ideas how to reduce flow on mjmod?

[phishphood]

So I have an MJ-Mod from algaefree? (I think?) in my 4' tank. Any ideas how to go about reducing the flow on it? It's running on an mj400 already.... Would it be a bad thing to cover up some of the opening in the front? Maybe.....1/2 of it?

 

[iani]

Take the prop out and cut it down smaller.

 

[phishphood]

Does it have to be cut very accurately?

 

[iani]

Not perfectly but close. Its not hard to do. Just go slow, don't cut off too much at once.

 

[Psychographic]

Search through online hobby shops for companies such as Dumas. They make the props used for many of the MJ mods. You can get a multitude of props in different pitches and diameters. The plastic props are relatively cheap.

 

[Elite]

Doesn't the kit come with two prop? One small and one big one..
Why do you want to reduce it anyway?? Just point it a little upward and that should help..

 

[phishphood]

Yeah Phong, came with 2, but the smallest is still too large for my use. And pointing it towards the surface won't help much. I have a really nice gyre going in the tank so I just need some of the flow to keep it going. Especially since there's a lot of open space in it. I ended up just trimming a little less than .25" off the edges of both sides. Seems to have worked, but I'm not sure if it increased noise or not.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Trade it to someone for a Koralia 2 or 3?? *shrug*

 

[hiepatitis]

Not a fan of the MJ Mods. Two of the ones I had rusted at the impellar and just locked up

 

[phishphood]

Eh, might end up trading it, but who knows. It works for now. And it wasn't a recent purchase, just the first chance I had since purchasing to actually put it into good use.