Red Sea Max - More Flow?!

[dagreatbadfinger]

So i've got one of these tanks with just the two stock pumps in there and it really doesnt feel like enough flow. I was thinking getting a Hydor Koralia - other the Nano or 1. This is just a temp fix until the Vortech mp10 is easy to come by. Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? i was about to buy it now online but i wasnt sure which model to get.

 

[chanman]

get a hydor flo deflector - replace it with one of the return pumps. Get either Koralia 1 or 2. I have koralia 1 but it doesnt seem to be doing much.

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

I actually have a deflector all ready to go on the 2nd one. Hmm a 2 you say? maybe i'll check out that one then. Never used any of them so i have noidea how the flow feels

 

[Euroreefer]

Is there an option to upgrade the return pump for more flow?

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

hmm it might be a kinda tight fit - their stock return pumps are side by side in a chamber at the end. and the outflow fits through a hole which the fittings screw onto

 

[Euroreefer]

If you do get a vortech, get the mp40w...it might seem like overkill, but you can use it on any tank in the future and dial down the flow now.

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

its so expensive!!! once i move im planning on getting the Red Sea Max 250 hence why i was debadting on getting the mp20 - but even still. I watch the videos on the Vortechs and they all have crazy waves! can u dial them into slower waves!? i just wanna see my stuff sway from side to side not CRAZY! lol

 

[Euroreefer]

absolutely, I believe the mp40w can be dialed down to 1000gph..

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

damn.... thanks for making my life that much more difficult! lol jk im going to have to check into that more

 

[Euroreefer]

LOL...I know how it feels, when I had flow issues everyone kept bragging on and on about the vortech..now that I have one, I'm so happy I made the right choice. I would first see if you can upgrade the return pumps because that would be the easiets/ cheapest route, and can save you some $$.

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

yeah but i was planning on getting a vortech sooner or later anyways - maybe by late summer. first i need to focus on getting a chiller

 

[Killerdrgn]

get a mp10.

 

[dagreatbadfinger]

not out till late spring from what i read - and they might be hard to come across even when released. but we'll see. would save me 100 bucks!

 

[palyman]

i have a #3 and a nano in my redsea34 and it dosn't seem to be to much