Duality
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Thank you sir. That's a ritteri anemone (Heteractis magnifica) I've had it for 3 years now. I use to feed it krill twice a week and it was twice the size. They are known to get 3' across.
Maxspect ‘Riptide' Prototype Gyre Generator Pump
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Thank you sir. That's a ritteri anemone (Heteractis magnifica) I've had it for 3 years now. I use to feed it krill twice a week and it was twice the size. They are known to get 3' across.
jstephens24
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wow. super jealous of your tank
DrBoxedWine
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Yeah you tank is awesome, lol. I just looked at the pics again, that's seriously one of the coolest ranks I've seen, even in pictures. That a standard 300?
How has your experience been with the anemone in the mixed reef? I hear so many people say not to do it, but then I do see people doing it. I'm new and my reefing skills need to improve, but one day I'd love to get one.
Philly_Reefer
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drtank, thats a truely cool place to put gyre. I dont know if I would agree and sell all vortechs and just get gyres, especially with the backup and reeflink options for vortechs. But I am happy about competition and ability to make market competitive again
thebigblue
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Gyre came out with a video for the NEW "XF-130" that's supposed to be shipping very soon.
http://blog.coralvue.com/maxspect-introduces-new-gyre-xf130-smaller-systems/
It was taken at my LFS outside Chicago.
I didn't think this smaller Gyre unit was targeting the really small tanks. (29g...?!) I thought it was more for 50-100 gallon tanks.
I was hoping the 130 would be ideal for my 30'x30" 93g cube, but now I'm wondering if the 150 is the way to go?
http://blog.coralvue.com/maxspect-introduces-new-gyre-xf130-smaller-systems/
It was taken at my LFS outside Chicago.
I didn't think this smaller Gyre unit was targeting the really small tanks. (29g...?!) I thought it was more for 50-100 gallon tanks.
I was hoping the 130 would be ideal for my 30'x30" 93g cube, but now I'm wondering if the 150 is the way to go?
Not sure it's targeted to 29g tanks. I'd say they fall within the range its appropriate for, probably at the very low end
Duality
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Maxspect "˜Riptide' Prototype Gyre Generator Pump
@DrBoxedWine as far as I know it's a standard 300. It's 96"X30"X24" (L,W,H). For mixed reef it can be tough at times. Especially when sps is are involved. And to be honest I try not to let the tank overwhelm me. I don't test weekly and don't do water changes either. I'm not going to lie I'm a lazy reefing. This tank has been running for about 6month and I can count the water changes on one hand. But I do try to keep things in line. I don't feed daily, the cal reactor is larger enough to handle anything I throw at it, I do run pellets and have 2 itech200 skimmers running on the tank, plus have a decent size fug where I'm running an under water algae turf scrubber and have a 180watt led hydroponic light lighting it up. Also I try to watch certain corals for signs of stress. Like Xenia there great canaries. I do my hardest to keep the alk and calcium in good ranges. But if they aren't I don't over react and try to get them up fast. A month after I set the tank up my alk and cal were low it took me like 4 months to bring them up. I run my cal reactor at full effluent (no drip) I run it by upping and lowering the pH in the reactor.
Now for having nems in the tank. Some times u just have to expect the fact that u will lose other corals if the anemone walks over them. That ritteri is currently sitting on top of a dead forest fire digi colony and a dead blue tenuous frag. Then I have a 8"+ rose bta that is killing a colony of gsp.
@Philly_Reefer idk if you were referring to me about getting rid of my mp60's. There's a few reasons I did it. Yes the vortech mp60 is a beast and has crazy amounts of power and I was a total ecotech fan boy. I have 5 radions and had 2 mp60's all on ESL with the reeflink. But from what I seen in my peninsula tank. I could never get the right flow with 2 mp60s maybe 3 mp60s I could of but at 725 a pop (with taxes) it's hard to reason with the wife. And I was about to buy another mp60 when I was asked to be a beta tester for coralvue.
Now for my experience with the vortechs. When I first setup the tank I tried one mp60 on each side of the overflow. But the way the wet side sat the pump couldn't draw water in properly.
One side was against the glass and the other was against the overflow. From what I saw even when I had the pump at full power I was only getting 3 or 4' of flow coming out of it. Then the pump would cancel itself out by pulling water back to it. I was cutting down how much water the pump needed to work properly. Then add the fact that I had 2 mp60s fighting each other for water. From what I would see they would cancel them selfs out, if that makes any sense. Then I moved the mp60s to the peninsula end they did the same thing two each other. I even tried putting them right next to each other and they just seem to fight each other for the water they needed and they where an eye sore. Plus the mp60s were betting up my sps. I was losing color in most of the sps that were with in a few feet of the mp60s.
http://youtu.be/DV1MAGO6T2I
I tried every configuration I could with 2 mp60s and never was happy with the flow. Then when I was asked to beta test I even told the rep from coralvue there's no way these pumps could be as good as a vortech. But they made me a disbeliever. They are still flawed in the controller. But even the first vortechs that came out didn't have the features they do now. But the fact that the pump can spin forward and reverse is pretty cool and this is why I like the alternating gyre mode.
