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10/31/2007, 05:06 PM
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Out of three 6025's I have here 2 of them have broken clips and one was noisy. I have had them send me one mount to replace the broken clips before so this will be the 3rd broken clip problem for me. The noisy pump has quited down after a day or two like others have had happen. I would honestly stay away from the Vortecs if I was going to spend that kind of money on a large tank I would choose a Tunze wavebox first then a couple of streams as needed.
I don't like the fact that you can't aim the Vortec at all. I thought they would put some sort of vanes on them like the air vents of a car so you could direct the flow and you could rotate it to aim wherever you wanted but they still haven't improved that aspect. The battery backup thing is nice but for the money they cost you could buy a nice UPS or even a generator. The Tunzes use so little power you could probably easily get 30 hours out of a UPS with 2 streams on it. These are all my opinions and I haven't owned either of the pumps being discussed but know people who have and watched them go through the process of getting them repaired. I agree that it's weird that everyone talks about the cust. service at Tunze being so good. When I contacted Roger about the broken clips on the first one he sent me a replacement from Texas without even verifying that I own a nano stream. I was pretty impressed with that. -- Kevin
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11/01/2007, 02:09 PM
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I bought a brand new MJ 1200 and put the mod on it and the pump was really loud. I could hear it a room away. Maybe it just needs to break in, I'll see what it sounds like when I get home.
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11/01/2007, 02:38 PM
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11/01/2007, 02:39 PM
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I like pointing powerheads straight down behind the rock work in my tank. I noticed the sure flo makes a lot of noise like this. I think the magnet isn't strong enough to hold the bigger prop up in place where it should be when pointing down.
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11/01/2007, 03:17 PM
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11/01/2007, 03:18 PM
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11/01/2007, 03:22 PM
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11/01/2007, 03:32 PM
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11/01/2007, 03:57 PM
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FYI, the pump is making considerably less noise today. It probably just had to break in.
I like my Octo skimmer and I think it works really well, however their customer service / sales suck and I would not buy from them again.
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11/01/2007, 04:57 PM
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I thought those Resun pumps were huge. Sort of like sticking a Sedra 12000 in your tank.
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Well my saltwater bad luck continues, my new just a tad over a month old reef keeper 2 is bad, the clock isn't holding time and only fix is to send it in and get a new one, or purchase the head unit and return my bad one for credit. Fun fun, now I can another name to the returns list
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11/04/2007, 09:56 AM
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Erik...product reliabilty is a myth
I think you are not alone Erik.
I think overall product reliability and expectations of products working and well are things relagated to the past and have become a part of mythological lore.
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11/05/2007, 03:54 PM
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At least Tunze stands behind its products, from what i have experienced. My problems with the nanos have been broken clips and broken steel shafts.
As far as the Lutz mods here is my opinion 1. Mounting bracket is hard to fit on the dovetails of the MJ's 2. Stupid suction cups 3. Using your own impellar 4. Mine quit working after 4 days, had to troubleshoot it myself, still dont know what caused the malfunction |
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11/05/2007, 05:07 PM
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is that the gulf stream 2 mod kit?
So far I'm really pleased with the amount of flow output. It sure beats the flow from my tunze 6080. I'd like to run it atleast a week before I make a real opinion on them, So far so good though Erik |
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11/05/2007, 06:17 PM
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the one i illegal bought at the meeting hehe
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