Vortech 'Waves'

[noelskii]

How safe are these wave/pulse modes for rimless tanks? I wonder how much these rimless seams can handle... anyone have long term experience with rimless tanks and 'wavemakers'?

 

[kenconnect]

Going to tag on this one cuz I have a 57 rimless and a mp 40

 

[Mattl22]

I have a wave box on my 75 rimless good so far but apparently there have been no issues so far


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[inkblue]

Ask woddY :flower:

 

[nycmat]

as far as rimless i cant comment. but as far as using the stop and go wave thing on the vortech itself- FORGET IT!!!! on my 3rd wet side and this time it killed the driver. vortech, the pump you keep paying for IMHO.

 

[skene]

So it's like the gift that keeps giving matt?

 

[kenconnect]

so it's like the gift that keeps giving matt?

lmao

 

[Master Shake]

are you worried about splashing or it breaking the tank or both? if you are just worried about splashing just dont put it on full blast. if you are worried about it breaking your tank, i wouldnt worry either. I work in a fish store and heard one incident of a tank breaking because it had a vortech on it. If that was the real reason why it broke i do not know, tanks do break and if that was the one chance that a tank just broke and by chance had a vortech on it maybe. otherwise i have not heard anything

 

[Master Shake]

vortech, the pump you keep paying for IMHO.

What do you mean by this? what stop and go? If you mean the pulse action the pump never really stops. the thing that keeps the koralia hydors and the vortech above all other wave makers is the fact that the pump never turns off until you turn it off for some reason such as a water change. when pumps go on and off constantly, that kills them. even with the pulse action the pump revs up then slows down but never off. The koralias dial back the power output so their pumps never go off either. something must be wrong if you have to keep replacing parts

 

[noelskii]

i'm just worried about the seals becoming weaker and weaker. i'm not worried about splashes at all, i'm sure there wouldn't be any anyway.

 

[nycmat]

@noel - if you have to worry about the seals, go for peace of mind.
@master shake- yes the pulse action of stop and go motion. between coraline algae build up and constant stop and go makes the wet side stop eventually. having gone through 3 of them already, i can tell you this. if you use this pump, set the pulse setting to fast slow and not fast stop pulse. on my current driver its the pink setting.
@ skene- TOTALLY!!