@DrBoxedWine as far as I know it's a standard 300. It's 96"X30"X24" (L,W,H). For mixed reef it can be tough at times. Especially when sps is are involved. And to be honest I try not to let the tank overwhelm me. I don't test weekly and don't do water changes either. I'm not going to lie I'm a lazy reefing. This tank has been running for about 6month and I can count the water changes on one hand. But I do try to keep things in line. I don't feed daily, the cal reactor is larger enough to handle anything I throw at it, I do run pellets and have 2 itech200 skimmers running on the tank, plus have a decent size fug where I'm running an under water algae turf scrubber and have a 180watt led hydroponic light lighting it up. Also I try to watch certain corals for signs of stress. Like Xenia there great canaries. I do my hardest to keep the alk and calcium in good ranges. But if they aren't I don't over react and try to get them up fast. A month after I set the tank up my alk and cal were low it took me like 4 months to bring them up. I run my cal reactor at full effluent (no drip) I run it by upping and lowering the pH in the reactor.
Now for having nems in the tank. Some times u just have to expect the fact that u will lose other corals if the anemone walks over them. That ritteri is currently sitting on top of a dead forest fire digi colony and a dead blue tenuous frag. Then I have a 8"+ rose bta that is killing a colony of gsp.
@Philly_Reefer idk if you were referring to me about getting rid of my mp60's. There's a few reasons I did it. Yes the vortech mp60 is a beast and has crazy amounts of power and I was a total ecotech fan boy. I have 5 radions and had 2 mp60's all on ESL with the reeflink. But from what I seen in my peninsula tank. I could never get the right flow with 2 mp60s maybe 3 mp60s I could of but at 725 a pop (with taxes) it's hard to reason with the wife. And I was about to buy another mp60 when I was asked to be a beta tester for coralvue.
Now for my experience with the vortechs. When I first setup the tank I tried one mp60 on each side of the overflow. But the way the wet side sat the pump couldn't draw water in properly.
One side was against the glass and the other was against the overflow. From what I saw even when I had the pump at full power I was only getting 3 or 4' of flow coming out of it. Then the pump would cancel itself out by pulling water back to it. I was cutting down how much water the pump needed to work properly. Then add the fact that I had 2 mp60s fighting each other for water. From what I would see they would cancel them selfs out, if that makes any sense. Then I moved the mp60s to the peninsula end they did the same thing two each other. I even tried putting them right next to each other and they just seem to fight each other for the water they needed and they where an eye sore. Plus the mp60s were betting up my sps. I was losing color in most of the sps that were with in a few feet of the mp60s.
http://youtu.be/DV1MAGO6T2I
I tried every configuration I could with 2 mp60s and never was happy with the flow. Then when I was asked to beta test I even told the rep from coralvue there's no way these pumps could be as good as a vortech. But they made me a disbeliever. They are still flawed in the controller. But even the first vortechs that came out didn't have the features they do now. But the fact that the pump can spin forward and reverse is pretty cool and this is why I like the alternating gyre mode.
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Duality
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Here's a video I posted when I was beta testing. All the pumps are on full power
http://youtu.be/i6HFxTio0Ao
http://youtu.be/i6HFxTio0Ao
reefermike1
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Patiently awaiting gen2s to be released...
biecacka
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Though about trying on on my tank. 48/48/24 but don't know it one would work because of how wide my tank is. I use 2 mp40's now. I love them and with no cords coming out the top of my tank, I'm happy. But the initial reports of water these things move had me considering
Corey
Corey
jedimasterben
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I'm jelly as hell for that size tank, I almost bought one off craigslist, brand new with external overflow, for $200, but I hesitated and missed it by just a few minutes. :headwally:
I'm surprised that you are ok with just two MP40. If you are willing to give it a shot, then you could try using one XF150 vertically for a circular gyre, or wait a week or so and get a pair of XF130 and do vertical or have them on the same glass panel evenly spaced front to back.
pecan2phat
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The Gyre can mount pretty high in the water column unlike the MP40s. I have mine about 3" from the surface so you see very little cord.
biecacka
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The cord I don't want to see is on top of the tank. It's eurobraced semi rimless and I like the clean look. I use the 2 mo40's on the sides of the overflow and a goby gold return pump pushing water in the middle part of the tank. Rockwork is relatively open so they work. Also softy and lps only tank so little less flow is okay. But these are tempting. Jedimasterben, you missed a great deal on that tank. I love the footprint of the tank!
Here's a picture of us filling the tank, you can see the space on the side of the rockwork, and where I could really mount the grye but as of now I just use nutrient export mode on my vortechs
Corey
Here's a picture of us filling the tank, you can see the space on the side of the rockwork, and where I could really mount the grye but as of now I just use nutrient export mode on my vortechs
Corey
jedimasterben
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That picture didn't make me any less jelly
If it's just softies and LPS, you could probably do the single 50w, so it's only one cord to deal with. Worth a shot, anyway!
jedimasterben
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Yes, the magnets are completely sealed.
DrBoxedWine
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How did you get the rocks on the ends to support each other like that? Glue? Pvc?
Duality
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The rocks structure on the right is one giant structure with all the rocks concreted together. The thing weighs about 80lbs. It took me and a buddy to get it in the tank. The one in the mid is just a piece of tonga that is pinched In between a few rocks.
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