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dca22anderson
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**Next up... I need to create better flow in the aquarium for the corals & fish.**
I have the tower of power (heads)
on the left side of the front viewing panel and it's a bit of an eyesore. My wife keeps reminding me that she has never seen anything like that in the real reefs while we were snorkeling! Point well taken... I'm on the hunt for a better solution!
I have been adding more and more Sicce Voyager HP 10 powerheads to the display, 5 to the side mount and 3 angled down the back left corner, with mediocre results and it's still not enough.
The fish are always running into them or have to go around them because it's right where the autofeeder drops in the pellets each day. The food sticks to the intake of each powerhead until it breaks down and gets pulled through. I also bump them all out of wack when I am getting in and out of the tank during my dives for tank maintenance.
I need a big pump that does a ton, and I mean a ton of flow to replace all these little ones. I would like it to be controllable so I can ramp it up during the day and slow it down at night. I also dive the tank often so I need something that's diver friendly (safe amperage for divers) so I don't have to power everything down each time I do some quick maintenance. It can't break the bank and I need it to have some cool mounting options so I can hide it low against the back wall of the tank.
I have been looking at the Panta Rhei ECM 75 Hydro Wizard pump for a while now. It checks all the boxes and will fit nicely in my pump cave that I created when I first built the rockwork.
Pump technical data Type Hydro Wizard® ECM 75
Cable Length from Pump to Controller- 10M (standard).
Rated input voltage 100-240 V~, 50/60Hz
max. power consumption 658 W
min. speed 500 R/min
max. speed 1,800 R/min
max. flow rate 160,000 l/h
max. medium velocity 3.3 m/s
Axial thrust ~120 N
max. operating depth conditioned by cable length
Weight (motor + basket) 2,350 g
Total weight 15,150 g max.
medium temperature 35 °C / 95 °F max.
ambient temperature 40 °C / 104 °F
Diver safe 58 Volts at the pump
I just ordered one from Joseph Caparatta (super knowledgable and a super nice guy) at UniqueCorals:
https://uniquecorals.com/products/panta-rhei-ecm-75-hydrowizard
Can't wait to flow the Wazuki (if that's even a word) out of this tank!!
Should be getting here within the next week... STOKED!!!!
I have the tower of power (heads)
on the left side of the front viewing panel and it's a bit of an eyesore. My wife keeps reminding me that she has never seen anything like that in the real reefs while we were snorkeling! Point well taken... I'm on the hunt for a better solution!I have been adding more and more Sicce Voyager HP 10 powerheads to the display, 5 to the side mount and 3 angled down the back left corner, with mediocre results and it's still not enough.
The fish are always running into them or have to go around them because it's right where the autofeeder drops in the pellets each day. The food sticks to the intake of each powerhead until it breaks down and gets pulled through. I also bump them all out of wack when I am getting in and out of the tank during my dives for tank maintenance.
I need a big pump that does a ton, and I mean a ton of flow to replace all these little ones. I would like it to be controllable so I can ramp it up during the day and slow it down at night. I also dive the tank often so I need something that's diver friendly (safe amperage for divers) so I don't have to power everything down each time I do some quick maintenance. It can't break the bank and I need it to have some cool mounting options so I can hide it low against the back wall of the tank.
I have been looking at the Panta Rhei ECM 75 Hydro Wizard pump for a while now. It checks all the boxes and will fit nicely in my pump cave that I created when I first built the rockwork.
Pump technical data Type Hydro Wizard® ECM 75
Cable Length from Pump to Controller- 10M (standard).
Rated input voltage 100-240 V~, 50/60Hz
max. power consumption 658 W
min. speed 500 R/min
max. speed 1,800 R/min
max. flow rate 160,000 l/h
max. medium velocity 3.3 m/s
Axial thrust ~120 N
max. operating depth conditioned by cable length
Weight (motor + basket) 2,350 g
Total weight 15,150 g max.
medium temperature 35 °C / 95 °F max.
ambient temperature 40 °C / 104 °F
Diver safe 58 Volts at the pump
I just ordered one from Joseph Caparatta (super knowledgable and a super nice guy) at UniqueCorals:
https://uniquecorals.com/products/panta-rhei-ecm-75-hydrowizard
Can't wait to flow the Wazuki (if that's even a word) out of this tank!!
Should be getting here within the next week... STOKED!!!!
