Lagoon mode is slower and more gentle, lending itself to LPS corals, seahorse or seagrass tanks, and with both lagoon and reef crest settings you can manually adjust flow so the whole programme runs on less flow and wattage.Ĭonstant sets the pump to work with no alternation in flow strength, though that itself is adjustable so you could have constant flow on any output from the pump’s minimum to maximum flow rate. I’m sure I’ve noticed SPS polyps moving that I hadn’t noticed before. Blast chaotic flow over that with SPS securely glued in place and you have a great habitat. This is probably my favourite mode at the moment as I am trying out an SPS tank and have a high rocky outcrop I consider my reef crest just a few inches below the surface. Reef crest mode follows a pre-programmed pattern of chaotic flow designed to mimic the flow patterns on the top of the reef - definitely one for the SPS hobbyists. Again, its adjustable in frequency and you can set it and leave it.
Long pulse is longer as you might expect, but it also fades the power in and out to create a softer pulse.
Short pulse can also be used to create a proper wave in the tank with strong undertow - a useful feature that drags detritus across the tank and helps to prevent slime algae - but you also get the visual appeal of swaying corals and your fish, and your water, swaying in the tank too. Adjust it, set it and it will pulse at your preference for evermore. Short pulse turns the pump on and off, as you might expect, yet you can control the frequency of the pulse to get it right for you. Choose from short pulse, long pulse, reef crest, lagoon, constant, feed, pump disconnect and night modes. The key function we expect from a modern circulation pump however, apart from wide, powerful flow, is control - and the MP10 has it available in abundance. There are no cables inside the tank and with the pump motor being external, no heat is released into the tank - a major benefit. This means you see less of the pump in the tank when viewing, making for a more pleasing vista, but also because the motor is outside the tank, the electrics are outside the tank. So what’s different about a VorTech pump? Several key factors make them different to anything seen before.įirstly, it is fastened to the glass via a magnet fitting, though uniquely the pump motor and body remain stuck on the outside in the dry, with only the impeller, or in this case the propeller, on the inside and in the water. Its larger brothers, the MP20 and MP40w, have been around for some time and have proved incredibly popular, literally changing the way we think about pumps and the way we deliver water flow in the reef tank. This is the smallest and latest model in a range of three marine pumps from American manufacturer Ecotech Marine. The highly-anticipated VorTech MP10 has finally been released in the UK.
Jeremy Gay reviews the Vortech MP10 marine aquarium flow pump - a product he says could change the way we look at aquarium pumps.
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