MP10 wet side spinning

[Shawn.B]

The past few weeks I've been ramping my flow up, when I get over 50% my wetside will inevitably begin spinning wildly stirring up my tank with sand and detritus. Any idea on what can be the cause?

 

[Treasure Coast]

Not sure what you mean by spinning wildly. If you mean different patterns, then its the mode you are in. Green light is the manual setting mode. The other color lights are different patterns. You can change them by pressing down the button on the left. If it's bouncing around wildly it should have fell off.

 

[mfinn]

I would take the wet side apart and see if the magnet is swelling up.
May need to replace the wet side.

 

[Jimbo662]

How thick is your glass?

 

[Shawn.B]

Not sure what you mean by spinning wildly. If you mean different patterns, then its the mode you are in. Green light is the manual setting mode. The other color lights are different patterns. You can change them by pressing down the button on the left. If it's bouncing around wildly it should have fell off.

I mean the whole wetside actually spins inside the tank- not just the propeller, this only happens over 50% and not every time.. sometimes it takes a day or two

 

[Shawn.B]

How thick is your glass?

The glass is 1/4" I believe

 

[Shawn.B]

I would take the wet side apart and see if the magnet is swelling up.
May need to replace the wet side.

Yikes I wonder if there are specs on this

 

[mfinn]

I would also make sure the correct spacer ( or lack of ) is used.

 

[Treasure Coast]

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Jimbo662]

Is the glass clean or is there algae growing on it? could be it's not getting a good grip.

 

[reefwiser]

The magnetic connection is not solid I always install mine on Feed mode after cleaning the wet side. Otherwise you can not get a good magnetic connection to the dry side.

 

[samiam69]

Some times mine falls off when I'm cranking up the settings on reeflink. It's annoying. It also is sometimes nearly impossible to get them to magnetize to each other properly. It's annoying

 

[sn2per]

The Wetside spinning can mean the glass inside the tank is a little dirty, the glass is on the edge of the thickness limit... someone has already asked about the spacers which one are you using?? If any.

 

[madweazl]

Sounds like the pin spacing is off; the MP10 is rated for 3/8" glass so there aren't any issues there.

 

[davilahope]

Did you get this resolved? Was it also vibrating? Mine started doing that last night

 

[corresnake]

Mine start doing it last week .
Where I can get a spacer.

 

[markysgirl]

Mine is doing the the same thing. I have 1/4 inch glass.
Did anyone figure out what this was all about?

 

[Shawn.B]

all fixed! use the spacer

 

[stacksoner]

all fixed! use the spacer

People underestimate the importance of the spacers and often throw them away before realizing what an important function they serve

 

[Falreef]

I’ve. Even running same mp10 in an IM 30 long. For about 2-3 years. This just started happening about 6 months ago. Have always been running same settings. Why doesn’t eco tech chime in and tell us what this is about.