thinking of adding more circulation..... need some advice

[LA-Lawman]

Hi all....

I was planning on waiting for the vortech's to take off but it seems as if we will never see them. at $300+/piece it is a little costly for something i might never see.

So I saw these wavysea thingy's they look like a compact seaswirl with some controller jobber. Anyone have one of these?

I was thinking of plumbing a closed loop with two of these....

or should i wait for teh vortechs.....

opinions please....

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure the wavy sea is noce, but they are kind of pricy. Unless you object to a power head a stream or a couple of sieo's would probably be the quickest and simplest way to go.

 

[LA-Lawman]

i have powerheads and hey bug me. MJ' with the hydor's on them.. i am always cleaning them....

i dunno, i am torn with what to do next. i want to complete the equipment stuff before i do the finishing touches on the tank....I will snap a pic and post it...

 

[Anonymous]

They give you different kinds of flow. WS give you a 'jet' flow that moves while the vortechs give you a more dispersed flow that doesn't move.

If it were me, I would wait for the vortechs.

 

[Anonymous]

In the mean time just get a big beefy SEIO pump (2600 model is nice) tunze level of flow at a fraction of the price. I found out the hard way that "waiting" to buy more pumps/circulation can actually turn out to bite you in the butt in the long haul as nutrients can start to accumulate where you don't want them while you're trying to figure out what to do next.

 

[Anonymous]

...and I would add a sieo for circulation, but I forgot to write that before Mike posted. Really!

 

[LA-Lawman]

hmmmm....

i have about:

1200gph on my return

1200gph thru two tunze turbelles

3 mj1200 and a 900 on a wavemaker with hydors....

so... 3400gph on a 180g....

i want vortech'sssss argggg.

 

[Anonymous]

3400 / 180 = 18.8x turn over... I would say you are lacking

 

[LA-Lawman]

i know. i am sorry, i shouldn't be such a bad hobbiest

ho hummm, i guess i will wait for the vortech's... why is it taking so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fyrefysh]

Well, for how much those vortechs cost, they should be hand made! Maybe that's what's taking them so long.