Vortech MP40w Pump Review

Ecotech Marine Vortech MP40w "Wireless" Power Head Pump Review. By NewYorkSteelo. www.newyorksteelo.com

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[Champ19ns83]

Hi NYS,I have x1 mp40w and x1 mp40 (standard) how would you suggest setting these up? settings wise etc? as these wont work wirelessly in sync as you will well know!

Also do you have yours pointing parallel (directly at each other) on either side of the aquarium,or is one closer to the back of the tank than the other to create a circular motion in the water movement?? cant tell looking at your video. hope you understand what i mean.

Any help will be fantastic. Regards.

[newyorksteelo]

@Champ19ns83 I would recommend the upgrade kit which will allow you to convert the non wireless one to wireless. This will work so much better and give you full control of the tanks total water volume. In the mean time, you can try and play around with what you have without creating too much chaotic flow. As for your other question, I have both facing each other. My tank is only 18'' from front to back and each pump can easily move the entire left and right sides of my reef. Good luck.

[totallydude198969]

In your opinion, whats the next best thing for powerheads? at least that it has some setting where i can make it go stronger and then slow for periods of time?

[newyorksteelo]

@totallydude198969 These pumps will do that for you, but there are less expensive alternatives such as the Koralia Wave Maker with controllable pumps. Good luck.

[newyorksteelo]

@shardinio I will surely take a look buddy and leave some feedback too. Thanks for the feedback on the cam. New video will be out soon, especially now since i got some new fish.

[newyorksteelo]

@shardinio Yeah bro, I figured that much. I think you should do a video about it too to let others know. It makes a lot of sense to just troubleshoot it in many ways before calling it a day. I don;t think they would admit to the Radions causing the issue which is why they did not mention it in the first place. Awesome! Love to hear success stories.

[shardinio]

@newyorksteelo oh yeah! forgot to ask you to check out my latest videos, i got my automatic water change working perfectly! check it out and give me a thumbs up if you like ;) looking forward to your next videos dude that sony cam is smart!

[shardinio]

@newyorksteelo dude! thats so funny you worked that out at just the same time i did! The radions were causing them to go into nightmode. I cant beleive that you and me worked this out and ecotech didnt! i told them i had the radions running and they still didnt suggest that they could be causing the problem! I unsynced them from the ecotech smart mode and violla! they are working! I am so happy that i can move on with this build now! next thing is sand and live rock! yeehaaaa!

[newyorksteelo]

@shardinio Wow man, but did you try to call them and report the same problem to see if they can come up with a solution? Have you tried not installing them to the radions or the battery back ups, and just running the vortechs alone with their wireless wavemakers, one as a master and the other one as a slave to see if it works out fine? It could be that when you are running them with the radions, there may be some software issue causing this maybe?

[shardinio]

@newyorksteelo Hey Steelo, got my pumps back from ecotech and have the same problems! One pump is more powerfull than the other and they both go into feed mode (flash white) randomly. I can only assume that there is some kind of wireless interference causing them to do this. I am so annoyed as i purchased the vorteh battery backup and i have the radions to go with this. I am going to look into the tunze now as you said they will be able to give me the same effect ;(