Poll: Which power head for my tank?

[mrpontiac80]

Hello all. I’m new to this hobby and was curious which power head all of you with experience might recommend? My tank is a Waterbox 65.4 aio. The display measures roughly 4’ long by 15” deep and 17” tall.

I am planning to order some very soon and I have been looking at options based a lot on functionality along with budget. I figured 2, one on each end. My choices are Nero 5 or 3, ice cap 2k gyre, or maxpect xf330 and maxpect jump gyre 2k.
I hope to have a little bit of everything at some point but definitely starting out, I’m thinking fish, soft and lps corals. I know everyone loves mp 40s but the price is a bit high for me right now. Any advice welcome. Thanks!

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I’m biased towards gyres. I just love having such a wide flow. Also I’m going to be running two xf330s via my hydros wave engine so...........that explains my vote

 

[twwety]

I'de vote for 1 strong gyre pump on the 1 side probably the least displayed side. My 4 foot tank gets flow across the top down the opposite side then back across the bottom with enough force to kick up sand after 10 feet of travel.

 

[DC Reefer]

Nice car!!!

I voted for the Gyre, just note they take a bit of maintenance/cleaning to keep them going strong.

 

[mrpontiac80]

Thanks!

 

[mrpontiac80]

I'de vote for 1 strong gyre pump on the 1 side probably the least displayed side.

Just one? Strong single over 2 weaker pumps?

 

[twwety]

You could do 2 if you wanted to only have 1 on at a time to vary up which direction the flow goes. But both on would just push against each other and defeat their purpose. Mine is I think 4000ish gph and at half speed it adds plenty of flow to the tank so you should be fine with the 2000gph ones.