Flow questions

[TheRealChrisBrown]

If you ran the 2 gyres across the top, and maybe an mp40 and the side bottom blasting across the back? I would think that would cover everything.

 

[Andrew_bram]

If you ran the 2 gyres across the top, and maybe an mp40 and the side bottom blasting across the back? I would think that would cover everything.

This might work placing right next to overflow. I really want the sides free of equipment

 

[that0neguy1126]

Consider doing a closed loop then and hiding it in the rock work?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Do the two gyre on the back wall and the mp low for turbulent times. Use your controller to turn them on and off randomly. I have the old gyre but all the parts have been upgraded via warranty. Very happy with the current state of it. Reliability was questionable for 1st gen. Great now. The new mp vortech pumps are really quiet and more powerful than before. By quiet I mean "is that thing on quiet". The new gyre are nice and quiet too, you know how fussy I am about the noise.

 

[Andrew_bram]

That just might be the ticket

 

[aquarius]

Do the two gyre on the back wall and the mp low for turbulent times. Use your controller to turn them on and off randomly. I have the old gyre but all the parts have been upgraded via warranty. Very happy with the current state of it. Reliability was questionable for 1st gen. Great now. The new mp vortech pumps are really quiet and more powerful than before. By quiet I mean "is that thing on quiet". The new gyre are nice and quiet too, you know how fussy I am about the noise.

How does the Gyre compare flow wise? Is it a comparable to the MP40? I'm assuming that we are all talking about the Gyre 150

 

[Andrew_bram]

The gyre 150 is 5000 gph

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

How does the Gyre compare flow wise? Is it a comparable to the MP40? I'm assuming that we are all talking about the Gyre 150

As much or more, very different application. Laminar flow.

 

[Fitz19d]

Tutu, forgot, wasn't your upgrade from 210 to 300dd? Is that what you are running now like 3 gyre along back wall? I'm a little torn on doing gyre's or just sticking to conventional power heads.

 

[timnem70]

Return flow is not where I am concerned this will be plumbed it basement. I am trying to figure out my in tank flow without sacrifice of clean look. This will be a downgrade in tank size for me.

It's the reverse flow on the Maxspect people were talking about. Not return flow. Your question was about creating flow in a Cube? Right? Any of the MP powerheads have "clean" relatively flush mounting attachment to the tank, that would look good and perform better. Get 2 MP 40s for the back glass and a couple MP 10s for cross flow. You can control them to do all kinds of productive stuff.

 

[Chris_W]

I've got a 36x36. Running two mp40 and one wp40.

I used to run a gyre 150 in it, but there wasn't enough room around the rock for the gyre to really be effective. It was just blasting the front of my rock and pulling sand away from the front corner.

 

[Andrew_bram]

I've got a 36x36. Running two mp40 and one wp40.

I used to run a gyre 150 in it, but there wasn't enough room around the rock for the gyre to really be effective. It was just blasting the front of my rock and pulling sand away from the front corner.

Very Interesting how high where you running it.

 

[Chris_W]

About 50%. Didn't like the noise when it's run higher.

 

[Chris_W]

How do you have yours set up?

 

[Andrew_bram]

I don't yet going from 220 to a 150 cube. I heard the new ones are way more quiet