New Hydor pump
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Beenalongtime79
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Wow... that's definitely not worth the extra 30 bucks IMO to go from a 6025 to a 6045.
Cheers,
John
skydancer
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I thought you 'd never ask...
I started with a 5 gal Home Depot plastic bucket.
I used a Dremel and drilled a hole at the bottom of the bucket so I could fit the nose of the nanostream thru it.
With the nanostream in place, I filled the bucket with water (ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP). Then I measured and emptied 3 gallons of water out of the bucket and marked the level of water left in the bucket.
Then I filled the bathtub with water. The tub’s water level was high enough to submerge the 5gal bucket.
I turned on the nanostream. The pump was running and the bucket was staying full as it was submerged in the bathtub.
With a stopwatch at hand (get someone to help…)
Using both hands I lifted the bucket a bit until the tub water level was just above the bucket’s top. The helper started the stopwatch and I measured the time it took the pump to empty the 3 gallons of water out of the bucket.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID CREATING ANY HEAD PRESSURE ON THE PUMP, AS THE PUMP EMPTIES THE WATER OUT OF THE BUCKET, YOU MUST HOLD THE BUCKET WITH BOTH HANDS AND RAISE IT SLOWLY, SO THAT THE WATER LEVEL INSIDE THE BUCKET IS AT THE SAME WATER LEVEL AS OUTSIDE OF THE BUCKET (tub water level).
Using this method, I took 9 flow measurements and discarded the highest and lowest two measurements.
The formula for the calculation: GPH= (3gal *3600sec) / (the secs on the stopwatch).
BTW, the same method should work on the Hydro's and other pumps with any size of "nose".
My next project is to measure my Oceanflo MJ1200 MJMOD.:rollface:
Green Thumb
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I have a 2600, a 1500 and an 1100 in my tank and you have no idea how loud these things are especialy the 2600. I like the flow Im getting but the heat and noise are a big issue for me.
Beenalongtime79
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This might not be the case with the hydors since the hydors put out such a wide flow pattern that the line blurs on where the water is being taken in and where it is being put back out. There is no real nozzle where it shoots out flow. It actually seems that the flow partially comes out from the edge of the front grates. The hydors will definitely be much harder to guage, but the hydor 4s are definitely much more powerful than the 6025... they seem to be more than 2X more to me. I'll see what it looks like once I do the "nanostream mod".
Cheers,
John H.
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9251099#post9251099 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rufio173
Wow... that's definitely not worth the extra 30 bucks IMO to go from a 6025 to a 6045.
Cheers,
John
Actually John, when I measured the 6025's flow, it came in as 730GPH average...
So the difference is only about 200GPH.
mike105105
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Hello everyone, glad I found this site...and this new pump
I recently saw a vortech on some guys tank and thought it would work well for me...then I saw the price
Extremely expensive for what is basically 2 magnets, a motor, and a prop...I was thinking of DIY'ing my own then I found this Hydor...I am ordering 1 or 2 as soon as I get my new visa debt card
I still might make my own version of the vortech for fun though...I did a 5 min CAD sketch of what I am going to do...
I recently saw a vortech on some guys tank and thought it would work well for me...then I saw the price
Extremely expensive for what is basically 2 magnets, a motor, and a prop...I was thinking of DIY'ing my own then I found this Hydor...I am ordering 1 or 2 as soon as I get my new visa debt card I still might make my own version of the vortech for fun though...I did a 5 min CAD sketch of what I am going to do...
benray4fun
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9277457#post9277457 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mike105105
Hello everyone, glad I found this site...and this new pump
I recently saw a vortech on some guys tank and thought it would work well for me...then I saw the price
I still might make my own version of the vortech for fun though...
I'm ditching my 802's for the k4's and I recently acquired a vortech myself by pure luck in a raffle, but haven't installed it yet.
I'd stick with the hydors for now and see how long they last, which is the real question, but for the style, performance and the price it's the way to go today... "not worth building a vortech when you can buy a hydor and is essentially the same thing with 1/3 the power."
Beenalongtime79
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kbsmoker... Use a Seio multicontroller
JRaquatics
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I Just purchased 2 of the k4's from MD. I will see how they compare to my 1500 sios
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