Setting up a gyre flow with 2x MP40s

[Duality]

You could do it simpler by having the Right Back MP40 be the only master.

Then:

Left Front MP40 - Sync with the Right Back
Right Front MP40 - Anti Sync with Right Back
Left Back MP40 - Anti-Sync with Right Back

You do not need to have the constant speed mode in the middle, just leave it on Long-pulse mode for the entire 8am to 6pm duration and set the frequency of the pulse cycle within long-pulse mode to 1hr. This will cause the flow to reverse every hour on its own without any other work necessary.

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So now with the new advancement in the new quite drive drivers and wetsides a gyre is possible with only one mp40 instead 2 on each side?

 

[Fishie80]

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[edwardw771]

So how many MP40s do you need for a gyre for 90 gallon tank?
Is the new Gyre mode the same as the long pulse mode?

 

[worm5406]

MP's have had long and short pulse mode for a while.

Some where (you tube maybe) I remember someone talking about it a while ago.

 

[Duality]

So how many MP40s do you need for a gyre for 90 gallon tank?

Is the new Gyre mode the same as the long pulse mode?

Kinda the same question I was wounding. They did say it would take at least two on both side (so a totle of 4 mp40s) to get the gyre effect in a tank. But know with the new gyre mode on the ESL software update and QuiteDrivers are they now saying the gyre effect can be achieved by 1 mp40 on each side.
In my honest opinion ecotech should not be even trying to say that there pumps are good for a gyre effect. People buy vortechs for the controllability, the design, lack of heat transfer, and the service of ecotech that's what they need to be promoting again. Yes u can probably achieve a gyre effect with any vortech pump. Most likely the gyre did cut into the profits of the vortech line. So they thought they needed to compete but to me by them now stating that the pump can now do different things is the wrong way about trying to get sales back. Stuff like the new quite drivers and bringing out new products is the right way to get sales back.
I don't see why everyone is pro vortech or pro gyre pump. Both pumps are great at what they do.
Yes I had vortechs running on my current tank and now have none and have all guys pumps. But I could never get the flow I wanted at the peninsula end with out having the vortechs on the peninsula end. It drove me nuts to see the dry sides. So the gyre pumps worked better in my application.

 

[cristimv]

Hi.
I've red the whole topic, and not only this, but still no final conclusion. I have the same issue/problem like many of us on the net. I'm transitioning from a smaller tank (Innovative Marin Fusion 30gallon) to a larger (Red Sea Reefer 350). I would love to reuse the MP10WQD on the new tank (side panels are 10mm thick), and to add another MP10WQD or even a MP40WQD on the other side. Would I be able to get a gyre effect and have no dead spots in the end, with only 2 pumps, or I would really need 4? Or I should forget about it and get 1 or 2 Maxspect Gyre XF230/250? From the costs perspective, for sure 1 or even 2 Gyre's are cheaper than 2, definitely 4 MP's. On the other side, I love the possibility to program and control the pump(s) via an app, rather than to follow a series of key strokes on a controller. And to finalise, as a return pump for the new tank, I've already purchased a Vectra M1. Not to mention, that also activating the feed mode would be eaiser by having all pumps from Ecotech, instead of pressing a lot of buttons once or twice per day.
Thanks in advance for any comment