Just a Thought...
Just a Thought...
Barry called me last night to let me know my thread had been closed, and he also mentioned that he had lost a seemingly healthy foxface to one of his Vortechs. As I was steaming about the trolls that got my thread closed, the thought occured to me that perhaps the damage to my tank and these bizarre fish deaths might be related.
I have been very skeptical about fish dying on the Vortechs based on my own observations but there may be a link. If you look at the damage to my tank and understand that there were other pumps running set at the same speed in exactly the same environmental conditions, one can easily conclude that this pump must have ramped up beyond it's safe operating temperature and speed.
So what if this is happening to other pumps? Let's say that everything is running along fine, and some sort of code anomoly happens and the pump suddenly over-clocks. Eco-tech limits the motor speed at least in part because of temperature, but if the pump were to malfunction and suddenly ramp up, wouldn't that be cause for fish getting stuck on them?
This is by no means an indictment, but perhaps just a kernel of a theory. We know that there were code issues with the MP-40 so maybe this is a similar issue?
I guess the thing to do is to have people who have lost fish to their Vortechs to inspect their tanks for any signs of heat damage. I would suppose that nothing would be evident on glass, but perhaps on acrylic tanks we may seem some hazing or crazing, which wouild then be confirmation that the pump ramped up.
If you have lost a fish to a Vortech, please check the tank area and post the results, including type of tank, whether it is an MP-40 or WWD, and what if any damage is visible.
This way we may be able to help others as well as Eco-tech determine why this has happened so many times.
