IceCap 3K Gyre Generation Flow Pump

[TroyHoot]

ok thanks. The cages felt like they moved out a little. But I didnt want to pull too hard and tear it up.

Instruction manual said cleaning instructions were later in manual. But nada on cleaning hehe.

I got mine today. Its in the tank now at 100% constant. Trying to break it in. the whine is pretty bad right now. Hopefully that gets better over night. Will see.

 

[Str8linespeed]

ok thanks. The cages felt like they moved out a little. But I didnt want to pull too hard and tear it up.

Instruction manual said cleaning instructions were later in manual. But nada on cleaning hehe.

I got mine today. Its in the tank now at 100% constant. Trying to break it in. the whine is pretty bad right now. Hopefully that gets better over night. Will see.

Good deal. I set mine up to run random up to 60% I really only had noise at 20%. I like my 3k

 

[Dealseer]

Good deal. I set mine up to run random up to 60% I really only had noise at 20%. I like my 3k

Strange. Mine only has noise above 20%.

 

[TroyHoot]

Its still has a pretty audible humming today. Been chatting with Coralvue support. They say it takes a little time for the ceramic to break in and all the air to purge for the motor. Im running at 100% constant to break it in. I think it is a little quieter today though. Hopefully in a few days it will mostly be gone. Then I will play with placement and modes.

 

[afish70]

Its still has a pretty audible humming today. Been chatting with Coralvue support. They say it takes a little time for the ceramic to break in and all the air to purge for the motor. Im running at 100% constant to break it in. I think it is a little quieter today though. Hopefully in a few days it will mostly be gone. Then I will play with placement and modes.

What size tank are you running it in? I heard people saying it was too much flow at 100%. I'm getting ready to buy one for my 90 mixed reef to help eliminate the Cyano issue I am currently having.

 

[TroyHoot]

75g. so same foot print. Yours is just a few inches taller. im cycling tank so only thing in it is rock and sand. 100% will be too much im sure. Im just trying to break it in first. It moves a ton of water.

Coralvue guy had me set it to alternating current. So i have it 10 seconds 100% forward. then 20 second slow down and ramp to 100% reverse for 10 seconds then 20 second ramp back up. He said this gives the motor a work out and should speed up the break in period. He didnt say run it at 100%, thats just what im doing.

Sound is getting a little better though. hopefully in a few days it will be mostly silent.

 

[Crabb]

So I bought it for my 120 gallon. Got to agree with Kendrid, it does make a slight amount of noise. Of course, my tank is virtually silent though with my overflow and pump set-up into the basement. So the only other thing I hear is the fans cooling on my LED light. I gotta say it is a bit annoying, but as was mentioned, it's only really bad if running above 50%. Which I don't do simply because I have a softie tank and I don't need stuff closing up. Other than that, I love the quality for the price point.

 

[scuzy]

Looks about the same got mine in yesterday. It moves lots of water. But man it makes a hum noise about 10% maybe it needs to break in.


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[ericarenee]

Thanks for the Reviews and opinions everyone..
I have 3 of them in my CART . Almost bought them today. But reading about the humming noises and with the Huge issue i had with the first gen gyre then the Cartography with the cross-wave.. I am a bit worried about these products .

First gen gyre . Impellers flew apart and broke.. Sent back to amazon because apparently others were having the same issue.... Cross-wave was just crap all the way around..

Thanks again ...

 

[TroyHoot]

As I posted above. I chatted with coralvue this morning. They told me its needs at least a few days to break in. He also suggested running it in alternating mode to work out the motor and speed up break in. Mine was very very annoying. Its still annoying, but getting better I think. But im ramping up to 100% and back to reverse 100%. Im hoping after a few days of this it will be alot quieter when i set it up for regular use.

Its the loudest thing in my system. I dont even have doors on my stand yet. Before the only thing i could hear was a slight hissing from the skimmer sucking air.

 

[TroyHoot]

forgot to mention. Build quality seems fine. Nothing seems cheap or easy to brake. I took screens off and impellers out to clean to see if that helped. All went back together fine.

