SEIO M620 Review

[1979camaro]

Just a heads up,

I bought one of the SEIO M620s this afternoon to add a little more flow to my tank and I am really pleased with it as a pump. I kept hearing wayne talk about how it got rid of the "jet" effect but still moved a bunch of water and boy is he right. Thing is whisper quiet too. That is all...just wanted to express my satisfaction and reccomend the SEIOs to other people out there interested in a new powerhead *thumbsups

 

[KahluaZzZ]

excellent

I'm going to try those...it really is doing the job

 

[1979camaro]

i'm kind of wishing i had purchased the 820 but whatever...i probably don't need 1500gph on my 55

 

[wayne]

You'd be surprised. I have a Tunze 6000 on my 250 litre flipping between 500 and 1500 GPh every 5 seconds. It did rearrange my substrate initially though. I'm having to bounce it off the front glass.
As a note - it is simply not a problem for the fish, and the angels really seem to like messing around in the turbulence.
I don't believe the controller is out for the seios yet. If a controller similar ot the Tunze comes out be aware that you are unlikely to be able to run your old seios on it as they won't be engineeered electronically to deal with a varying current

 

[1979camaro]

im not concerned about the varried current so much...i've got 800gph+ (this is estimating 10% drop in flow b/c of the plumbing) going through 3 different SCWDs. The fish are definitely digging the flow...the chromis like swimming against it and I have plenty of "shelter" areas within the LR where they can hide out of the major blast

 

[dbacksrat]

do you have the seios plumbed to these scwds, or is this a completely different plumbing system?

 

[1979camaro]

totally different, i just wanted something to broaden the flow through my tank...i don't think you could plumb the SEIO into the SCWD if you wanted to

 

[dbacksrat]

oh wait i was confused--I was thinking of something completely different

would a 620 be fine on a 29 gallon?

 

[KahluaZzZ]

know 2 guys with a 820 in 110g and 65g and it is awesome...my guess is..yeah 600 gph on a 29 is gonna be cool

 

[yamahaguy06]

well water flow is like the new thing, lol. I think its great I just stuck another maxi-jet in my tank-so im aroung. 1,200 gph in my 60 gal. I like it and the fish seem to like it 2. The only thing I have concern for is like my inverts(do they get ewnoguh food, with the high currents) but besides that love tthe high water flow. I think it is realy overlooked in newbie tank starters. At work new costomers dont even know what a power head is. they just buy a filter and thats it ....well after all that talk yamaha out...

 

[Mushroomman]

I have an 820 in my 29 and it provides excellent flow, and is dead silent. Couldnt tell it was running if it wasnt for the intense flow throughout the tank.

 

[jammerz]

i have two 1100's in my 80g bowing against the front and i love em. Cheap to at reekgeeks.com