How come so many vortechs for sale?

[jtbadco]

I don't like the fact that Vortechs are not aimable. I hate having the 'footballs' in my tank too but I didn't want straight water flow in my tank
At least the Koralias are silent

[marie]

Originally Posted by jtbadco

I don't like the fact that Vortechs are not aimable. I hate having the 'footballs' in my tank too but I didn't want straight water flow in my tank
At least the Koralias are silent

I thought the same way when they first came out but the flow is so significantly different from tunze that I don't miss the aim ability. In fact when I put my tunze back in the tank I hated the strong force of water directly in front of the powerhead and the deadspots in the rest of the tank

[subman]

Originally Posted by jtbadco

I don't like the fact that Vortechs are not aimable. I hate having the 'footballs' in my tank too but I didn't want straight water flow in my tank
At least the Koralias are silent

True they are not aimable but the stream is wide spread and not a jet stream in one spot. I also find they draw a lot of water up the glass causing a nice movement behind the rocks. I also fund them silent under 60%.

*what Marie said lol*

[Willito]

Just a thought, if you want the Tunze to have a similar wide wave spread like the Vortech, you can modify the output nozzle and the wave will be much wider. I saw off the output nozzle back almost completely, leaving just an 1/8" and the wave is much wider and more gentle. Love it.

[subman]

Originally Posted by Willito

Just a thought, if you want the Tunze to have a similar wide wave spread like the Vortech, you can modify the output nozzle and the wave will be much wider. I saw off the output nozzle back almost completely, leaving just an 1/8" and the wave is much wider and more gentle. Love it.

Or just buy a vortech and voila its good..
just sayin

[Casey8]

Originally Posted by Willito

Just a thought, if you want the Tunze to have a similar wide wave spread like the Vortech, you can modify the output nozzle and the wave will be much wider. I saw off the output nozzle back almost completely, leaving just an 1/8" and the wave is much wider and more gentle. Love it.

You can also modify it like this, it will give you stronger flow too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvM4-omJiXM

[RedCoralEdmonton]

I think it's mostly market share, from what I've seen here in Edmonton, it's like 80% ecotech and 20% tunze, so of course you see more ecotechs for sale, I agree they hum but it's never been much of an issue unless the owner didn't know how to set the spacing properly and prematurely wore out the magnets.... Come to the store if you wanna see what I mean.... Lol anyone that has been in knows what I'm talking about lol.....

Steve

[Jaws]

Originally Posted by Willito

Just a thought, if you want the Tunze to have a similar wide wave spread like the Vortech, you can modify the output nozzle and the wave will be much wider. I saw off the output nozzle back almost completely, leaving just an 1/8" and the wave is much wider and more gentle. Love it.

Everything I've seen online for this indicates they've done it on nanostreams. I assume you've done it on a 6105 and everything still works fine?

If you compare the costs between 2 MP40s and 2 streams with the multi-controller 7095/7096, it is priced almost the same. Functionality on the Tunze is also very nice, especially with the USB computer software options. In the end, its just what fad we are into. Something new will come out and we'll all get on the bandwagon.

It is pronounced Tune-Zah, not Tune-zeee.

[Lampshade]

All i have to say is... Coralife 5800. Dead silent, had a SLIGHT ticking noise i could hear when i put my head close to the tank while looking, but now 0 noise once broken in. It's coralife and i hate them after my skimmer i owned, but they also come with a lifetime warranty so if i ever do have an issue, i expect it will be fixed quickly.

As to why so many vortech's I'd imagine it's because they where the hype last year, and everyone had them, so now they are just seeing a bigger share of used sales.