kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

Piscez · #1 07-29-2009, 11:43 PM

Don't worry about the flow with the MP40W's the control you get has a very broad range to suit almost anyone's needs. I have a single in my 72 bow in short pulse mode at approx 50% power I'm generating a 2" wave and it's aimed directly at my rock work. The width field on the MP40W's is amazing,

BTW your setup is looking really good! nice pics.

Navarchus · #2 07-30-2009, 02:22 AM

I think you should go with a couple of Tunze 6105 and the new 7096
I had them and I was very satisfied, I can’t tell the same on my couple of mp40 gen2, noisy and unreliable

JDigital · #3 07-30-2009, 02:27 AM

I don't understand when people say Vortechs are noisy?? I have one in my bedroom and I can never hear it...

Navarchus · #4 07-30-2009, 03:46 AM

how long do ypu have it?

xtreme · #5 07-30-2009, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

I don't understand when people say Vortechs are noisy?? I have one in my bedroom and I can never hear it...

Not saying I don't like them, but I can definitely hear them. What mode do you have yours on? I have one on Reef Crest and one on Lagoon and I can sure hear them ramp up. I have also run into the reliability issue recently...

JDigital · #6 07-30-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by xtreme

Not saying I don't like them, but I can definitely hear them. What mode do you have yours on? I have one on Reef Crest and one on Lagoon and I can sure hear them ramp up. I have also run into the reliability issue recently...

I run reef crest at 100%. But only an mp20

kien · #7 07-30-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

I run reef crest at 100%. But only an mp20

I guess I will try one first and see if the noise bothers me. If not then I'll get a second. If so then I'll get a Koralia 6 or something equally powerful and ugly.

By the way, thanks for the K4! It is currently circulating my second 33g tub of saltwater that I'm prepping for the tank :-) Oh, and I'm still interested in those flat pieces so give me a quote :-)

Eb0la11 · #8 07-31-2009, 05:18 AM

So Kien do you have live rock in that sucker now? Is it cycling? Done any aquascaping? I'm planning on filling this weekend and if somehow I have no problems then ordering some live rock from tampabaysaltwater (hoping they ship to canada), you want to do a group order? Not sure if its cheaper or not but Im thinking of ordering maybe 30 lbs or so.

Then once I get it Im gonna lay it out pretty far apart to try to determine if I have any critters I need to dispose of before I add my livestock.

I see you're asking Carmen for stars too, when do you think its safe to put them in the tank? I guess after the cycle or are they hardy enough to go in with the live rock?