Vortec question

[trble81]

I've got a Vortec question that I'm hoping owners or former owners or just people in the know could answer. I guess my question is how wide is the flow? Is the water movement coming off the pump pretty compact (essentially is it pretty directed or stream-lined coming off the pump) or is the flow coming off at a wide angle (even though the pump is X diameter, it's moving half the water in your tank, for instance)? Seeing the wave action in some videos, I would get it would be the wide angle sort of movement but I figured I would ask.

 

Thanks in advance and I'm sorry if my wording is terrible...it is like 6:20 in the morning...

[DEEPBLUE]

Its becomes wide very fast and on full power it will move some water. If you can afford one, in my opinion, they are the best pumps out that.

 

Eric

[SteveM]

I second what Deepblue said. The flow is pretty wide. I have two in my 110g, one on each end and the flow over the entire tank is amazing. So far they are the best pumps I have ever used.

[jamesbuf]

So far they are the best pumps I have ever used.

 

 

Ditto.

[lanman]

I now have three in my 240 - as stated, the pattern spreads very quickly - but still carries well across the 5' tank. Before I got mine - someone brought three over and we played a bit... on the alternating, on-off setting, we were getting 1" waves splashing over my overflow. I decided that wasn't such a good idea, though - I have a glasscages tank. After a few rumors of seam failures - I started having visions of 240 gallons of water rapidly flushing out on to the floor. Now I keep them in synch.

 

bob

[trble81]

Very cool.

 

I've already gotten some pumps planned out but they're nothing special (modded MJ900s), but I was looking for an awesome pump to help me out with getting good flow in the planned 90 gallon.

 

I was starting to price out what I had in mind or different options (like 2 controllable Korelias and the Hydor wavemaker) and noticed that an MP40w is priced basically the same.

 

Time to save some pennies...

[DEEPBLUE]

For a 90 gallon you only need 1 MP40, I think its good for 3000 gallons per hour, or even better it you can afford it, get 2 and put one on each side and have them sinked.

 

Eric

[dtfleming]

I have one mp40W on reef crest mode in my 40gal and had to dial it down. It def puts out some flow. I like the night mode also and feed mode.