Bobbofin
Non-member
I reveived the pump, controller and sensor yesterday from B so here's my review.
The new 6095 comes with a nice wide opening like a MP40 for wide flow and a snap on screen to keep the snails out. The pump is rated at 2500gph. The pump is pretty much silent. In wave mode, which I use, you can barely hear it click on and off. You can set pump for 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, or 24 volts at the transformer box via a jumper. I have the 18 volt jumper in because I only have a 24" tank and in wave mode the water was splashing at 24v and coming out of the tank. I like that adjustibility of adjusting the lo/hi range before going to the controller. It adds another level of adjustment.
The new 7092 controller is simple set and forget. For .3-2.0 second wave mode simply press the "wavebox" button and hold the button and let go, when you have the wave you want press the button again. For pulse set the speed 1 & 2 dials then the - or + button for 2-8 seconds at each speed before switching to the other speed for alternating pulse mode. I have the optional 7094.05 night sensor so when it senses the lights are out when in pulse mode it switches and stays in speed 1 (the lower speed). In wave mode it turns off the pump completely at night. Another nice feature of the controller is that in has plugs for two pumps and jumpers inside the controller to change it from syncronized and to alternating. So what ever pump one is doing, pump two will be doing the opposite.
This two pump controller only costs $73.96. For a person with a 75 or 90 gallon tank two of the smaller 6055 pumps, a 7094 controller and a 7094.05 night sensor would only cost about $550 or $630 for the set up with two of the 6095 pumps compared to $930 for two mp40s. The only thing bad I can say about the controller is that I wish it had random flow like "reef crest" which the MP40 has instead of just pulsing between a lower and higher speed but it basically gets the job done. It is random when it goes from one speed to the other. But I use it in wave mode and it does fine without a wave box even if the button is label "wavebox" on the controller. I could not use my MP10 or MP40 in "blue" wave mode. The constant whining noise from the sry side spooling up and down sounded like crickets had invaded my livingroom. This combo gets the job done with about 80% of the functionality of an MP40, much better than any other offering from Hydor and 1000% better than an AC pump connected to a wave maker.
The new 6095 comes with a nice wide opening like a MP40 for wide flow and a snap on screen to keep the snails out. The pump is rated at 2500gph. The pump is pretty much silent. In wave mode, which I use, you can barely hear it click on and off. You can set pump for 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, or 24 volts at the transformer box via a jumper. I have the 18 volt jumper in because I only have a 24" tank and in wave mode the water was splashing at 24v and coming out of the tank. I like that adjustibility of adjusting the lo/hi range before going to the controller. It adds another level of adjustment.
The new 7092 controller is simple set and forget. For .3-2.0 second wave mode simply press the "wavebox" button and hold the button and let go, when you have the wave you want press the button again. For pulse set the speed 1 & 2 dials then the - or + button for 2-8 seconds at each speed before switching to the other speed for alternating pulse mode. I have the optional 7094.05 night sensor so when it senses the lights are out when in pulse mode it switches and stays in speed 1 (the lower speed). In wave mode it turns off the pump completely at night. Another nice feature of the controller is that in has plugs for two pumps and jumpers inside the controller to change it from syncronized and to alternating. So what ever pump one is doing, pump two will be doing the opposite.
This two pump controller only costs $73.96. For a person with a 75 or 90 gallon tank two of the smaller 6055 pumps, a 7094 controller and a 7094.05 night sensor would only cost about $550 or $630 for the set up with two of the 6095 pumps compared to $930 for two mp40s. The only thing bad I can say about the controller is that I wish it had random flow like "reef crest" which the MP40 has instead of just pulsing between a lower and higher speed but it basically gets the job done. It is random when it goes from one speed to the other. But I use it in wave mode and it does fine without a wave box even if the button is label "wavebox" on the controller. I could not use my MP10 or MP40 in "blue" wave mode. The constant whining noise from the sry side spooling up and down sounded like crickets had invaded my livingroom. This combo gets the job done with about 80% of the functionality of an MP40, much better than any other offering from Hydor and 1000% better than an AC pump connected to a wave maker.
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