vortech or tunze

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I came really close to going with vortechs but didn't for a few reasons:

- I'm quite noise-sensitive. The larger Tunze are silent either but they are a lot more silent.

- Versatility. I don't think I can lose the ability to aim. I might change my rockwork down the road or the coral landscape will most certainly dictate that I change things up. Sometime just sliding a powerhead around or switching which pane it's on is not enough

- Long-term reliability. It's much more likely that a vortech will need a part serviced or replaced. Tunze powerheads seem to last forever.

And regarding the Tunze/Koralia looks thing... personally it's no contest there. Koralias I find to be pretty ugly. I like the looks of both the Stream and Stream 2s.

And cords... I mount all mine fairly high up or manage to have the cords behind rocks. Never really bothered me.