Gyre

[mr11]

Does anyone have any experience/opinions on the Gyre? I'm looking to upgrade from Koralias in my 50 gallon and not sure if I should give the Gyre a try or go for some Vortechs. 

[dpassar12]

I put my Gyre in a 180. It replaced 5 powerheads (Koralias). I never put it above 50%. Only downside is you don't want to put and coral right in front of it. There are 2 sizes now I have the bigger one. 50 gal might be small for it. It moves a ton of water. I have it in an 8ft frag tank now, not crazy about in that tank.  Low profile is nice, I have 18 Jebao a mix of RW-4s, RW-8s and RW-15s. My 180  6x2x2 has 2 RW-8's at 50% and the flow is insane. I'm sure the Vortechs are a better pump but when you are buying the # of powerheads i need vortech is not a valid option.  There is a smaller Gyre now that is less expensive and might be better for a 50 gal.

[AlanM]

For a 50 gallon you could put one XF130 in a back corner and install the cages so that one direction of rotation it is pushing forward and the other direction it is pushing sideways along the back. Then the control box can alternate directions. The new ones are all shipping with upgraded quiet mounts and more rugged propellers than in the past.

[mr11]

Cool. Well I just bought an xf130... It's hard to say no to free overnight shipping with prime.  I'll give it a shot, I'm sure it'll be an upgrade over my current set up.

 

Is GAS an acronym in this hobby too? In the guitar gear world its Gear Acquisition Syndrome and it's real. I need to pick cheaper hobbies. 

[Squishie89]

I have a 130 in my 40B and the 150 in my 90g. I tried the 130 in my 90g and I had it on the highest setting and I still wasn't happy. I think you will be happy with the 130 in a 50g.

 

Gyre has its positives and negatives. I really love how sleek, low profile it is. It does require a lot of cleaning though, I don't know how the blades get so much nasty junk on them, but they do. I had a hard time making the gyre really work for the 40B in the beginning and I ended up settling on having it reverse flow every 30 minutes. It still has dead spots and I think (truly IMO) that there is no way to have completely no dead spots if you have rock in the tank. Again, pluses and minuses, so far I like them and I plan on putting the 150 in my new 90g build (might add a 130 for variance).

[zygote2k]

With as many problems as they seem to have- disintegration of blades by snail, simply falling apart, tiny parts, and hard to clean, we stopped using them and only use Mp40's and Mp60's. We have some Mp40's that have never been cleaned/serviced in 5 years and still running strong.

[PupChow]

I have a Gyre xf130 that you just ordered in a 45g cube and I am still a fan after 4 months of use.  I used an end cap and converted it to single blade because the double blade's spread is too wide.  I use the pulse mode to simulate a pseudo wave of sort.  My first impression is in the video below, I will probably do a follow-up soon.

 

Edited March 21, 2016 by PupChow

[mr11]

With as many problems as they seem to have- disintegration of blades by snail, simply falling apart, tiny parts, and hard to clean, we stopped using them and only use Mp40's and Mp60's. We have some Mp40's that have never been cleaned/serviced in 5 years and still running strong.

 

 

Yeah I've heard similar complaints which is definitely concerning. I'm going to implement a DIY guard made of 7 mesh canvas which will decrease flow some but will protect the gyre from snails and my wandering anemone from the gyre. Hoping the new "rugged" blades will help as well. Plus running 2 mp40's or mp10's is twice as expensive. 

 

 

 

I have a Gyre xf130 that you just ordered in a 45g cube and I am still a fan after 4 months of use.  I used an end cap and converted it to single blade because the double blade's spread is too wide.  I use the pulse mode to simulate a pseudo wave of sort.  My first impression is in the video below, I will probably do a follow-up soon.

 

 

That's awesome, thanks. Looking forward to trying this out. 

 

 

I have a 130 in my 40B and the 150 in my 90g. I tried the 130 in my 90g and I had it on the highest setting and I still wasn't happy. I think you will be happy with the 130 in a 50g.

 

Gyre has its positives and negatives. I really love how sleek, low profile it is. It does require a lot of cleaning though, I don't know how the blades get so much nasty junk on them, but they do. I had a hard time making the gyre really work for the 40B in the beginning and I ended up settling on having it reverse flow every 30 minutes. It still has dead spots and I think (truly IMO) that there is no way to have completely no dead spots if you have rock in the tank. Again, pluses and minuses, so far I like them and I plan on putting the 150 in my new 90g build (might add a 130 for variance).

 

Good to know. I definitely have deadspots with my current setup so I'm hoping this will help some. I'm thinking of leaving 1 Koralia in to target deadspots and create some turbulent flow.