SEIO controller?

[taftonomos]

Crap...looks like my plan is crumbling lol. Searching for reviews on the controller isn't yielding anything impressive... I don't really want to come full circle though and go about re-doing a CLS either....
Looks like I need to spring for the vortech pump (single) for now

 

[cameron]

My first sentence in my post above should have said the 6055 are meant to be controlled.

Before you go and do something crazy, what are you trying to accomplish?

 

[taftonomos]

I'm more worried about the reliability of the controller really. I want some sort of varying flow in the tank, but don't really want to spend 400+ to get it.

 

[cameron]

The cheap solution is to simply turn off a pump from time to time. Run both for a few hours, run a left pump for a few hours then the right pump for a few hours. Two Koralia 4s would do that just fine. A single Vortech would be under 400 and would work really well for you. A CL unless you did two or bought a relatively expensive Oceans Motions can't alternate flow well.

 

[chull13]

Cameron;119765 wrote: The cheap solution is to simply turn off a pump from time to time. Run both for a few hours, run a left pump for a few hours then the right pump for a few hours. Two Koralia 4s would do that just fine. A single Vortech would be under 400 and would work really well for you. A CL unless you did two or bought a relatively expensive Oceans Motions can't alternate flow well.

Are you talking about manually plugging and unplugging them? Can you run them on just a regular outlet timer with a couple hour increments or will they still make the clanking noise? Do koralias ever start up with backward flow?

 

[cameron]

The Koralias do clank from time to time when turned on, but if you are doing it twice a day in the afternoon and late evening I doubt you would ever notice it. My lights make a noise when they are powering up for a few seconds. I don't find it annoying, but if they continually did it I would replace them quick. Put the Koralias on a wavemaker that flips it every 5 minutes and it would be annoying but again a couple three times per day is likely no big deal.

 

[glxtrix]

I run 2 seio controllers with 2x1100's and 2x1500's. I love them! The controller ramps the pumps from 100% down to 30%. You can set the time you want from 15seconds to whatever (meaning I dont remember) I have mine set as auto which is 15 seconds. I might be selling my seio equipment because I'm doing something ocmpletely different with my flow now. These pumps have done everything I could have asked for. I have quite a few pumps that will be for sale shortly....2x1500's, 2x1100's, 3 or 4 820's, 1x620....and possibly 2xseio controllers.

 

[taftonomos]

Well, please let me know. I bought 2 of the #4's and a controller for my 75 to try it out. If I like it, I'll need at least one more controller for the frag tank, and some pumps as well

 

[sailfish]

My seio controller worked fine with tunze 6045 for about 7 months. Then just like Big D controller keeps blowing fuses. I would not suggest it but who knows it may work for you.

I would like to know if anyone has had a seio contoller for more than a year and it still works.

I was thinking of just tossing it. It's a chance i was willing to take but would like to know if its a defective contoller or if it's b/c i used the wrong pumps.

Joe

 

[taftonomos]

Well, I guess I could return the thing. I'll look around HD or lowes and see if I can find some timers that I'd be happy with. I could set them up to run like 3 hours on, off, etc... or something. Still no wave-type action though

Vortech's are great, but I refuse to drop 700 on a pair of powerheads...sorry, plenty of other stuff I'm into that requires cash like that.

 

[cameron]

On a 75 you would only need one Vortech.