Elos 70 . . 2 MP10s or 2 MP40s?

[ReefMonkey13]

As title says . .

I cant decide which is best. I'm leaning towards the MP10s but wanted to get some feedback before pulling the trigger and coughing up the $$.

Here are the tank dimensions for your reference: 29.5? x 22.44 ? x 19.7?
the glass thickness is 10mm (appx. 3/8+").

Thanks in advance for the guidance.

 

[bonomo53]

What type of corals are you going to keep?

 

[ReefMonkey13]

It will be mixed . . but mostly SPS

 

[offdahooklikeoj]

Mp40s

 

[edd]

I think mp40's will be over kill for that size tank. unless theirs an up grade in the future, then buy once.

 

[akma]

I had 2 mp10's on my elos 70. I would do mp40's dialed down. Maybe 1 mp40 and 1 mp10

 

[newdmsus]

Use to have 2 MP10 in my 110G

 

[whispers]

I have the Elos 70 with 2 mp10s Its a mix reef and I have have sps my flow is great

 

[whispers]

My tank

 

[whispers]

Fts

 

[NYreefNoob]

2 mp 10's, that tank isnt much bigger then mine and i cant run them at max anyways.

 

[whispers]

I run mine at max with no probs

 

[House of Laughter]

Sand or bare bottom?

House

 

[whispers]

Sand but not too deep it's deff not even around the tank lol

 

[House of Laughter]

That question was for reef monkey - if he's going bare bottom he can crank up the MP10's - if he has sand, 2 MP10's would do the trick as Noob points out.

FWIW

House

 

[ReefMonkey13]

That question was for reef monkey - if he's going bare bottom he can crank up the MP10's - if he has sand, 2 MP10's would do the trick as Noob points out.

FWIW

House

Yes it will have sand.

Whispers - Thanks for sharing the pics . . your tank looks great.

Since my rock work is fairly open and thanks to the "hard" evidence from whispers I think 2 MP10s will work out with my set up.

The only problem now is to figure out a way to hide the purchase from the wife :scratch:

 

[clasystems]

I got a single mp40qd on my 54 corner and the most I can run is 30% without things blowing all over the place. At max I blew a clownfish out of the tank. I didnt realize how powerful the new pumps are. I run multiple mp60's on my 700 and they dont seem to cause that much disturbance.

 

[kimilkwon]

I had a mp40 on my 70 and ran it at 25-30% with one directional flow, now have 2xmp10wqd and like it much better and it is a lot of flow.

I like the smaller profile too.

 

[ReefMonkey13]

Awesome feedback guys . . .

THANKS