MP10 ES Vs Tunze 6055...Decisions Decisions

[Doug]

I have two MP 20,s {well just sold one} and they work flawless. I owned several Tunze streams, only the 6080,s my fav. Of course on larger tanks. If I did it all over again, I would stick with the Tunze products. As I said my Vortechs have been perfect so no complaint but for the price and reliability I would stick with Tunze.

At least thats my personal preference. For my smaller cube, besides the MP 20 I have running, I just ordered the Hydor 1400 stream pump. Hard to beat it @ $54.

[toxic111]

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

A wave would be nice, but I'll be really happy with a nice chaotic kind of flow to keep everything mixed up. I sort of wonder if this tank is too small for the Tunze Nano streams to really shine. I think I have a fair amount of stale water with the two existing pumps.

Do you have any other flow in the tank? Deadspots? What's your take on the noise issue?

Cheers

besides my split return there is no other flow in my tank. I honestly don't find the mp10 that loud... usually don't hear it over the tv. I have been debating getting another mp10... just for some more flow as there are a couple minor dead spots, nothing that serious. The MP10 gives enough flow to keep my BTA & clam happy...

[Slick Fork]

I'd play it by ear as to whether to run it alone or not, if I go for it. I guess the trouble with noise is that it's all perception... one persons mild hum can be another persons ear splitting screech. Is there anything sort of standard or commonly found you guys could compare the noise to that might give me some idea?

As far as the controller goes that really is tough... The profilux offers an almost infinite number of settings to change manually, but I don't think it can actually do any of the sequences that the ecotech controller does. I could set up the wave, but I couldn't setup a wave that changes itself. In short, I don't think I would mind not having it plugged into the profilux.

What sort of issues have you had Wes?