Questions about vortec mp10wqd and mp40wqd

[flyline]

I have a 75 gallon aquarium I’m not sure what would be better two mp10 or one mp40. The local fish store has one mp40 on a tank that is five feet long and the flow looks good but I know you can link 2 together so two 10s might be nice to link together for better flow. I have never owned any of these pumps so I’m looking for some advice. Thanks everyone for the help

 

[Bastray]

I have an SPS dominant 80 gallon. I have 2 mp40’s, 1 mp10, and 2 gyre 330’s. The MP10 was from a 20 gallon tank that I shut down. I have a lot of flow for sure and is overkill if you are just starting a tank. However, you will find that the MP10 is not enough flow at all.

You should start with 2 mp40’s as a base, in my opinion. I had 1 MP10 and 1 mp40 for a while and that was not enough. A lot of this will depend on what coral you want to keep as well. Check your glass thickness as well. My MP10 barely stays on the glass because it is too thick. I have to use zip tie mounts to keep it in place.

From my experience it’s better to start with more than you think you need so you don’t buy a pump to find out 6 months later it’s not enough and have to rebuy something else, which I have done too many times. The MP40 will go pretty low on flow if you are worried about too much.

The biggest thing I worry about is keeping detritus off the bottom of my tank and it takes many pumps positioned all around the tank to make that happen in my experience. If I am doing that I know my coals are getting the flow they need as well.

 

[flyline]

Well I’m thinking about keeping a mixed reef tank maybe a few sps but mostly easy stuff and I was planning on buying some random flow generators for the lock line. I know sps need a lot of flow I don’t think I need that much though I was thinking around 20 to 30 times turnover

 

[Bastray]

I would still get 2 mp40’s. If you don’t want to do that much cash now, buy one and add another later. I honestly think you will regret getting the mp10’s for a 75 gallon.

 

[naterealbig]

+1 on the 40s. You will find that the MP10 will not serve a 75 gallon tank well - even for a fish only. Much less, any tank with corals - even softies. The MP40s will gives you the right tunable flow, and will grow with you and your tank.

 

[nezw0001]

Your probably going to want 2 MP40s

 

[ca1ore]

Thought I’d answered .... then I see you’ve two threads on the same topic. Did you get the same advice LOL?

 

[flyline]

Sorryca1ore I was just looking for multiple options

 

[Nikita1981]

I have 2 mp10's on opposite sides of my Reefer 350 mixed reef and think flow is more than sufficient for a mixed reef. It will depend on your glass thickness I think, an MP 10 will only hold on max 10mm glass. So I can run them on my side glass, not on the back which is 12 mm.

 

[mike550]

@flyline there are a lot of good thoughts here. For what it’s worth I’m running one MP40 on a 120G reefer that’s 48” wide. I started with the Ecotech online calculator

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