What you opinion on the icecap 2k gyres?

[dirtyxducks19]

I’m considering purchasing two ice cap 2k gyres for my 30 foot 70 gallon tall. I like that I can place them close to the surface and get adequate flow throughout the tank. I was hoping two with my return pump would be enough and I can keep the tank looking clean with equipment barely visible

 

[dirtyxducks19]

Bump. No one on this forum has these?

 

[501Reefer]

I love mine. I have a pair mounted vertically on the back glass of my 60 cube

 

[dhnguyen]

I love the pump itself as it puts out some serious flow for the size. What I hate is their controller app which was one the biggest PITA to set up and get it to work properly. Took me weeks to finally get it to work right. Once set up though it seems to work well.

 

[alain Bouchard]

got 2x 3k on a 6ft tank. love em. Like dhnguyen mentioned, the app is not really straight forward and need some reading to figure it out; but I ended up using preset random flow with power limiting at night. The lack of feed mode button on the dual controller was a problem, but resolved with with a pushbutton switch, a 2.5mm jack and a 9volt battery.

 

[dhnguyen]

got 2x 3k on a 6ft tank. love em. Like dhnguyen mentioned, the app is not really straight forward and need some reading to figure it out; but I ended up using preset random flow with power limiting at night. The lack of feed mode button on the dual controller was a problem, but resolved with with a pushbutton switch, a 2.5mm jack and a 9volt battery.

My dual controller does have a feed mode. The challenge I had was trying to get it to connect to WIFI and not just bluetooth. Apparently the HYDROS app will not play well with WIFI networks that have no passwords. Took me weeks to figure this out since there was no mentioning of the password being a requirement on the setup instruction or in the app itself.

 

[alain Bouchard]

My dual controller does have a feed mode. The challenge I had was trying to get it to connect to WIFI and not just bluetooth. Apparently the HYDROS app will not play well with WIFI networks that have no passwords. Took me weeks to figure this out since there was no mentioning of the password being a requirement on the setup instruction or in the app itself.

I was talking about a physical button on the box, not in the app. Unless they integrated it with new version of the box?

 

[dhnguyen]

I was talking about a physical button on the box, not in the app. Unless they integrated it with new version of the box?

Ah. I see what you mean now. Yes an actual physical feed button on the controller itself would make it a lot more convenient.

 

[Jimbo662]

They really move water. Fairly easy to clean / maintain. Like others said the app takes some getting used to. I've got a pair on a 4ft tank that's all LPS / zoas and I've got them turned down pretty far.

 

[hikebikebrew]

Following...
Similarly considering 2 for a 60 gal. I was thinking each horizontally aside the center return to give forward to back flow.
Looks like Maxspec released their 2k and 4k's now too, and they have a physical controller fwiw.

 

[Arthacker87]

Dunno if 2 gyres will go across a 30 foot tank.

 

[hikebikebrew]

Probably means inch. A 70 gal tall would be about that size.

 

[nereefpat]

I struggle to come up with why anyone would have wanted WiFi or Bluetooth for the newer Icecap gyres.

I have an older 3K and I love it. It just has a simple, fairly easy to use, reliable controller.

 

[jstephens1]

New firmware now opens up all the wave patterns from the wave engine for the icecap

 

[rockdiver]

New firmware for what ? The WE or hydros or icecap ?

 

[reefiniteasy]

New firmware for what ? The WE or hydros or icecap ?

Firmware 186 / App 199

Firmware 186 and App 199 are now available for the following devices: Control X4 Control X2 Control XS WaveEngine IceCap WiFi Controller Firmware 186 is now the public release version IMPORTANT: Firmware 186 requires App 199. To update to firmware 186, you must download App 199 first. If...

forum.coralvuehydros.com

 

[reefiniteasy]

I love my 1K. Can’t go wrong with a gyre and CoralVue/IceCap has great customer service.

 

[jstephens1]

Firmware 186 / App 199

Firmware 186 and App 199 are now available for the following devices: Control X4 Control X2 Control XS WaveEngine IceCap WiFi Controller Firmware 186 is now the public release version IMPORTANT: Firmware 186 requires App 199. To update to firmware 186, you must download App 199 first. If...

forum.coralvuehydros.com

Icecap It used to be limited to 4 wave modes

 

[Arthacker87]

Probably means inch. A 70 gal tall would be about that size.

I was being dumb lol

 

[Tclason1]

I’ve got a 2k and 4K. Love them. Also have had two large Jaebo gyre pumps for the same amount of time - about 1.5 years. They’ve performed equally well (quiet, water movement, reliable,etc).