reefnjunkie Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 For those who are using these, whether it be 1 or 2 or more I am curious on the footprint of your tank and what percentage of power you have them set, especially interested if you have sand in your tank. I recently bought a tank that’s 96x48x24 and was toying with the idea of MP 60's (2 of them) versus 2 barracudas on a closed loop. Rough math has a single barracuda costing 10x the amount is electricity so even though the initial investment of the MP’s is staggering (to me) it wont take long for them to pay for themselves in reduced cost of electricity which makes my tank almost running green-(clap) the one caveat buying its not worth the savings if my tank will look like a 500 gallon snow globe-DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Brad, I know Kshack uses 2 MP60's on his 300g tank....You might want to shoot him a message an see if maybe you can set aside a private tour LOL Same with Danik's tank, that system is a MUST SEE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 danik uses mp40s as do most of us. Have you seen the mp60s in person? I saw them at MACNA and they are HUGE! I think they would be best in a 30" or taller tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I suggested Danik simply because his fish room is just so awe inspiring LOL Kshack sold his MP40's a couple months back because he'd updated to MP60's, I distinctly remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytshall Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Didn't even know they made MP60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 If you do get them I'd like to see them running, they sound amazing! Maybe get some aragonite gravel instead!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I have seen Daniks, I was told the 40's cant handle 1" acrylic (or glass)-that was the only reason I was thinking 2-60's I would much rather run 4-40's but that cant happen Hey Mike, I have not seen them in person but in seeing the dims I know they are big, I think 1 inch in width and depth more- but 10x the cost in electricity for the cudas-ARG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 maybe that area of tank goes bare bottom-not on purpose-(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I suggested Danik simply because his fish room is just so awe inspiring LOL agreed, dan's fish room IS awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks for all the kind words, I wish I went with the dementions as reefjunkies new 500g tank, my 300g just looks to small for me after one year. Oh yeah Brad mp60 are bulky but sence you will have a inwall system they won't seem all that big sence you will only see the half of it. If I were you I'd go with 4 mp60's, good investment for sure. I just wonder what your going to do for lights. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Wow, you bought the 500 gallon? I cant wait to see picks!!! Your gonna need a couple boulders to fill it up LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Kshack has sand in his tank. Don't know if his tank is 30in deep or not. I'm seriously considering selling both 40's that I have for 60's. Can't wait for some pics of that beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Wow' date=' you bought the 500 gallon? I cant wait to see picks!!! Your gonna need a couple boulders to fill it up LOL[/quote'] I started to buy Sergey's tank but ended up with Reefits-DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kshack Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 My tank is 72X36X24. The MP60's are running about 70-80%. I have bare bottom, so no report on sand movement. I saw Jake Adams lecture and he likes gyre flow patterns. With these you can program for that. This mode will be made available on the 40's sometime in the future. Nice thing is only one pump is running (mine for 10 minutes), which saves electricity and lets the other pump cool down. Once you get used to the size it does not look that much different. You are welcomed to come over and take a look. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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