ECOTECH MARINE VORTECH power heads

[funkmaster]

im using korilia power heads and they blow alot are the vortech power heads worth it and does any on have these on a 125 long reef

 

[sil3ncio]

worth it!

 

[anthony27]

I have the mp10 on a 40 breeder and it is very good, but I must say the koralie is good for top of the water movement

 

[funkmaster]

anthony 27 what town do you live in ......i would like to see one of these in action

 

[ming]

I like the vortech, but there are a number of other things I would put as a higher priority over a vortech.

 

[Brando457]

I have 2 x mp40 on my 135 6' tank


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[funkmaster]

can u post a pic

 

[anthony27]

I live in babaylon if you want to come over. I have a koralie 2 in my tank and the mp10 message me when you want to

 

[Master Shake]

the mp40 does from 70 to i think 500 gallons, they are amazing and are the only power head you will ever need

 

[JimmyR1rider]

The MP10 is rated from a 2.5G to a 50G tank 200- 1,575 GPH of movement
The MP20 is for 30-70G 500 - 2,000 GPH of flow
The MP40 is for 50-500+G 1,000 to 3,200 GPH of flow.

Thats right off Ecotechs site.

I have a 20 and a 10 on my 65 the 20 is on the sidewall and the 10 I put on the back wall to create more than one flow pattern. Theyre expensive but in my eyes worth every penny but as stated before it wouldnt be my priority if other things are needed and you already have koralias which are very good powerheads also

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Well worth it.

 

[jadakiss]

i have a mp20 and a 620 seio on a 55g

 

[prattreef]

Absolutely worth it. FYI, they are discontinuing the MP 20 effective pretty much immediately.

 

[House of Laughter]

Same with the standard MP10 - that will no longer be available as well.

House

Absolutely worth it. FYI, they are discontinuing the MP 20 effective pretty much immediately.

 

[InfernoST]

I have 2 MP40w's in my 5' 120 gal and do like them but they do make a bit of noise which bugs me a little.

 

[funkmaster]

That would p**s me off also

 

[seldin]

I recently purchased 2 MP40w's. Boy, are they powerful. For larger tanks, buying a pair is cool because they can wirelessly communicate with each other.

For my tanks, they are way "overkill" however, they are considered top notch.

Their famous negative is of course their price...

 

[pweissma]

This might be a stupid noob question but do you put both your return pump and vortech in standby mode when you feed? Pressing 2 buttons on my RKL and then doing whatever I would need to do on the vortech controller would get annoying quickly. If you run the vortech through your main controller then the clock settings would get messed up. Am I missing something?

 

[seldin]

pweissma,

For me, I place my sump return pump and other pumps on one surge protector, so I just turn off surge protector during feeding.

I do like the feature on some controllers for feed mode. However, for now, this is fine.

One thing, is that having all pumps on one circuit is not as good as on a separate line, for problems.

However, I also have a battery backup pump, so I am ok.

 

[ming]

The feed mode is easy, just press a button for a few seconds and you're done.
Although I will admit, I almost never use the feed mode.... the fish has to chase the food if they want to get it