Check this out...

[nanoreefer22]

http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/melevsreef/pics/macna17/cool_stuff.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page and it has a link to a video for those powerhead things...looks like it really moves water....new technology..just thought it was cool.
-Kris

 

[jackson6745]

Those are definitely cool. I wonder what the price tag is???

 

[spykes]

that looks huge! i wonder how much it cost.

 

[ctxmonitor]

I don't think it would look bigger than a tunze. It look like the same size to me. Hope it is priced lower than the tunze

But I don't like the part where you have to drill the tank to put it in. what happen when you want to remove it?

 

[jackson6745]

Tom where does it say you have to drill the tank?

 

[ctxmonitor]

Actually I am assuming it have to be drilled in order to work from the pictures.

I don't see how it would work without the hole.

Especially from this picture

 

[nanoreefer22]

I think its just a magnet.......

 

[romain]

I think its just a magnet.......

That will be outrageous!

 

[jackson6745]

I think we have just seen the end of closed loops........

 

[nanoreefer22]

Its moving toooo quick for me to keep up....imagine it really is just a magnet....i can't imagine drilling the tank for it what if you want to move it?!

 

[spykes]

LOL this would be end of all close loops if you dotn ahve to drill anything, but question doesnt it effects the flow on how thick the glass eventually be? like some people have 1/2 inch thickness and and some acrylic people have up to 1 inch thickness, i think it might effect the speed on how fast it can spin, it's the same idea with our magfloat algae scrapers.

 

[Deanos]

Ecotech Marine

Wow!!! I just read the website...this product will sell like hotcakes if it's price undercuts Tunze by any amount. It even has 24 hr battery backup possibilities.

 

[joseney21]

Dave did you ever make the prop DIY powerheads??

 

[spykes]

haha jose, im to lazy to, i have so much stuff im suppose to build, but no time!

 

[spykes]

dood forget it, im gonna buy one of these things considering if price is right, damn things are amazing.

 

[Deanos]

dood forget it, im gonna buy one of these things considering if price is right, damn things are amazing.

I smell a Spring 2006 group buy. :grouphug:

A few posts on RC mention $400 retail but don't really state what might be included in that price.

 

[jackson6745]

For $400 I'll wait a year to see if these pumps have the great durability as the Tunze Streams. Dave you can't call it amazing yet because you've never used it. For all we know they could be the next RIO pump

 

[spykes]

that's true rich hehe

 

[ctxmonitor]

yea, let trash it so when it does come out, it might be cheaper to get..

 

[bad coffee]

My guess is it works just like a magnetic stirrer. Theres one strong magnet outside the tank, attatched to the motor.

Inside the tank is another magnet attatched to the impeller. There's a few smaller magnets to attatch the plate I bet.

Looks like I've got something to build while on the road!

B