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Originally Posted by mike31154
I'd recommend securing the cord ASAP, even if it's with a temporary clamp on the rim. Aside from the danger of it dropping, there's undue stress on the cord the way it's hanging in your photo. As much as I like my VorTechs and the ingenuity behind the design, I don't know what they were thinking when they came up with the ziptie, sticky pad idea holding the electrical cord to keep the pump from hitting the floor if the two sides come apart. Sure it saves the dry side from hitting the floor and/or going through the glass, but it goes against most warnings about not pulling on electrical cords! You'd think they could come up with a tab or something solid on the dry side housing that would take a separate cable to keep the thing from falling.
My MP40s are just slightly offset in relation to each other and fairly close to the center of the side glass. About 6 inches from the tank rim. I have a third one on the back glass, turned down to a lower setting since my tank is narrow.
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Very good advice - I have attached them for now so in case they give in the night they don't drop. Agree on the design - seems a bit unsafe.
I did pretty much what you have described and seem to have them tuned in. I have an MP10 from my nano that I will probably move over and put it closer to the sandbed to stir up any junk that collects behind the rock. I hope that if I tune the MP10 down low enough it will keep stuff from settling but not stir up my sanded (Special Grade stuff so it doesn't seem to blow around too much anyway).