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Have you ever tried on in your tank before?I voted Vortech, I have two mp40's and will be upgrading to the QD or picking up entirely new units in the future. I just love the look of them and flow pattern, I don't have issues with dead spots. The look of the gyre just doesn't do it for me despite how good people say it is.
Have you ever tried on in your tank before?
I ran the Gyre XF130 on my 40B for 1yr. It is now sitting in a box waiting to be shipped out to a friend. Sold it to him for $100 and I feel bad taking that much from him.
The pump pushes water and that's all it does. Dead spots are totally dependent on your rock scape, I had plenty dead spots. Detritus accumulated directly under the pump and at the opposite end.
What I can't stand is how they've demonstrated this pumps flow pattern in completely empty tanks. They do not work this way in a tank full of rock!
In my 7yrs reefing this was one of my worst purchases.
I'm 100% more satisfied with my 2x Jebao RW4's.
You'll be a lot happier with EcoTech.
Gyre just came out with a new controller that links two gyreaI got rid of 2 vortechs once I got a gyre and saw it in action. I love it. The only thing that is needed now is a controller like the vortechs have so that you can have 2 pumps working together. I'd really like to be able to have one going for 2-3 minutes in one direction, then the other one turn on the opposite direction every 2-3 minutes. That would really recreate what flow is like in the ocean.
Currently I use the forward-reverse mode on the factory controller and it kind of sucks because the reverse flow is very very poor. They call it "turbulent" flow, but really flow just stops except for right in front of the pump. It works fine, my corals are very happy with the current set up, but I think a true reverse flow from a 2nd pump would be much better.
thet just advertised their new controller which accomplishes what you want. Gyre.I got rid of 2 vortechs once I got a gyre and saw it in action. I love it. The only thing that is needed now is a controller like the vortechs have so that you can have 2 pumps working together. I'd really like to be able to have one going for 2-3 minutes in one direction, then the other one turn on the opposite direction every 2-3 minutes. That would really recreate what flow is like in the ocean.
Currently I use the forward-reverse mode on the factory controller and it kind of sucks because the reverse flow is very very poor. They call it "turbulent" flow, but really flow just stops except for right in front of the pump. It works fine, my corals are very happy with the current set up, but I think a true reverse flow from a 2nd pump would be much better.
This is a great point. If Maxspect ever releases a comparable controller to the MP controller AND makes it Apex ready I cannot see EcoTech being the top pump any longer.