Maxspect Gyre XF130 hands-on (with power consumption, flow)

[jedimasterben]

The more I seen these the more I'm interested.

I have a 2x2x2 cube with circulation done by an MP10 and a Tunze Nano, plus the sump return for surface agitation. But I have never been happy with the water movement.


Tank has SPS and LPS.

I am concerned the 130 would be too much/too powerful????

It will be more than fine, it has a controller so you can adjust the output.

Hey jedimasterben u can buy an extra controller and solder the beta connection to the new controller
I did
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The top pump is my beta the bottom is the one I ordered.

Also nice write up on the xf130.

What's strange is that the connection on my beta 50w mates up perfectly to the new controller as-is, so shouldn't be any soldering required.

 

[Duality]

Maxspect Gyre XF130 hands-on (with power consumption, flow)

It will be more than fine, it has a controller so you can adjust the output.



What's strange is that the connection on my beta 50w mates up perfectly to the new controller as-is, so shouldn't be any soldering required.

Not for me the beta has a thiner cord and smaller plug. The power source from the beta and production are slightly different watts too.
So I ended up buying 2 production models. One I donated to the reef club I'm in. The other pump I used along the side with the beta. Well the next day the controller on my production model went out. I emailed coralvue and submitted a ticket. They contacted me the fallowing day. We went over all there little tests. I told them that it couldn't b the power supply cause the power supply still powered my beta gyre. They said it had to be the controller. So they shipped a new one. Well I contacted them and asked what should I do with the bad controller. I was told to just toss it. Well the fallowing weekend I got board and decided to see what went bad on the controller. The main power distributor was fried. Well I opened up the beta controller and what would u know is had that same part in it. So I unsoldered it off the beta board and replaced the burnt up component. Well that fixed the problem with the controller. Well I had already got the new controller from coralvue and know the plugs on the beta were different then the production. So I soldered the beta plug onto the production controller and bam the beta acted just like the production. If they had the ability to go in reverse mode when I was beta testing I would have put a lot more support in the gyre.
Don't get me wrong the pump is bad a** but the pulse mode is boring. The alternating gyre is no joke tho and is pretty sick. I didn't think they were going to be that big of a hit until I got my hands on the production model controller.
I went from running 2 mp60's and 2 wp25's on my 300 to just having the 2 xf150 gyres and being truly happy with the water movement in my tank.

 

[jedimasterben]

Not for me the beta has a thiner cord and smaller plug. The power source from the beta and production are slightly different watts too.
So I ended up buying 2 production models. One I donated to the reef club I'm in. The other pump I used along the side with the beta. Well the next day the controller on my production model went out. I emailed coralvue and submitted a ticket. They contacted me the fallowing day. We went over all there little tests. I told them that it couldn't b the power supply cause the power supply still powered my beta gyre. They said it had to be the controller. So they shipped a new one. Well I contacted them and asked what should I do with the bad controller. I was told to just toss it. Well the fallowing weekend I got board and decided to see what went bad on the controller. The main power distributor was fried. Well I opened up the beta controller and what would u know is had that same part in it. So I unsoldered it off the beta board and replaced the burnt up component. Well that fixed the problem with the controller. Well I had already got the new controller from coralvue and know the plugs on the beta were different then the production. So I soldered the beta plug onto the production controller and bam the beta acted just like the production. If they had the ability to go in reverse mode when I was beta testing I would have put a lot more support in the gyre.
Don't get me wrong the pump is bad a** but the pulse mode is boring. The alternating gyre is no joke tho and is pretty sick. I didn't think they were going to be that big of a hit until I got my hands on the production model controller.
I went from running 2 mp60's and 2 wp25's on my 300 to just having the 2 xf150 gyres and being truly happy with the water movement in my tank.

I had one of the last beta units before production. Mine mates up with the new controller:

As for power, even the XF130 comes with a 72 watt power supply, more than enough for the 55w that the XF150 uses.

One thing I did miss from the beta units was reverse gyre or alternating. I may hook the 150 up to this new controller and grab one of the extra paddles and cages from the coralvue shop and see how the 50w does with it.

 

[trmiv]

Got my 130 today. Cool pump. Not sure what to do with it on my 60g cube though. I've messed with placement, paddles, modes and I haven't found anything yet that's getting the water moving how I want it. I think it's just the difficulty with working with a tank of this shape.

Straight gyre continuous mode running horizontal on the top left of the tank leaves dead spots smack in the middle of the tank. It's like the water column rotates around the middle leaving the eye of the storm calm

Swapped the B paddle for an A. So AA config and set mode to alternating Gyre. Mounted it vertically in the back corner (tried left and right). With the top running 100% angled across the tank I get a nice flow, but the bottom then either isn't flowing enough, or is blowing so much that it clears the sand in the opposite corner.

I'll mess with it for awhile more and see if I can find a sweet spot. I want this to replace both my MP10's, but thus far I'm not sure I can. May have to either stick with the MP10's or use the Gyre and one MP10. A 24x24x24 tank is hard to work with.

