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need advice for water movement with vortechs
completely new setup
30x24x22 69g heavy sps mixed tank i absolutely need the most quiet option its super important to me 1mp40QD at 80% ou 2mp40 non QD at 40% each ou une mp60 non QD at 20-25% what would be the best option to your knowledge and opinions
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2x MP10 QD ou 1x MP40 QD.
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my aquarium glass is half an inch thick and ecotech mp10 are good up to 3/8 according to the website
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2MP40s should work nicely for you. I run 3xMP40 on my 4 foot 77 gallon Hagen tank. They are in a master/slave configuration running in TSM. Two on the end glass are limited to 80% speed & the one on the back glass is limited to a lower speed because tank is narrow, 16 inches back to front. TSM runs all 3 pumps at varying speeds over a cycle of several hours for random flow patterns. With a single button push on the master drive, I can switch to NTM (short pulse wave making mode) which I like to do prior to water changes. You'll need to tune a wave for your tank first, for optimal result. Single button push again on the master, reverts back to TSM. Speed variations in TSM are gradual, keeping noise to a minimum. I also use Night Mode to slow all the pumps overnight, more for power savings/noise reduction rather than any attempt at recreating what actually happens in a reef at night.
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my inquiry is about the noise
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The QD's are quieter than the older WES model. I just installed a QD driver on my 1 year old dryside and wetside. I measured it to be 7 dB quieter. The thread is in the equipment section somewhere.
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if sound level is your greatest concern, Vortechs are not for you...
You will find that they are very loud. if you really need quiet, look at Tunze's instead... |
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Or if you plan on running an Apex controller these new Neptune WAV pumps should be out very soon and they look really promising.
http://www.neptunesystems.com/wav/ I think ill be grabing a pair. |
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I agree, you will always get some motor sound, if you must have a controllable wave maker you might consider Jebao RW's
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If you want dead quiet, VorTechs may not be the choice for you. I suggested 2xMP40 because with your size tank, you'll have a ton of options & flow while running them at a lower speed. In my experience with my non QD versions, they are barely audible up to about 50%. If you want to make a large wave, then you need to run them in short pulse mode up to almost maximum speed and that will drive you nuts long term, so not a good way to run them constantly. If you run them in TSM limited to 50%, you'll barely know they are running, provided you get them aligned properly. Here's a link to a post from another thread where I provide a bit of history on my experience with VorTechs. http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...5&postcount=12
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