Help!!!!! emergency

cwb_reeftank · Sep 13, 2016

my Jebao rw-4 has stopped working. I came home from class tonight and saw that my pump was not working. I have spent probably over an hour working on it trying to fix it and nothing is helping. does anyone have any suggestions on a new pump for a 55 gallon. I already have a hydor koralia evolution 1500 in there now and im trying to have enough flow for a sps tank.

reeferfoxx · Sep 13, 2016

Did you try and remove the inside rubber piece that has an attached ring? Kind of a white ring? Keep the rubber piece inside the pump but remove the white ring. See if it pumps after that.

You might need a flash light or something and try with the ceramic needle, to pull the white ring out.

cwb_reeftank · Sep 13, 2016

I've tried that, I've tried using small pieces of airline tubing, I've watched different youtube videos nothing I do works I've even taken that back off of the controller and made sure there was no water.

reeferfoxx · Sep 13, 2016

Bummer. Sorry to hear that.

Hydor smartwave will connect to koralia pumps or the tunze nanostream 6095 is a good option. Then you have the ecotech vortech mp10.

cwb_reeftank · Sep 13, 2016

I would really love to get the ecotech pump but there is no way I could afford that on a college student budget haha

reeferfoxx · Sep 13, 2016

Another Jebao PP4 it is! lol

cwb_reeftank said:
I would really love to get the ecotech pump but there is no way I could afford that on a college student budget haha

Sabellafella · Sep 13, 2016

cwb_reeftank said:
my Jebao rw-4 has stopped working. I came home from class tonight and saw that my pump was not working. I have spent probably over an hour working on it trying to fix it and nothing is helping. does anyone have any suggestions on a new pump for a 55 gallon. I already have a hydor koralia evolution 1500 in there now and im trying to have enough flow for a sps tank.

You should be ok for a couple days, if your not willing to spend big bucks, i would just grab another jebao. Get the rw/pp-8. I went through about 10 of the rw-4s. Theres just somthing about them, that they crap out so easy compared to all the jebao powerheads

cwb_reeftank · Sep 13, 2016

what's the odds of that one stopping haha

cwb_reeftank · Sep 13, 2016

what's the difference between the rw and pp?

cromag27 · Sep 13, 2016

Don't trade jebao junk with more jebao junk.

. Get a gyre.

Sabellafella · Sep 13, 2016

cwb_reeftank said:
what's the difference between the rw and pp?

The magnet

cwb_reeftank · Sep 13, 2016

I would like to get a great pump so I don't have to keep replacing them but it sucks when you don't have a lot of money because 99% of it goes to school

reeferfoxx · Sep 13, 2016

cwb_reeftank said:
I would like to get a great pump so I don't have to keep replacing them but it sucks when you don't have a lot of money because 99% of it goes to school

Good ones break too.

How long have you had the rw4? Might be under warranty?