Vortech pumps

[CaneinBatonRouge]

Seems quite a few of our Louisiana reef members have experienced some minor problems with the Vortech pumps. I'm curious as to how wide spread this is and this site offers a larger cross-section of the reefing community.

 

[rng_pw]

I had nothing but bad experiences with mine. I have a friend who recently bought 5 of them and in a period of 2 months he has had to fix something on at least 4 of them. If your considering new pumps I would recomend going with tunzies

 

[JR's Reef]

I have 2 and have had no problems out of mine.

 

[RedSox81]

I also have 2 mp40w with no problems at all.

 

[ReeferRob]

1 mp10 1 mp20 love love them, not a single issue. Had them since August I think, just took them apart and cleaned them last night. Super easy!

 

[cet98]

I have 2 MP10s and couldn't be happier....trouble free for me

 

[Azurel]

I have had my MP20 for a year and had 0 issues.....Knock on wood.

 

[gparr]

I've had an MP40w for 3+ years. It's performed flawlessly.
gary

 

[CookieJar]

I've had 2 MP40w for ~3 years. I've sent them back a few times for some circuit board problems. I've also have problems with the bearings, which is in part due to my lack of cleaning. The customer support has been great though and I'm still happy with them.

 

[rng_pw]

well to be fair My tank is 3/4 inch thick so that was kinda pushing it for the vortecs

 

[dream coral]

I have five and three keep giving me problems over and over

 

[Tanked]

I have a mp40 and I have had a couple minor issues.the wet side fell before so I tied a piece of fishing line And it has never come off since.Love the pump despite minor issues.

 

[IntDboy]

I also had a minor problem with my Mp40...The wetside kept falling off...But they sent me a new screw and it seemed to fix the problem...Fingers Crossed..

 

[Demonic]

I had one but never got to use it due to some problems with the seller. Needless to say I had to order a few items to get it running and can say the customer service is top notch. Eric is the man.

 

[Doahh]

Not a single problem with mine knock on wood.

 

[DEERE G]

No issues here. (3) MP40's

 

[benny z]

i've had my two since before the wireless drivers came out. i upgraded them to the wireless driver and newer version of the wet side about a year ago.

there is definitely a learning curve and much patience involved when first setting them up, but once you get past that i really like them.

 

[Dave3112]

I have had 2 MP10's since May and I haven't had a single problem out of them. Love em.

 

[shaggy420]

the only problem i have had is a snail crawled into the wetside and jammed the prop. they are supposed to have an automatic shutoff if the prop gets jammed but it didnt work. the pump kept trying to spin, breaking the prop off the magnet and warping it. other than that they have worked great.

 

[Smartfish]

No problem with my mp40... almost a year now. I need another one!