I also ran it for about 15 seconds with only the motor. silent and could be. For whatever that tells us hehe.

 

[Ou8me2]

The noise is going to vary depending on a person's hearing. I mean I have heard people say the Jebao pumps have a whine and I have never heard a whine or noise since day 1 on my pumps or wavemakers. Just like there are noises or tones animals can hear and we humans, for the most part, can't but I maybe tone deaf after years of loud music being a dj. :spin2:

Sorry back on topic. :spin3:

I dunno who it was that posted the video but it sure sounded quiet to me.

 

[TroyHoot]

Here is a short vid of my noise. Probably have to turn your sound up. was louder on my phone then on photobucket. that was full speed then ramping down. the tapping is me bumping a specimen container.

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[Ou8me2]

After hundreds of metal concerts in my teens I know my hearing is bad.

This is actually a very good point. My kids can watch TV with what sounds like no volume to myself or my wife yet they understand all of the dialog. I should ask them if they hear anything odd about the tank. I could turn on/off the gyre and Jebaos and see if they can spot a difference.

My PC speakers sound absolutely amazing (for pc speakers) when playing music (former audiophile before this hobby) but when there is no input they make a distracting buzzing noise. When reading reviews maybe 2% of reviews mention the noise. It isn't from the PC, it is from the speaker's bluetooth searching for a signal. When not listening to music I turn them off because the noise drives me insane. My son with "perfect" hearing doesn't understand why. I have told him they make a buzzing sound and he is like "huh? I don't hear anything" and he can hear TV that to me sounds muted. Hearing is a very interesting subject.

FYI: I have always use earplugs at all concerts ever since my late 20s. I purchased Etymotic musician plugs which are amazing. If anyone reading this hasn't tried them, buy them (they are like $15) before your next concert.

The video posted earlier is completely silent which is not like my unit. Maybe that one is broken in, maybe the camera can't pick up the noise? I am going to try to capture the sound tomorrow if I can. Like I have already post it isn't a big deal but mine isn't silent like that video shows.

I actually have worn earplugs the last 5 years of dj'ing but mine are different and about $100.00 but I can still wear headphones and hear through them but it lessens how much decibels I'm punishing my ears with. Now I'm going to show my age and when they used to give hearing test back in school. I would always get funny looks and comments saying " you can't hear that?" :crazy1:

 

[Ou8me2]

Here is a short vid of my noise. Probably have to turn your sound up. was louder on my phone then on photobucket. that was full speed then ramping down. the tapping is me bumping a specimen container.

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I literally had to turn my speakers to max to even hear that noise. Normal volume on my speakers and I heard nothing.:headwally:

 

[Nimitz87]

Everyone runs flow differently. Some people like a tremendous amount of flow.. I've got a gyre 230 en route and two Sicce Voyager 4's (each pushing 1600gph) and my tank is a 45 cube (basically a 50 cube but 2" shorter).

I'd love to see a video of this, I'm assuming bare bottom SPS tank?

holy hell that is insane flow in such a small tank.

 

[TroyHoot]

I literally had to turn my speakers to max to even hear that noise. Normal volume on my speakers and I heard nothing.:headwally:

Yeah vid didnt transfer very well. Its in my office/mancave where I spend all my time. Its probably not that loud overall but since my room is quiet except for that it really stands out.

 

[TroyHoot]

Update this morning. 40 or so hours of running at mostly 100% 20 or so of that alternating forward/reverse at 100% its mostly quiet at and below 50% power both ways. Still noise above 50%. But it is getting better.

Wish the book talked about break in. Also it needs tear down instructions for cleaning. I had to ask on here to figure out the cages are just held on by O-rings.

 

[JonezNReef]

Thanks for all the reviews everyone, I was thinking of asking if any one had tried these when I happen to run across this board. I think I am going to pull the trigger and try 2 of these on my 180 once its up and cycled.

 

[saltlife15]

Holy smokes you weren't kidding. This thing reminds me of the wave pool at a waterpark in that tank. lol