<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8315470#post8315470 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sparkysreef
I'm going to pull my hair out and take both of these vortechs and smash them into one hundred pieces with a hammer. I know it sounds immature but I am getting fed up. Just received my new replacement parts today and one is working fine but the second that was already in operation is vibrating like crazy. Come to find it looks as though the entire drive assembly is oscilating very fast and not staying centered. I checked the screw and nut and that's fine but seems like there is a little movement if you try to angle the driveshaft.
This is really ticking me off because I had plans for a total of 4-6 of these but to have to constantly tinker and toy and replace parts for $700 is ridiculous.
Other forms of circulation are starting to look much more attractive now.
It's very discouraging and aggravating as my main reason for wanting these was speed control/low wattage/able to move/controller. I would really like to stick with these and tough it out but I want this to be a relaxing and enjoyable hobby. I have never had any piece of equipment frustrate me like this.
I'm sorry but you guy should have tested these much longer before release.
I am on the fence and don't know what to do. I mean for the money, phone calls, and emails I don't know if it's worth it if this becomes an ongoing thing.
I really want to believe that the vortech is the next best thing for flow but ................
I am so mad right now i am sweating. Finally got time to install the new parts for the 2nd pump. Here it is a half hour later and it won't spin. If the prop is loose enough so that the wet end magnet spins the screw stays put. so you get a spinning magnet but the prop stays still. Ok so try it the other way Rob, right? WRONG! Now with the prop a little tighter I can barely spin the magnet with 4 fingers. It feels like the new bearing is binding in the new wet frame. Let's add to that the guard on pump #1 keeps falling off.
I think I will give it just one more go around and that's it. I have an incredible amount of patience and mechanical ability but these things have pushed me waaaay to far to the point that I can no longer relax and view my tnak cause of constant tinkering with these things.
I spend endless nights with my arms in the tank. So let's get this corrected or I am going to need a refund or they will go up on the used good forum.
I have tried and tried and it's just ridiculous to have to soley spend endless time on $700 worth of brand new products with current upgrades.
I have had it vortech you win. Rob 0/Vortech1
PS* What really ****es me off more than anything was my future plans to have these running on the controller for optimal flow in my new sps tank. Sat there daydreaming about how it would look with all the great varied flow from the vortechs but I think that's all it ended up being.....a daydream.
I am saddened, frustrated, and dumbfounded by these things.
I really, truly, sincerely, appreciate your help (Ecotech and Icecap) but I think I am at my ropes end. Once you start having to mess with stuff because you have to and not because you want to, it starts to take the "hobby" aspect out of reef keeping.