Maxspect Gyre or 4x RW-20's

cleverbs · 02/28/2015, 12:03 PM

I have a 220g Tank its being turned into an SPS tank.

I currently have a Maxspect Gyre, 1 WP40 and 1WP40 that only runs in constant mode now. I have gone through 2x WP40s in the last 2 years however I have 1 that has been good for 2 years. I just got an RW-4 and they seem much nicer.

I am not getting the amount of floow that I think I need with these power heads and I am wondering if I get 4x RW-20's then I should be able to get pretty good movement going beings they can talk to eachother. However I dont know if I should just stick with the setup I have now and see how it does.

Eric45 · 02/28/2015, 01:16 PM

Not even a close call. Get 2 gyre 150's. You won't believe the water motion and flow.

cleverbs · 02/28/2015, 01:47 PM

How do you have 2 gyres in your tank? How would I position them,

rwb500 · 02/28/2015, 02:20 PM

maybe one gyre on each end?

I personally find the option of 4x rw-20 very tempting. with 4 power heads of that strength it would be really easy to eliminate dead spots, and you wouldn't have to spend more than $380.

hart24601 · 02/28/2015, 05:39 PM

I would go with 2 gyre and play around with them. I like the idea of 1 mounted normally on the side, and then the other mounted under it but near the side/back junction vertically pushing water in the same direction but across the back glass. Make a rotating gyre from one side to the other and back to front. But there are a ton of things you could try with 2 of them.

xsean911x · 03/03/2015, 09:16 PM

Just got the gyre 150 little over a week ago. My tank is a new tank, freekin incredible. I have it on an alternating switch with a 3500 gph ebay pump on then other end. The fish are loving it and I just added new corals that I have never kept and they are wide open

DaveRaz · 03/03/2015, 10:19 PM

Gyre on each end is the way to go. I have mine on a wave maker cycling on and off. Gyre left. Gyre right. And sometimes they collide in the middle.

150Ron · 03/04/2015, 12:54 PM

Gyre is the way to go. They are hard to beat!

cleverbs · 03/04/2015, 04:15 PM

So I ended up taking my Gyre and turning it on its side so its positioned up and down and moved it to the front side wall and then moved my 2x Jebaos on the opposite wall towards the back and it pushed a lot of water this way! The gyre puts a lot of motion around the front then they push that water back to the other side of the tank and they gyre pulls it. Nothing settles anymore and I am very happy with the flow for now.

B.BASH · 03/04/2015, 07:56 PM

i run two rw 20 on my 250 and i feel they are to powerful i have them alternating on either side of the tank in pulse mode on the next to lowest power setting and they still move sand.

02/28/2015, 12:03 PM	#1
cleverbs Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,041	Maxspect Gyre or 4x RW-20's I have a 220g Tank its being turned into an SPS tank. I currently have a Maxspect Gyre, 1 WP40 and 1WP40 that only runs in constant mode now. I have gone through 2x WP40s in the last 2 years however I have 1 that has been good for 2 years. I just got an RW-4 and they seem much nicer. I am not getting the amount of floow that I think I need with these power heads and I am wondering if I get 4x RW-20's then I should be able to get pretty good movement going beings they can talk to eachother. However I dont know if I should just stick with the setup I have now and see how it does.

03/04/2015, 12:54 PM	#8
150Ron Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 117	Gyre is the way to go. They are hard to beat! __________________ My family asked if I love my aquarium more than them...I have not answered Current Tank Info: 150gal custom reef, 36" Ruby Trigger Sump, Halide/T5 Lights, Reef Octopus 170SSS Skimmer, Reef Octopus 5500 controlable return, Maxspec Gyre xf150, Hydor Koralia Power Head 1150X2

02/28/2015, 01:16 PM	#2
Eric45 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 725	Not even a close call. Get 2 gyre 150's. You won't believe the water motion and flow.

02/28/2015, 01:47 PM	#3
cleverbs Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,041	How do you have 2 gyres in your tank? How would I position them,

02/28/2015, 02:20 PM	#4
rwb500 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,694	maybe one gyre on each end? I personally find the option of 4x rw-20 very tempting. with 4 power heads of that strength it would be really easy to eliminate dead spots, and you wouldn't have to spend more than $380.

02/28/2015, 05:39 PM	#5
hart24601 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 633	I would go with 2 gyre and play around with them. I like the idea of 1 mounted normally on the side, and then the other mounted under it but near the side/back junction vertically pushing water in the same direction but across the back glass. Make a rotating gyre from one side to the other and back to front. But there are a ton of things you could try with 2 of them.

03/03/2015, 09:16 PM	#6
xsean911x Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 39	Just got the gyre 150 little over a week ago. My tank is a new tank, freekin incredible. I have it on an alternating switch with a 3500 gph ebay pump on then other end. The fish are loving it and I just added new corals that I have never kept and they are wide open

03/03/2015, 10:19 PM	#7
DaveRaz Reef Rookie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Memphis Posts: 625	Gyre on each end is the way to go. I have mine on a wave maker cycling on and off. Gyre left. Gyre right. And sometimes they collide in the middle.

03/04/2015, 04:15 PM	#9
cleverbs Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,041	So I ended up taking my Gyre and turning it on its side so its positioned up and down and moved it to the front side wall and then moved my 2x Jebaos on the opposite wall towards the back and it pushed a lot of water this way! The gyre puts a lot of motion around the front then they push that water back to the other side of the tank and they gyre pulls it. Nothing settles anymore and I am very happy with the flow for now.

03/04/2015, 07:56 PM	#10
B.BASH Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 268	i run two rw 20 on my 250 and i feel they are to powerful i have them alternating on either side of the tank in pulse mode on the next to lowest power setting and they still move sand.