Powerhead recommendation

[A_Lee]

What powerhead would you all recommend for a roughly 30-40 gallon cube tank?
Besides a EcoTech Vortech

 

[phishphood]

4 mj1200 on a chauvet timer.

 

[Elite]

2x6025s Tunze nano stream
or
2x Koralia 3..

 

[kinetic]

[quote author=A_Lee link=topic=4774.msg58033#msg58033 date=1223530786]
What powerhead would you all recommend for a roughly 30-40 gallon cube tank?
Besides a EcoTech Vortech


[/quote]

why not a vortech? you'd only need one (or two) and it would be fantastic. no heat transfer either =) talk to Ibn (eric), he'll tell you all about having a gigantic vortech in a small (very small) tank.

 

[A_Lee]

They are very expensive

 

[Gomer]

I agree. but considerhow much we value flow, and how much we spend on lights, and coral.

 

[tuberider]

Depending on how much flow you want a few Koralia 1s, or a couple of 3s, the 2s are the same as the 3s with smaller props, so you might as well go with the big ones. My tank has a 36"X18" footprint, I use 2 K1s pushing directly into my colonies, and a closed loop + return off the back of the tank pushing ~1200gph.

I'd love to have a Vortech as well, but am in your situation, and cannot justify spending that kind of money right now, I will later though

 

[sfsuphysics]

For powerhead on the cheap, I'd double the recommendation for Koralia pumps.

 

[Rekonn]

A_Lee, will your tank have sand or will it be barebottom? What kind of corals are you planning to keep?

 

[A_Lee]

If I can find a used Vortech MP20, I will get it ...
Otherwise I am thinking of going for a Tunze Turbelle 6060

I plan to keep mainly a couple SPS and possibly some LPS. I am thinking of going barebottom.

 

[Elite]

You know how big that 6060 right?

 

[sfsuphysics]

Guy on RC is (was?) selling 6100s for $150 which IIRC is the price of a 6080 new.

 

[A_Lee]

crossing my fingers for a used mp20
I don't really like the look of Koralia's

 

[sfsuphysics]

If you buy a used MP20 it'll most likely cost the same as a new one, they don't depreciate in value very quickly, and you'll be hard pressed to find someone so desperate to sell one he just bought (they only recently came out) that he'd sell it for a large loss.

 

[A_Lee]

I guess I'll focus on finding the lighting and the skimmer first
Anyone have an ER RS80 FS?

 

[Elite]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1487720

 

[A_Lee]

Holy schmoly Elite! THANKS
Question though ... does the MP40 also have a controller that allows you to control the flow rate? Also, does the MP40 have different flow modes?
What exactly is the difference between the MP40 and the MP40W?

 

[iani]

mp40 has no wave modes, it only has a speed setting.

 

[Elite]

Isn't W stand for Wireless?? No??

 

[iani]

Yup, but the non-wireless version has no wave modes at all.