OM 4 way or Seaswirls?
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Pickupman66
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I have a pair of seaswirls on my tank return. they work well and are dead silent. they do a great job of changing directions.
the advantage of hte OM is that you dont have to mount a large piece of eqpt in the hood. the Seaswirls must be on top of the tank to do anything for you. the OM can be put inline under the tank.
the advantage of hte OM is that you dont have to mount a large piece of eqpt in the hood. the Seaswirls must be on top of the tank to do anything for you. the OM can be put inline under the tank.
Brisc0
Premium Member
I used an OM 4 way powered by a Hammerhead on my old 125 for a year and have mixed feelings. If you use oolite or any fine grain sand I can't recommend it. Mine would get wedged up with particulates all the time and I would have to break it down at least twice a month. All in all I was satisfied with it, but I don't know that I would build with one again. I have no experience with the Swirl.
Pickupman66
New member
I forgot about them getting jammed with sand
guilloryreef
New member
I've got a 240 DT and have 2 swirls on the return and run a closed loop with the OM. I love the random flow that I get running both.
solitude127
Proud user of IO Salt!
Sea swirl gets my vote. Another device similar to the sea swirl is the Vertex MOcean. This is what I use. With this unit, you can control the travel along with the speed.
cato
New England
My exact situation. ^^^
seanm001
Member
I have an OM Squirt on my OR 6500 return. Works like a charm, I don't have any issues with it getting clogged since the water coming into it is the cleanest in the tank. Used to have a SCWD, that lasted about a day before I decided to upgrade to the Squirt. I don't have any experience with the Sea Swirl - I passed on them because I (like pickupman66 said) didn't want to have that equipment above the tank.
d0ughb0y
Active member
I currently use OM, and can't say I would recommend it.
if it breaks, I'm just going to use it as a really expensive 4 way splitter with all ports constantly on. when I was waiting for my replacement motor, I removed the drum and just let it go full flow on all 4 ports and it seems fine and no sand blowing around. it was out of warranty so I haf to pay for it. I think OM is a two person operation (husband and wife maybe?), and for an item with no price listed, the price I got quoted was different depending on whom I talked to. not a good way to do business imho.
if it breaks, I'm just going to use it as a really expensive 4 way splitter with all ports constantly on. when I was waiting for my replacement motor, I removed the drum and just let it go full flow on all 4 ports and it seems fine and no sand blowing around. it was out of warranty so I haf to pay for it. I think OM is a two person operation (husband and wife maybe?), and for an item with no price listed, the price I got quoted was different depending on whom I talked to. not a good way to do business imho.
