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vortech pump placement and modes

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joeogio
, 04-15-2012 at 05:29 PM (3228 Views)
hey all, i have a 55g reef tank and im currently using a single mp10 to create the flow in my tank for a long time i used it on one end of the tank and it kinda left the other side of my tank dead, i intend to purchase antother one when i get a chance and find a good deal on one. anyways i recently moved the vortech to the back of my tank and about 6" from the surface of the water and dead center in the tank, it seems as of right now that this is the optimum placement for my tank, along with the flow of my returns pushing about 300gph on each side of the tank it seems that my coral is getting adequate flow and im getting less detritus and dead spots now.

has anyone ran a single m10 this way? if so what were your results ?

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  1. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    A friend tested his MP10 in my 55 gal reef once. As you found out it's hard to cover the whole tank from one end in such a narrow tank. The sides tend to reduce and diffuse the flow too much. However, we were able to pretty good random flow, and even a standing wave going by putting a standard Koralia power head on the opposite end of the tank. We figured the best set up would be 2 MP10's on opposite ends synced in reverse mode.
  2. joeogio's Avatar
    thanks for the response! i might as well just suck it up and buy another mp10 lol.
  3. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Or at least another regular power head in the mean time.