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I did a search today and every comparison or poll I could find was from early "09". I'd like to get a more recent opinion from my peers regarding the two.

For comparison, Im going to use two of each for a six foot tank.

First, cost
Vortech MP40s $840
Tunze 6105s with the new 7096 multi controller $813

Flow
Vortech's 3200 each = 6400GPH
Tunze's 3434 each = 6868GPH

Electricity consumption / full speed
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Ive been toying with the idea of reaquascaping 2/3rds of my tank for about six months now. I finally did it in the first stages of becoming more electrically ecofriendly.
The first step is to take out some of my less desirable acros and make more swim room for my three tangs.
The tangs are very energetic tonight swimming around agressively exploring all of the new nooks and crannies along with swimming the full length of the tank.
The next step will be to replace my CL with some ...

I browse a few reefing forums daily, always finding a few usernames that stand out and wonder where do people come up with them. Some are pretty straight forward and easy to figure out, some are simply names and others a just downright odd.

Some of reef addicts that I can figure out so far are;
Jessy, pretty straight forward
Melev, again fairly straight forward but I always wonder, " why the E instead of an A?".
Blown76mav, I can relate to because a "71" ...