the best vortech mode for sps

[JMalone81]

Sorry a MP40

 

[SunnyX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15210749#post15210749 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JMalone81
Where would you place one of these in a 125?

Place it on the opposite side of you return push water all the way across the tank. (side to side)

 

[JMalone81]

Ok Thanks!

 

[JMalone81]

How high up?

 

[FISHSTICK745]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15211741#post15211741 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JMalone81
How high up?

Just low enough so it doesn't suck air from the surface, all depend on what % you run it at.

 

[ct_vol]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15211787#post15211787 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FISHSTICK745
Just low enough so it doesn't suck air from the surface, all depend on what % you run it at.

Why do you run them so high in the tank??? Just curious... I know they produce some wicked undertow...

 

[JDigital]

I am running Lagoon @ 100% in my 30G 24x24x12 cube... with Night mode on as well.. Don't know how the SPS respond, as its not stocked yet.. :lol:

 

[JMalone81]

I dont have mine yet but I will in a few day.I am just trying to figure out where I am going to place it.Thanks

 

[StephenInVa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15211835#post15211835 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ct_vol
Why do you run them so high in the tank??? Just curious... I know they produce some wicked undertow...

I have mine 3.5 inches from the top in my 40 breeder and I'm getting an insane undertow.

 

[dholic]

2 pumps on long pulse mode, opposite sides of the tank - 75ish%, anti-synch every 16 seconds. 100 gal corner. I found runny a long alternating pusle worked in a corner tank, an altering flush so to speak. Love it. Maybe 6-7 inches under the water line, just far enough where I can still draw a vortech from the surface. I dose vodka, so I want the extra oxygen in the tanks from the surface draw.

 

[lobsterotomy]

about 6" under the surface, 2" from the front glass in a 16" x 16" x 21" tank, reefcrest 100%. SPS love the flow.

 

[mr_anderson]

I have a 120g with 2 MP40W.

left side 100% - short pulse to create the wave action
right side 100%- reefcrest for random flow.

 

[JMalone81]

What does night mode do?

 

[shaggy14]

puts the pump into a steady, low flow for 10 hours.
i run mine in reefcrest most of the time, at 100% of course. every now and then i switch from sync to antisync just to change things up. i put the pumps into lagoon at about 75% in sync during the night when i can remember it.lol
im running 2xmp40w on my 90 long with sand, but i have no sand in the middle of the tank anymore =)

 

[JMalone81]

Does anyone use the night mode?Is it ok to run night mode with SPS in the tank?

 

[ngn8dogg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15234427#post15234427 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JMalone81
What does night mode do?

It changes to constant speed at 50 percent less output your pump is currently at

 

[JMalone81]

Thanks!Is night mode ok to run if I have SPS in the tank?

 

[surge19us]

Sometimes I run it sometimes I don't. If the pumps lose power or you turn them off you have to reset night mode each time. I don't think it has an adverse effect. The one positive is it may prolong pump life but thats speculation.

 

[JMalone81]

I was thinking it would prolong pump life.Thanks for your info.

 

[ryshark]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15235295#post15235295 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JMalone81
Does anyone use the night mode?Is it ok to run night mode with SPS in the tank?

I have lots of sps and I use night mode.