Help from owners of jebao wp10&wp25

Oh and both of the frag tanks are going to be bare bottomed so no sand in them

Is it just because your sand just moves too much or do you think the flow is just to much for the corals even cause the frag tank will be for lps

jessejames wrote: I need help from owners of wp10 & wp25 with a decent amount of experience with the jebao wp10 and the wp25 powerheads. I'm setting up two frag tanks one is a 40 gallon breeder that's going to be for sps and zoo's and the other is a cadlights frag tank 36"x24"x12" that's going to for mostly lps such as chalices. I already have 2 WP25 and was wondering if I should order two wp10 and do one wp10 and one wp25 in each tank or order two wp25 and do two wp25 in each tank or just run a single wp25 in each tank ? Thanks for any help you can provide

I would get the WP25s and have two in each tank. You can turn them down as long as the voltage doesn't go below 12 VDC (per Jebao). Having two WP25s will provide additional options for flow, and if you move up to a bigger tank they should provide plenty of coverage. I think, just an opinion, that two powerheads, one at each end of the tank, will help eliminate dead spots.

Fat

From my experience i would think that 2 wp10s would be great for that length of tank. I have one WP25 and koralia 1150 in my 72 bowfront and when i cranked the wp25 all the way all the fish scattered into the rockwork for safety... poor clownfish rode the wave it created and almost went carpet surfing. So in my experience i would assume that the 25 would be to much for 36" tank unless you dial it way way way down.

It comes with a controller that has different settings on it which changes the flow strength and pulsing lengths.

Edited by Hogie - April 22 2014 at 12:56pm

jessejames wrote: How do u dial it down ? Are you talking about one of those things you put in the outlet and then plug the pump into that and it limits the power going to the pump or on the controller of the pump itself I've never used a wp25 before only ecotech mp 10 and mp40 and those you can change the mode it's in and still limit the max flow it puts out I heard you can't do that on the jebao wp pumps is that true?

You can change the mode on the WP controllers and the output also. It has three constant output speeds H1 H2 and H3. Then there is W1 W2 and W3 for different wave modes and finally Else mode (which I think is random). I have two wp40s on my 120 and love to put one in W1 (highest wave) and the other in Else mode. It really makes a random wave (too much wave but it's fun to see).

If you have a controller you can run them off of it as long as it has a 5 or 10 volt controllable output. I just ordered up a bunch of circuit boards to make some up for my Reef Angel. Erik is getting a couple for his Apex. Then you can do about anything you want with them include alternate them, add a pause to the program, etc.

yes,  H2, and H3 and w2, and w3 are those settings.  Think of 1,2,3 as high, med, low.

There are directions in the box.


Edited by DMower - April 22 2014 at 4:03pm

The Jebao power head has a controller that offers several different modes and "speeds" as well as a random mode. If you remove the Jebao controller from the circuit and instead use your tank controller (Apex, Reef Angel, etc.) you now have much more control. You can program it to alternate each head, add timings and "speeds" that are not available on the standard Jebao controller. Plus, unless you have a Jebao dual controller that runs two power heads, you can synchronize them. The plus for me is that I can hit water change or feeding mode on my controller and turn off all the tanks pumps including the power heads. If I use the Jebao controllers I need to turn off each of the controllers (in my case three, the tank controller and two Jebao controllers).

Hope that helps.

You might want to slip up this way one day and see how mine are set up, you can play with them for a bit. They are on the Jebao controllers right now, I just ordered the parts to put them on my tank controller (a Reef Angel) and should have that running soon. Once that's up I can monitor and control them from anywhere I have a data connection on my Android phone.

Fat