random.

[WheresTheReef]

So I was confused why the powerheads weren't strong enough for your 75g when they work for my 90g. I just realized my mistake. I'm running rw8s in my 90 and just noticed I put rw4 in my previous post. If you can't exchange them, PM me price you paid and I'll buy one (maybe both) at cost. Sorry for the screw up.

[newbie2014]

If the RW4 is similar in power to an MP10, then I would say two won't be enough for a 75G. I have mp10's on my 40B, and they're just enough, IMO.

[edress714]

Yea looks like i bought the wrong size

[newbie2014]

Yeah, it's pretty hard to decide which is enough until you put them in your tank and see the flow yourself. Hopefully, you bought them from amazon. They have good prices and pretty good return/exchange policy.