My fiance drives around for her sales job, so she was able to stop by yesterday and pick it up from the Aquarius. I almost burned our steaks on the grill last night playing with the controller and all the functions!
Man this thing pushes some water! I have a standard 75g, so 4 ft tank and only 18 inches deep. I placed it in the front corner aimed across the tank. Took me a couple minutes to realize that the 'lock' function lowered the overall power of the pump. So on S1 it is at 100% and I had trouble turning up the knob without spilling water all over. I pushed the lock button twice to set it to S3 which is about 50% power overall. So even as I turn the knob up to change speeds, it doesnt go to 100% (at least I think) The wave function works pretty well (W1), it was nice to see the corals moving back and forth in a more natural manner, and see the hair algae getting blasted to a point that I hope it continues to disappear!
We had plans to visit a couple who recently had a baby so I didn't get a lot of time to play and I didnt want to set it too high before leaving. When the lights went off the light sensor makes the pump go into a constant slow speed which I thought was cool.
Just thought I'd post and see what other people think about it! Hopefully I'll give a better update after playing around for the weekend. I'd like to see how the random functions work. Think Im going to buy a pack of beer and push the chair in front of the tank! At this point totally worth the money!
Man this thing pushes some water! I have a standard 75g, so 4 ft tank and only 18 inches deep. I placed it in the front corner aimed across the tank. Took me a couple minutes to realize that the 'lock' function lowered the overall power of the pump. So on S1 it is at 100% and I had trouble turning up the knob without spilling water all over. I pushed the lock button twice to set it to S3 which is about 50% power overall. So even as I turn the knob up to change speeds, it doesnt go to 100% (at least I think) The wave function works pretty well (W1), it was nice to see the corals moving back and forth in a more natural manner, and see the hair algae getting blasted to a point that I hope it continues to disappear!
We had plans to visit a couple who recently had a baby so I didn't get a lot of time to play and I didnt want to set it too high before leaving. When the lights went off the light sensor makes the pump go into a constant slow speed which I thought was cool.
Just thought I'd post and see what other people think about it! Hopefully I'll give a better update after playing around for the weekend. I'd like to see how the random functions work. Think Im going to buy a pack of beer and push the chair in front of the tank! At this point totally worth the money!