 

[jedimasterben]

Just put the XF130 on the back panel next to my overflow pushing from left to right to create a vertical gyre. Not 100% sure how I feel about it so far, the gyre just got going at full speed (takes a little while for it to get to that point, it doesn't happen right off the bat), so I'm going to observe everything and will get a video of it after the sun goes down (there is too much glare right now from the window).

 

[Coelli]

I really appreciate the reviews as I've been waiting for this since it was announced. I've been undecided between the 130 and 150 for my 36x18x24 tank and after reading that you're only pushing half the water in alternating gyre mode (right?) I almost decided to go with the 150 after all; after emailing with my LFS he thinks the 130 will be fine but if I'm not happy with it he'll exchange it for the 150. Love my LFS (SPS Coral Store in La Canada, CA)! They'll have the 130 in stock next week. Can't wait.

 

[major stare]

Do it.

This is the best tank powered I have owned in 10yrs.

My 130 is totally quiet, powerful and replaced a Tunze & MP10. Just one outlet on the pump is agitating the whole water surface of my 2ft cube. Its covering the SPS high up and LPS low down perfectly.

My only negative comment, the cradle for the controller does not hold the controller very well.

 

[trmiv]

How is yours mounted and what configuration are you using? I just can't find a setup I like so far in my cube.

 

[bezlar]

130 on my 36" 65 gal rimless can't be more happy. 150 on my 60" 200 gal and it's the only pump running, love it. Neither are loud and both just do their job. Now lets hope they last awhile.

 

[luvreefs23]

Go with the 130, I put one on my 5x2x2 150 gallon and man did it kick some stuff out of the dead spots that my two mp40s, tunze 6040 and tunze 6045 weren't getting. You will destroy corals with a 150 on your dimensions. I have the 150 on a 220 gallon that by itself it nearly enough.

 

[major stare]

How is yours mounted and what configuration are you using? I just can't find a setup I like so far in my cube.

2" below water in the centre one side.
One outlet pointing to the surface, the other pointing just below the horizontal.
Pulse mode..... Power is one blue dot past 12 o'clock, pulsing just over one second.

 

[jedimasterben]

UPDATE

Here is a video of it running vertically.

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I guess the embedding isn't working? Here is the link directly to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnD51HZttWA

 

[shaggss]

Here you go

 

[LakeShow]

Great reviews guys these pumps look pretty cool.

How do you think the xf130 would do on a 32x24x20 66g? i like how sleek it is on the back wall in the vertical position like that.

Since you have experience with both, would you go with the 130 or 150 for this size tank?

For reference i currently run a mp10 on full blast in reef crest mode and it feels weak, would love to replace the noisy thing with one of these pumps.

 

[jedimasterben]

Well, last night I decided that enough was enough and put the XF130 back on the left panel horizontally. Vertical just did not give enough flow in my tank, more detritus settled than I would have liked (and in the middle of the tank, no less!) and the middle of the tank didn't receive a lot of flow.

Great reviews guys these pumps look pretty cool.

How do you think the xf130 would do on a 32x24x20 66g? i like how sleek it is on the back wall in the vertical position like that.

Since you have experience with both, would you go with the 130 or 150 for this size tank?

For reference i currently run a mp10 on full blast in reef crest mode and it feels weak, would love to replace the noisy thing with one of these pumps.

It depends on how your rockwork is laid out. If it is more in the center of your tank and the corals would be around it, then the XF130 would be perfect in vertical mode. If your rockwork is more than just centrally located, then you'd probably end up needing a bit more power.

 

[LinkinReef]

Not sure if this is going to be a dumb question but, is the outside magnet waterproof? I was thinking of possibly using the xf130 on my center overflow with the outside magnet inside the overflow. Not sure if that was possible or not

 

[jedimasterben]

Not sure if this is going to be a dumb question but, is the outside magnet waterproof? I was thinking of possibly using the xf130 on my center overflow with the outside magnet inside the overflow. Not sure if that was possible or not

Yes, the magnets are sealed.

 

[trmiv]

Well, last night I decided that enough was enough and put the XF130 back on the left panel horizontally. Vertical just did not give enough flow in my tank, more detritus settled than I would have liked (and in the middle of the tank, no less!) and the middle of the tank didn't receive a lot of flow.

I actually had this issue with both horizontal and vertical. No matter what I did, making it just act as a "gyre generator" left dead spots right in the middle of the gyre. Which in my 24x24x24 tank is right in the middle of the rock work. So now I have it vertical in the back right corner with the bottom outlet pointing towards the front of the tank, and the top sort of over the rockwork. Then I have it set to 30 second pulse at 100%. Seems to work well like that, but there are still a few dead areas. The biggest issue being detritus collecting on my toadstools.

 

[silas k]

My tank is a 40x20x20 65g(ish). 250l

My Rockwork is 3 reefpillars in the center .. Would you recommended this or the 150?

 

[sig_1959]

Thanks for reviews, but I lost anyway:headwallblue:

having 48x18x16, which will be more suitable to run

I assume than having more powerful unit and running it at lower output will reduce noise.
But will be 150 to much for my tank, even running at 20% capacity for example?
thanks