Vortech MP60 video shows the power of Ecotech Marine’s heavy duty pump

By Jake Adams on Sep 13, 2010

The Vortech MP60 water pump is a new device from Ecotech Marine which is specifically designed for use on the very largest of private reef aquariums. Although the Vortech MP60 is rated for 5500 gallons per hour, there something about the force of it which we can personally tell you equates to way more water movement than two, 3kgph Vortech MP40 pumps, or other similarly rated propeller pumps. Not everyone has the opportunity of slapping one of these power prop pumps on a ten foot reef tank, but at least the video above should give you some indication of how much the Vortech MP60 owns the 80-90 gallon demonstration tank that Ecotech Marine brought to Orlando last week. Be sure to check the full specification of the Vortech MP60 and our initial post comparing the beta version of the Vortech MP60 to betas of it’s predecessors.

Oliver Schneider

Was the pump so loud, that it had to be covered by that music?
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Was the pump so loud, that it had to be covered by that music?
chasekwe

Wow, that’s a 90? Pretty impressive. That one pump is 60x flow in that tank.
chasekwe

Wow, that’s a 90? Pretty impressive. That one pump is 60x flow in that tank.
xinu

I wonder how much wave you’ll get if there were rocks in that tank?
xinu

I wonder how much wave you’ll get if there were rocks in that tank?
hahn

Its a resonating frequency… the pump is pulsing at a wavelength equal to an even multiple of the tank’s length. You can easily do this with any tunze/korallia/etc (even a smaller one)… the only problem is the wear and tear on the tank’s seams. What the display is actually showcasing is more of the controller’s ability to change the pump’s speed than the actual pump’s output. When you really want to show off a pump’s water output, you put it in shallow water with the discharge aiming upwards. This way, you can see the volume (how narrow or wide the fountain is), and the pressure (how tall or short the fountain is).
hahn

Its a resonating frequency… the pump is pulsing at a wavelength equal to an even multiple of the tank’s length. You can easily do this with any tunze/korallia/etc (even a smaller one)… the only problem is the wear and tear on the tank’s seams. What the display is actually showcasing is more of the controller’s ability to change the pump’s speed than the actual pump’s output. When you really want to show off a pump’s water output, you put it in shallow water with the discharge aiming upwards. This way, you can see the volume (how narrow or wide the fountain is), and the pressure (how tall or short the fountain is).
Jeremy

No disrespect intended but.. hahn, do you dive/surf?
Jeremy

No disrespect intended but.. hahn, do you dive/surf?
todd sawasky

Thats awesome but when are we going to start seeing the different products that Ecotech is developing?
todd sawasky

Thats awesome but when are we going to start seeing the different products that Ecotech is developing?

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