Vortech Pump

Been a while since I posted an update.

Last Sunday I installed my first Eco-Tech Marine Vortech pump. This picture is the driver/controller and the battery backup. The controller lets me set between 300 and 3000 gallons per hour of flow, and the battery backup will provide 30 hours of flow at 50% speed in case of a power failure.

So far I'm really liking the pump, but just this week they put the first batch of the wireless wave controllers up for sale and I was able to order one before they sold out.

With the wireless wave controller, I should be able to set it to provide random varying amounts of flow to simulate the wave motion on a reef. I can't wait. And if I were to get another pump and controller ( and I would like to ), I can set them on opposite sides of the tank either in sync or out of sync to provide some interesting flow effects.

The wireless controller also gives a 10 minute feed window which will be a massive improvement over having to unplug everything to feed the fish.

I also have some Black and White clown fish in quarantine right now. I'll take a picture tomorrow and blog about the efforts I went through to save them from Brooklynella. Fortunately, I think it is working.