Reefkeeper Lite wavemaker + Korila 4s?

[phoenix20]

Hey ARC

So I picked up the Reefkeeper Lite, my first controller, cause I figured for $100 I couldn't have gone wrong.

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~action~view~idProduct~DA1131~idCategory~FITEMOMI~category~Multi_Item_Monitors___Controllers-Monitors___Controllers-Testing_Equipment-Saltwater_Aquarium_Supplies~vendor~.html">http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~action~view~idProduct~DA1131~idCategory~FITEMOMI~category~Multi_Item_Monitors___Controllers-Monitors___Controllers-Testing_Equipment-Saltwater_Aquarium_Supplies~vendor~.html</a>

Anyways, it has a wavemaker mode on it. I have two Korila 4 power heads. Would this wave maker mode work with any power head, or do you have to have specific power heads for that functionality?

I don't want to break the Korila 4s if they can't turn on / turn off a million times a day for the wavemaker function. Anyone try this before?

 

[jeep9783]

I think that it would mess up the hydors b/c sometimes they would engauge other times they wont...they make a hydor controller but you have to buy the hydor's that are made for that controller....the regular plug in ones wont work with it i don't think

 

[weaglereefer]

Yes, you will break your Koralias if you use them on a wavemaker. Also, they may not always start in the correct direction and are horribly loud when they turn on. If you had some Maxi Jets, you could use them on a wavemaker, but with the Koralia's wide flow pattern, there's really no need.

Wonder if we need to start a "Reefkeeper Mafia"?

 

[phoenix20]

I was thinking that was probably going to be the answer... So, what would be a cheap power head (looking for around $40 each) that would support the wavemaker function?

 

[jeep9783]

You could get two Modded Maxijet 1200 that would be about the same as hydors except not as wide of flow

 

[jeep9783]

dawgdude;371103 wrote: You are looking for a DC pump that will start the pump in the correct direction each time. There arent any options that have a prop and not impeller at that price range. Ive looked high and low.

I thought you could use the maxijet's?

 

[weaglereefer]

You can use MJ's, but when you add the propeller and not an impeller they function the same as a Koralia.

 

[drnecropolis]

I have my K4's on my wavemaker on my RK2.. Little airline tubing will stop the chatter... And they have never started backwards..

 

[jeep9783]

airline tubing? where?

 

[drnecropolis]

In the front of the "bell" where the shaft goes into the front housing

 

[jeep9783]

wow...how did u fig that one out

 

[drnecropolis]

Jeremy told me about it... It works great..

 

[drnecropolis]

mine is kinda snug.. the sound is the shaft bouncing in the plastic.. Just acts as a cushion to keep it quiet..

 

[cr500_af]

dawgdude;371290 wrote: That cracked the shaft on my K3.

The mod, or the bouncing unmodded?

 

[drnecropolis]

wow.. So far I have been lucky I guess... How did vinyl tubing crack a steel shaft?

 

[drnecropolis]

ahhhhh that make sense.. Thanks for the heads up!!!

 

[cr500_af]

Good... I was just about to pull mine out to mod them and this had me worried. K4s here though. Onward!

 

[weaglereefer]

Hmm, my K3's have a metal shaft.

 

[drnecropolis]

dawgdude;371302 wrote: Mod it and go for it! It may have been a K2 then but I am pretty sure it was a K3. I bought them when they very first came out so its possible they changed to metal because of this issue.

Thats what I was thinking... Prolly changed it to limit breakage..

 

[weaglereefer]

Yeah, I only got them last fall, so they're like 9 months old.