Finally tried out the wave feature on my Vortechs!

[Mr. Brooks]

All I can say is SWEET!

I had one Vortech in my 225 mostly for the battery back up feature. I bought a second Vortech about two months ago. I had them on both ends of the tank pointed at each other. I set them on full blast. Tons of flow in my tank, no complaints.

Well I had some time on my hands today. I decided to try out the short pulse mode on anti-sync. I little confusing at first but I got the hang of it. My Vortechs are dialed in and producing an 1.5" wave on a 6' long tank. Saaawweeeeeeet!!!!!

[GSMguy]

It's definetly worth trying out I had a sick wave on my old tank with just one vortech

[stylie]

No splash when it hits the wall... (sooooo jealous!)

[BLKTANG]

No doubt love my MP40w.

[zackdastack]

does the wave feature ever create overflow

[Mr. Brooks]

Not on my tank, but it could. Enough Vortechs on a small rimless tank would throw water all over the place.

[spleify]

I love the Vortech too. I had a buddy bring his old one over so we could up grade it off of mine, and for grins we put both in my 40 breeder :eek2: holy cow!! That was cool. I will stick with one on the 40 for now though:lol:

[mr&mrsfish]

I purchased two MP40Ws in order to create the wave effect on my 6' long tank. The wave was cool at first but I much preferred the Reef Crest Random Mode. It just provided more turbulent flow for my critters.

[91yota]

short pulse setting making a wave is cool but i cant stand the rhythmic noise it creates... i run mine on lagoon at around 70% supplemented by my return coming through a 1" sea swirl on my 75g

[Sisterlimonpot]

wow. I’m jealous as well... one day I will own some.... one day:D

[VaderWS6]

I love having mine on short pulse. I get 5" wave in my 75 gallon, and if I lower the water level, the wave gets even crazier! :rollface:

[Nereaga]

Just upgraded my Mp20 to the Mp40w in my 50g! WOWSERS talk about flow. I like reefcrest the best right now...

I havn't tried short pulse with the new Mp40w, I'm sure I could spill water out of my 50g. :)

Well worth the price tag, IMO.

[capture]

so jealous. I'm waiting for the MP10 for my 16 gallon!

[Mr. Brooks]

Update:

I'm hanging out in my office after hours. Super quiet in here right now. Skimmer and cooling fans are off. All I hear is the on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off of my Vortechs. With the fans and skimmer on I didn't notice the sound too much. This would be ridiculously annoying in my bed room. I think I'll leave em on for the time being though. Rarely am I at my office at 8:30 pm in dead silence.

[91yota]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14886421#post14886421 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thechad21
Update:

I'm hanging out in my office after hours. Super quiet in here right now. Skimmer and cooling fans are off. All I hear is the on off on off on off on off on off on off on off on off of my Vortechs. With the fans and skimmer on I didn't notice the sound too much. This would be ridiculously annoying in my bed room. I think I'll leave em on for the time being though. Rarely am I at my office at 8:30 pm in dead silence.

mine is set up about 6 feet from my recliner... the noise drove me crazy... tha saving grace for me was lagoon mode... now i rarely hear the pump at all

[aaron1987]

I leave my MP20 on short pulse in my 46G, I don't feel like I get the water column movement necessary with reefcrest which surprised me quite a bit. I was expecting significantly more power, I don't know how people get away with MP20's on anything larger than a 40BR.

[drummereef]

You know you can't post a thread like this without a vid right? :D I'm thinking about putting two on my 180. Can't wait.

[Mr. Brooks]

I'll work on a vid in the AM. Lights are off and I'm ready to head home.

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14886774#post14886774 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thechad21
I'll work on a vid in the AM. Lights are off and I'm ready to head home.

Sweet! I'll check back when you get that vid up. :)

[Tswifty]

+1 VorTech's are awesome... I wish you could alternate modes throughout the day too. I love the short pulse, but feel like I'm missing out by not using ReefCrest. I would love to be able to have the VorTech go in and out of different modes so I could utilize them all.

Here's my MP40w in a 20 long (had to dial it WAY down)... and as someone mentioned on my thread... the most confused float switch ever. :lol:

(will16 has a great video too)

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll128/tswifty8/th_MOV03692.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll128/tswifty8/?action=view&current=MOV03692.flv)

[Beaun]

I was about to say that float switch must be going crazy. That thing must be on the slowest speed for a 20 gallon.

I may be doing a 180g local species build for a local musium (marine musium) and I'm gusing that 2 MP40's would be needed, is this correct? Or can you get away with just one in a 180 (with 2 sea swirls)?

[Juruense]

I would never consider spending that much on a fancy powerhead.

[Tswifty]

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[spleify]

Awesome video Twisty.

If you had a Vortech you would think differently about it Juruense.

I said the same thing about them for a long time, then I got one. Now I will never run another tank with out one.

[BigJay]

Gentlemen, is there a big difference between the waves generated by the two different pulse modes?


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14888035#post14888035 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Juruense
I would never consider spending that much on a fancy powerhead.

Your loss.

[Tswifty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14888344#post14888344 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BigJay
Gentlemen, is there a big difference between the waves generated by the two different pulse modes?
Short Pulse Mode: Allows for wave pulse timings between 0.3 and two seconds, enabling the creation of FAST alternating flow throughout the tank.

Long Pulse Mode: Allows for wave pulse timings of between two seconds and 60 seconds, enabling the creation of slow alternating flow throughout the tank.

[rendogg]

Your loss. [/B][/QUOTE]


Or, his savings....:D I love my powerheads but, I recently did a quick calculation of how much money i've spent on Tunzes and Vortechs and, I wish I'd built a Carlson surge device instead. That being said I would not trade or sell my pumps, but if they broke down I'd probably replace them with a CSD.

[BigJay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14888443#post14888443 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rendogg
Or, his savings....:D I love my powerheads but, I recently did a quick calculation of how much money i've spent on Tunzes and Vortechs and, I wish I'd built a Carlson surge device instead. That being said I would not trade or sell my pumps, but if they broke down I'd probably replace them with a CSD. [/B]

I love my vortechs, but nothing makes a wave like a tunze box. I mean nothing. It'll do all that the carlson box will without all the plumbing and salt creep.

[BigJay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14888383#post14888383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tswifty
Short Pulse Mode: Allows for wave pulse timings between 0.3 and two seconds, enabling the creation of FAST alternating flow throughout the tank.

Long Pulse Mode: Allows for wave pulse timings of between two seconds and 60 seconds, enabling the creation of slow alternating flow throughout the tank.

Thanks, I haven't upgraded my driver firmware yet to gen2.

[launchnukes]

my two mp40w's (for my 6' 220) are on their way here now :D

[ser_renely]

m thinking about getting the mp20 for my 55, can't wait

[laud]

The reef crest mode is so quiet I thought it wasn't working. I put my ear to the pump and heard it slowly going up and down in speeds.

I would like to get a second to replace two other powerheads.