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[fishcraze_1]

What size tank would be maximum for this vortech

Would it work well in a 58 gallon softie tank.

I have two small koralias and tank is doing well I'm sure 1 of these would replace two koralias

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[R-BallJunkie]

i have the same dims. been experimenting with MP-10's and 20's.

2 will get you by fine, opposite end of the tank.

1 wont be as effective, but if its a softie tank you might get away with it.

i added a mp-20 to the mx in my tank, and have to say, it flows nice, broadly and softly.

the MP-10's dont seem to have a problem keeping up. they pack quite a punch.

 

[merkurmaniac]

Just to add to the MP10's rep...

I have one and it has done its thing without issue for a year and a half in my 34 gallon hex. Then, my siphon gave up on my bean overflow and my coast to coast overflow filled up. No big deal, as I have a dedicated tank overflow that sprung into action. Well, it had a drip..drip...drip leak from an unglued PVC joint (don't ask.) Unfortunately, this was when I was on vacation and the drip was right onto my MP10's controller box. It got fried.

Anyways, I called ecotech marine and their guy directed me to their parts page and showed me their upgrade controllers. They have engineered them so that they could upgrade/update the electronics, and the wet side and dry side of the motors was still totally compatible. The plug was the same and it was really easy to change over.

I was really impressed with their foresight in design and the quality of their product.

 

[gabe_j]

not to mention that done my independant review an mp10 es actually flows almost 2500gph even though they only are "rated" to push around 1500gph.. you're getting one heck of a bang for your buck if you ask me. i'm getting 1 more for my 40br i like lots of flow though.

 

[thadscottmoore]

I have one on my redseamax 34g, that I bought from another board website used. Only problem that I had was the dry side bearing went out- rather than spend 105.00 for a replacement dry side- I opted to replace the bearings myself- installed a high quality set of ceramic bearings and been running like a champ ever since.

 

[gabe_j]

i like that idea man! ceramic bearings! freaking awesome, is it any quieter? what grade did you use?

 

[thadscottmoore]

Its much quieter! Bearings I went with have an ABEC rating of 7.

i like that idea man! ceramic bearings! freaking awesome, is it any quieter? what grade did you use?

 

[gabe_j]

nice man. do you got a source?

 

[thadscottmoore]

I went to Bocabearing.com
plenty to choose from!

nice man. do you got a source?

 

[gabe_j]

very cool. thanks man. i'll keep that in mind whenever mine craps out since i run it at max all the time lol.