Collected two of these pumps from liaquat (aquality) last night, and thought I would let you guys know what i think.
Considering it is chinese manufactured, I had my doubts initially. It does remind me of the tunze nano streams, but at a fraction of the price. The build quality of the pump seemed okey, but the plastic hanging brackets (which i never use anyway) seemd a bit flimsy. Another down side for me is the short power cord, something i always find slightly irritating with all equipment I purchase.
Putting the pump onto the bracket was really easy, just be careful not to over tighten the screw, as the plastic seems easily breakable.
Placing the pumps was easy, and against my back glass, behind corals, it is not nearly as visible as my other pumps.
Once fired up, I was stoked at the performance.
The flow is nothing like my tunze stream or my seios. It is a wider more chaotic spread of flow. Difficult to compare flow velocity, as all my seios and my tunze pump vast amounts of water. Not sure if it was my imagination, but the flow close to the pump felt a bit stronger than my seio m1500 (6000lph) Another feature i really like, is that right in front of the pump is an area of no flow, seeming to spread out as I move my hand away from the pump. This enabled me to place the pumps behind colonies, and having flow spread around the corals.
I was sceptical to run the pump on an intermittant timer, as usually the on/off cycle can be rather noisy, as well as damaging to impellors. I am not sure if this pump has a soft start mechanism (have not bothered to read the instructions yet), but I cannot hear at all when it witches on. Whetehr the impellor is gonna last through the continuous switching, only time will tell.
Great little pump, enough said.
Considering it is chinese manufactured, I had my doubts initially. It does remind me of the tunze nano streams, but at a fraction of the price. The build quality of the pump seemed okey, but the plastic hanging brackets (which i never use anyway) seemd a bit flimsy. Another down side for me is the short power cord, something i always find slightly irritating with all equipment I purchase.
Putting the pump onto the bracket was really easy, just be careful not to over tighten the screw, as the plastic seems easily breakable.
Placing the pumps was easy, and against my back glass, behind corals, it is not nearly as visible as my other pumps.
Once fired up, I was stoked at the performance.
The flow is nothing like my tunze stream or my seios. It is a wider more chaotic spread of flow. Difficult to compare flow velocity, as all my seios and my tunze pump vast amounts of water. Not sure if it was my imagination, but the flow close to the pump felt a bit stronger than my seio m1500 (6000lph) Another feature i really like, is that right in front of the pump is an area of no flow, seeming to spread out as I move my hand away from the pump. This enabled me to place the pumps behind colonies, and having flow spread around the corals.
I was sceptical to run the pump on an intermittant timer, as usually the on/off cycle can be rather noisy, as well as damaging to impellors. I am not sure if this pump has a soft start mechanism (have not bothered to read the instructions yet), but I cannot hear at all when it witches on. Whetehr the impellor is gonna last through the continuous switching, only time will tell.
Great little pump, enough said.