Hydros WaveEngine Users

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Peace River said:
Most, if not all of the #reefoctopus Regal and Elite skimmers will run off from the #WaveEngine. What skimmer do you currently have?
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Reef Octopus with the Varios4s pump. When I started it up it shutdown stating the pump is blocked. Same thing when I start it up slowly, it states it locks up above 70ish percent output. Coralvue mentioned it might not work with the pinwheel impleller. I had accidentally thought the Various4 was the same as the 4s (which yes I know way different impeller).
 
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Big C said:
Reef Octopus with the Varios4s pump. When I started it up it shutdown stating the pump is blocked. Same thing when I start it up slowly, it states it locks up above 70ish percent output. Coralvue mentioned it might not work with the pinwheel impleller. I had accidentally thought the Various4 was the same as the 4s (which yes I know way different impeller).
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I'm inquiring about this now because I actually assumed the same thing. Thank you for posting this.
 
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Big C said:
I hated to leave my post with a picture of a half completed project.....

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Looks Great!
 
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TheHarold said:
The 0-10v input can absolutely be used in that fashion, with or without a controller. With just 1 of the 4 inputs, you can make a housing with a bunch of buttons to control several different modes. I recently made one for the IceCap Hydros dual pump controller, with a simple 9v battery to apply voltage. (Utilize resistors to obtain multiple voltages from 1 battery, for multiple buttons).

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This is awesome!! Thanks for the info!
 
I love my Wave Engine. I’ve talked 2 others into getting one and have 2 more that will likely in the near future. I’m currently running 2 maxxspect 250’s and 2 icecap 3k’s Director drive. Through the 0-10v I’m running 2 Jebao pp-20’s and 2 Jebao pp-8’s. And when I get my frag tanks done those will share an output and I will connect a icecap 2k dual controller to half of the open plug.
I have the apx cable to hook to my Profilux. I just haven’t fished my adapter I made to go from rj12 to rj45 thru my cabinet though. I’ve been busy building frag tanks.
 
Does anyone have the battery backup?? I see it mentioned in the product description, but haven't seen it actually sold yet. Does it have it's own battery backup? Or just compatible with other brands battery backups?

Thanks!
 
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Mar344 said:
Does anyone have the battery backup?? I see it mentioned in the product description, but haven't seen it actually sold yet. Does it have it's own battery backup? Or just compatible with other brands battery backups?

Thanks!
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I have the Icecap Battery Backup and thought they were working in the adaptors to make it compatible (There is a thread out there in this somewhere). For now I have it on a small UPS to give me time to get my house generator online.
 
Mar344 said:
Does anyone have the battery backup?? I see it mentioned in the product description, but haven't seen it actually sold yet. Does it have it's own battery backup? Or just compatible with other brands battery backups?

Thanks!
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www.reef2reef.com

How to connect IceCap Battery Back to Hydros Wave Engine?

For the life of me I have not found any information on how to connect the IceCap battery backup to the Hudros WaveEgine. Can any one provide some insight?
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Mar344 said:
Thank you! Huge bummer they don't offer any battery backup solution. Either offer a cable adapter or a battery. May hold off.
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They've stated a hydros focused backup is in the works for the fall, but that was pre-covid.


ReeferSteve said:
Not to hijack this thread but does anybody know if the direct drive pump adapters are the same for the 4Ks and XF350s?
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I'll let you know tomorrow for sure but I would 100% bet they are physically different.
 
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I am using mine to run 3 gyre 330’s and two mp10’s on a 120 reef. My only disappointment is that you don’t get rid of the power bricks for the mp 10’s. Once I figured out how to program it it has been a nice upgrade. I will eventually add one to my 180 system too.
 
FWIW it took about 1 minute to setup my new XF350 and have it run opposite to the existing IC4K. Plug in, add pump, assign group, done.

I think an official accessory to assign physical buttons to it, that you can mount anywhere you want, would be a good future offering and is really the only thing I can suggest in terms of upgrades.
 
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Kyl said:
FWIW it took about 1 minute to setup my new XF350 and have it run opposite to the existing IC4K. Plug in, add pump, assign group, done.

I think an official accessory to assign physical buttons to it, that you can mount anywhere you want, would be a good future offering and is really the only thing I can suggest in terms of upgrades.
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Are you meaning a feed button or some other type of control? I feel like they might feel as they have the feed pause handled with the ability to tie it into 0-10v of an aquarium controller. I’m happy with it all around myself. But, it would be nice to have an easy countdown type feed, pause type that didn’t require a phone or tablet. Hell even an easy little remote like this one on this remote outlet
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Not everyone has a controller on their aquarium. It wouldn’t even have to be as many options. A simple timed pause with ability to cancel timer would do.
 
Since it's going to be tied into their hydros controller, I see it as an opportunity not just for the wave engine. We'll see how they roll things out, but in hindsight even a single physical button on the controller housing itself, along with the gyre WE Jr. would have been a huge benefit.
 
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Has anyone received this message? "Pump locked, no pump detected." I just tried hooking up this IceCap gyre 1k pump tonight. The octopulse 4 has been run ing two months without issue. I have disconnected, delete and readded the pump multiple time and still get the same message. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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aap15 said:
Has anyone received this message? "Pump locked, no pump detected." I just tried hooking up this IceCap gyre 1k pump tonight. The octopulse 4 has been run ing two months without issue. I have disconnected, delete and readded the pump multiple time and still get the same message. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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I had this issue with my OP4, check you connection ( i know it sounds stupid but it did help).
 
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