110g Mixed Reef V2

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by michika

Hahah, it was from another thread here about TA glue I believe.

Show me them photos!

I must have totally missed that one...

You show me yours and ....

Well I figured 6700gph wasnt quite enough so......



So at full throttle that would be 9100 gph......Notice to fish: you are officially on a new exercise program....Notice to lps and softies: hold on to your polyps.

It sure kicked of a storm of detrius and crap when I fired it up

[Pazil]

Oh, how I want one of these!

[JDigital]

Nice purchase Doug... I got one of those going in my 187..

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Pazil

Oh, how I want one of these!

But you would have to re-stable your ponies...

Originally Posted by JDigital

Nice purchase Doug... I got one of those going in my 187..

Like I said at the store mang.....your gonna need/want two......maybe three

Im quite impressed so far with the vortech. Second thing I had to do when I cranked it up (after adjusting the overflowing skimmer) was, I had to adjust the gate valve on the left side drain (the side that I placed the vortech on, I wanted to put it on the right side of the tank but my frogspawn it right there), as the vortech created a void in the water column and the water level fell inside the overflow. It says in the manual that an undertow will form and they wernt kidding. The vortech is 1' directly above where my nems are and the undertow from it caused them both to shift positions on the island that they are on. I hope they dont "jump ship" and let go.I really wish they would devise a way to point these things....probably the only shortcoming of the pump.

I have a big decision to make....My previously mentioned frogspawn has been becoming increasingly un-happy with the increases in flow Ive been making. This was one of my first corals and in the course of a couple years its gone from being a small fist sized piece, to the human head sized showpiece(IMHO) it is today. I dont really want to part with it (and my g/f would kill me) but, Im afraid if I leave it in the tank, I may loose it. Its not as full as it was before I added the tunze powerheads and now it is gonna have to deal with the vortech. My biggest fear is, if I do decide to sell it, the buyer may frag it up and re-sell it. That would suck.....not sure what Im gonna do.

[Blom]

Originally Posted by fishytime

..not sure what Im gonna do.

New Tank? I know a guy at Red Coral that may be able to help you out. Hah!

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Blom

New Tank? I know a guy at Red Coral that may be able to help you out. Hah!

hmmmm.....sell the frogspawn= POed g/f....upgrade the tank = no g/f....I have a strict "no new tank" policy that is presently being enforced. Besides I hear those guys at RC are jerks

[lorenz0]

vortech.... sell out lol

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by fishytime

hmmmm.....sell the frogspawn= POed g/f....upgrade the tank = no g/f....I have a strict "no new tank" policy that is presently being enforced. Besides I hear those guys at RC are jerks

Perhaps you could enter the 2nd Nano contest and get a custom size tank and move the Frogspawn into that tank... No need to sell= Happy g/f... No upgraded tank = g/f stays...

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

vortech.... sell out lol

Aw...that hurts man....cant a guy have the best of both worlds.....The pointabillity of the tunze and the sheer power of the vortech?

Originally Posted by JDigital

Perhaps you could enter the 2nd Nano contest and get a custom size tank and move the Frogspawn into that tank... No need to sell= Happy g/f... No upgraded tank = g/f stays...

The policy clearly states..."no new tanks" so a new nano would be a blatant violation of the policy. It wouldnt be much of a nano with just the frogspawn in it anyway

[JDigital]

Policies were meant to be broken...