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04-03-2012, 05:54 PM
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I've got one of the original MP40's. It's a good pump, lined up as perfectly as possible, but since day 1 it's been noisy. Flows a ton of water, random flow is nice, but I just can't get over the noise in my living room. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I've started looking at my replacement options. 
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04-03-2012, 06:14 PM
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So to me it sounds like other than noise, the reason people are selling them is mainly because a lot of people own them now and it's only natural for more to be for sale as more people adopt them in the market.
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04-03-2012, 06:20 PM
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When I looked at Vortech vs. Tunze I found a lot of complaints (here and on RC) about noise, but also reliability (as fishytime mentioned). The common thread was most people seemed to like the performance but were shocked by the amount of noise vortechs produced and the amount of tinkering required (even on working models).
I went with Tunze and have never looked back, I've had a power supply fail on a 5 year old 6055 and that's been the only issue out of 2 6055s, a 6045, 6025 and Tunze Wavebox. All are/were dead silent and set and forget.
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04-03-2012, 08:55 PM
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Tunze 6105 for 3 years and no issues(hardly audible), MP10 1 year also no issues(excpet for noise). I almost traded my tunze with MP40's but I heard my buddy Peter's so call symphony of the Vertech pumps and instantly changed my mind.
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04-04-2012, 01:27 AM
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I've never had a Tunze so I can't really compare but I think Vortechs are awesome and well worth the money. I could certainly never imagine going back to Koralia. They're like putting footballs in your display tank! Like some of the others here though - I think I just got used to the noise. That, or maybe its because my living room (where my tank is) is so rarely anywhere near silent anyhow.
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04-05-2012, 01:21 AM
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easy to overcome the vortech noise. I just put in a 10K audiophile system in my fish room.
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Last tank was 210 reef with 90 gal sump 120 , lps. 2xKessil A350W Tuna Blues, 2xvortech mp40 for flow,aqualogic 1/4 hp chiller, 160 lbs live rock. sohal, , pair of percs,flame dotty back , royal gramma, pair of black percs, niger trigger, mandarin 55 corner bowfront freshwater, African cichlids kessil a350 30 gal 36x36 coffee table fish tank. 3 red ear sliders. 5.5 gal nano, live rock, arrow crab, baby perc, firefish. Last edited by burgerchow; 04-24-2012 at 04:49 AM.
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