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ziege · 03/31/2010, 10:44 PM

Maxi-jet 1200s were pretty much a drop-in on my tank. And a waste of $$ really. Most of the real flow comes from my k1. If I had it to do over I'd apply the $60 (MJ1200s and K1) to the price of a pump like the mp10. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, especially with a little bit of locline to further direct the flows, but the k1 does more than the MJ1200s by far, and from everything I've seen the MP10 would do 2-3 times what the k1 can do.

My current plan is to remove one of the MJ1200 returns and replace the K1 with a variable speed pump. ... but that's based on theory and I haven't tried it yet.

03/31/2010, 10:44 PM	#4
ziege Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: DFW Posts: 78	Maxi-jet 1200s were pretty much a drop-in on my tank. And a waste of $$ really. Most of the real flow comes from my k1. If I had it to do over I'd apply the $60 (MJ1200s and K1) to the price of a pump like the mp10. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, especially with a little bit of locline to further direct the flows, but the k1 does more than the MJ1200s by far, and from everything I've seen the MP10 would do 2-3 times what the k1 can do. My current plan is to remove one of the MJ1200 returns and replace the K1 with a variable speed pump. ... but that's based on theory and I haven't tried it yet.