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[soymilk]

Pumps - depends on the level of control you want. if you want 0-10v control then you'll need to make a cable or buy an adaptor. If you want just simple on and off, then you can get away with connecting the power supply to the controller power strip

nothing from sicce right now unless the controller has a 0-10v control port.

all the modules are daisy chained like you said. Each one is technically its own controller, so if one component fails, the other one takes over. You just lose funtionality of whatever module that failed.

easy way to have pump control for feed mode is to switch over to hydros approved pumps or just connect the pumps to the controller power strip.

 

[Team Turtle]

Is there a way to connect 4 of the ice cap gyres to any of their controllers?

 

[R-BallJunkie]

Is there a way to connect 4 of the ice cap gyres to any of their controllers?

yep. i run 2x gyres, 2x reef octo.
I put my tank into "purge" mode on the hour, run them full 100%. keeps stuff suspended pretty good.

 

[Team Turtle]

What model do you have?

 

[R-BallJunkie]

What model do you have?

2x icecap 2000's, 1x Octo Pulse 2, 1x Octo Pulse 4

 

[wierzt]

depends on the level of control you want. if you want 0-10v control then you'll need to make a cable or buy an adaptor. If you want just simple on and off, then you can get away with connecting the power supply to the controller power strip

easy way to have pump control for feed mode is to switch over to hydros approved pumps

I am looking for the flow pattern control, I have wifi smart plugs for simple on/off. I do plan to add additional powerheads as the tank's needs grow but I also wanted to try to make use of equipment I have while adding the monitoring, centralization, and expandability of Hydros.

 

[soymilk]

Is there a way to connect 4 of the ice cap gyres to any of their controllers?

look into the wave engine

HYDROS WaveEngine v2 Pump Controller

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[Team Turtle]

2x icecap 2000's, 1x Octo Pulse 2, 1x Octo Pulse 4

Meant what controller do you have? Wave engine, control 2, 4?

 

[R-BallJunkie]

Meant what controller do you have? Wave engine, control 2, 4?

Wave engine if you want the functionality to have different flow pattern profiles .....you can use a xp8 outlet or wireless strip outlet to do on/off. They just added Sicce as one of the pumps supported.

 

[KTXreef]

Anyone here set up the new x10 system yet? Trying to get some help with the used test sample. Hydros say dump it back into the tank is the correct and is there any chance of it effecting my corals or fish? Thanks