Sherita Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I just got my Jebao WP-25 today, and have it in my 5' shallow acrylic tank to test it out. What I can tell you so far: these things are *powerful*, and move far more water than an MP10 (which I also have). It's super quiet compared to the MP10, with no buzzing, whining, roaring, etc. I have it set on the lowest power, and even at that I had to move it about and change the location and position in the tank to keep it from splashing water out of the tank, and blowing my zoas all around (zoas weren't amused by this). The flow is chaotic and random, and immediately began pulling detritus into suspension in the water column (detritus that the MP10 did NOT get into suspension). Setup was simple, the directions are not difficult to follow. I paid $80 shipped for the wp25, it came from Phoenix, AZ, and arrived in four days. I've heard complaints that the bracket was flimsy, but it appears no more or less robust than brackets found with comparable powerheads from Tunze. The power cords are more than adequate in lenghth, allowing you to place the controller where you want. The magnet mount for the powerhead is strong and holds the powerhead in place very well. For the price, it can't be beat. Yes, there is a cord going into the tank, but since I keep rare/expensive wrasses in all of my tanks, they all have canopies with screens of some sort or another. The cord in the tank doesn't bother me as much as paying a big chunk of money for an MP10 bothers me. I'm pretty well sold on the wp25. I will be buying at least two more, and two of the wp40 as well (for my 140 and my 90 column). I think my MP10 is going to be looking for a new home very, very soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko's Reef Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Totally feel the same way about my Jebao's. Need to start selling these bad boys at our shop. Going to look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I need to look into some since my tunze looks like it bit the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 How narrow is the flow on them? I have all my vortechs up at 100% in the new tank and it's driving me crazy. I can't see not switching to tunzes or something else in the next few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 The flow pattern seems to be very broad and quite chaotic. My shallow acrylic tank is 24" wide, and it's pushing water up both sides of the tank (wp25 is mounted at the far end of the 5' tank). I had to turn it down, it was splashing water over the eurobracing and onto the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherita Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Yeah baby! Ordered my wp40 for the 140g today! And I've got another of the wp25's coming in for my other shallow acrylic tank. These things rock. No more noisy Vortechs for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I'm experimenting with Ty on this one, but I'll be hacking together apex compatible cables for those with frags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Take photos and post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 you got it dude. not gonna be super complex IMO. just buy the speedwaves cable here:http://www.reefangel.com/order.aspxThen you splice the cables to an ethernet cable, with up to two per VSP port. Ecotech better be running scared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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victoly Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 http://www.reefangel.com/order.aspxweird... google jebao speedwave cable, and its on the reefangel website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I will gladly pay you top dollar for two of them thar fancy cables sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Get with Ty. He's buying some this weekend and shipping them to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Anybody interested in a cable for Victoly to mod for you, let me know. I will order them Monday morning. Please confirm with Victoly first if he can do it for you. -Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Pedretti Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Anybody interested in a cable for Victoly to mod for you, let me know. I will order them Monday morning. Please confirm with Victoly first if he can do it for you. -Ty Wait...what?...these can be used with apex?...really?...looks like I have another reason to look for oneSent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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