ForestDave
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I've been thinking about getting a AI Nero 3 pump after @Wookii mentioned it in "Kinabalu (60 x 40 x 40)." I've just noticed though that Jebao do a similar design which is much cheaper but it does not have the ability to control the settings via an app (and also does not come with any instructions apparently! 
). Before I work out if I can scrape together enough cash for the AI Nero I wondered if anyone had a Jebao Sine Wave Maker Pump SLW-10 or SLW-20, and what they thought of it? The aftermarket shrimp guard does not look like it's available for it, although I have just messaged the eBay seller who provides that to see if they have one in production.
Quote from Wookii's Kinabalu (60 x 40 x 40) below.
The Nero 3 is great @not called Bob - it’s impossibly tiny for the huge amount of water it can push through. Plus it’s got a really wide outflow cone, so although it’s moving a lot of water, you don’t get that narrow high velocity jet that you get with other stream pumps.
I’m also a sucker for app control, and the set up of the Nero is really flexible. As you say you can change output at different times of the day etc. I haven’t experimented a great deal, but I have it on a slow pulse mode between 30% and 40% which give a slight ebb and flow variation to plant movement, but there are lots of other set up options.
One thing I would say though, if you have shrimp, budget for an after market guard. The Nero 3 does come with one, which is enough to stop shrimp getting through to the impellers, but the suction through the guard is so powerful that if they land on it, they get sucked into it like the Alien at the airlock (Aliens movie reference!).
This is the only decent one I could find - which isn’t cheap once you add shipping and customs charges etc:
www.ebay.co.uk
It works very well and lessens the suction issue at the guard. Hopefully now the Nero 3 has been out a while some UK 3D printing folks will sort some designs out.
). Before I work out if I can scrape together enough cash for the AI Nero I wondered if anyone had a Jebao Sine Wave Maker Pump SLW-10 or SLW-20, and what they thought of it? The aftermarket shrimp guard does not look like it's available for it, although I have just messaged the eBay seller who provides that to see if they have one in production.Quote from Wookii's Kinabalu (60 x 40 x 40) below.
The Nero 3 is great @not called Bob - it’s impossibly tiny for the huge amount of water it can push through. Plus it’s got a really wide outflow cone, so although it’s moving a lot of water, you don’t get that narrow high velocity jet that you get with other stream pumps.
I’m also a sucker for app control, and the set up of the Nero is really flexible. As you say you can change output at different times of the day etc. I haven’t experimented a great deal, but I have it on a slow pulse mode between 30% and 40% which give a slight ebb and flow variation to plant movement, but there are lots of other set up options.
One thing I would say though, if you have shrimp, budget for an after market guard. The Nero 3 does come with one, which is enough to stop shrimp getting through to the impellers, but the suction through the guard is so powerful that if they land on it, they get sucked into it like the Alien at the airlock (Aliens movie reference!).
This is the only decent one I could find - which isn’t cheap once you add shipping and customs charges etc:
3D Printed AI Nero 3 Cone Anemone Guard ABS Aqua Illumination Nero3 | eBay
This mounts along with your magnet on the wall of your aquarium and your pump slides into the cradle. This covers the intake side to keep small fish, anemones and other animals from the impeller. The magnet portion is a tight friction fit, whereas the pump has a small amount of room around it to...www.ebay.co.uk
It works very well and lessens the suction issue at the guard. Hopefully now the Nero 3 has been out a while some UK 3D printing folks will sort some designs out.
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