It they're in the rock wall, how would you feasibly add eductors without running into space issues or tearing things out? Just curious. Most of the vortec placements seem to be side to side so I don't know that they'd interfere with your rock wall too much, unless it's on the side but I don't know your tank layout.
I suppose I could go back to tinkering with some PVC fittings again and see if I could get some additional current in the tank without spending too much $$$. I'm thinking just the output stuffed into the end of an open pipe so I don't get much restriction and just hopefully drag some extra water through pointed in the right direction. Then hopefully it's just a bit of adjusting the length of the pipe for a reasonably wide flow without having it be more than a couple of extra inches. I think the commercially available plastic penductors add maybe 4-6 inches of length which can be too long in many of the smaller tanks.
Those vortec pumps are pretty cool though but I do have some concerns about the longevity since the wet side replacements are 75$ or so and I've been reading about 18 month replacement cycles. I don't know if that's due to a mismatch in the placement adding wear and tear or just older units having problems. I guess it's an early adopter thing.
How often are people rebuilding their other pumps? Does anyone know anyone with the vortec pumps to see how often they're changing them out?
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I suppose I could go back to tinkering with some PVC fittings again and see if I could get some additional current in the tank without spending too much $$$. I'm thinking just the output stuffed into the end of an open pipe so I don't get much restriction and just hopefully drag some extra water through pointed in the right direction. Then hopefully it's just a bit of adjusting the length of the pipe for a reasonably wide flow without having it be more than a couple of extra inches. I think the commercially available plastic penductors add maybe 4-6 inches of length which can be too long in many of the smaller tanks.
Those vortec pumps are pretty cool though but I do have some concerns about the longevity since the wet side replacements are 75$ or so and I've been reading about 18 month replacement cycles. I don't know if that's due to a mismatch in the placement adding wear and tear or just older units having problems. I guess it's an early adopter thing.
How often are people rebuilding their other pumps? Does anyone know anyone with the vortec pumps to see how often they're changing them out?
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