My favorite pump of all time was the cobalt MJ 1200.
I still own a few of them.
Some of them have been working for over five years with no problems,
but for the last two years, you couldn't find them anywhere.
Well then last week,
this lovely care package arrived. And guess what?
The MJ 1200 is back with a new name.
So I decided to count the ways that I currently use these pumps. 11.
I use these pumps in 11 different ways.
If you want to just skip ahead to the 11 different ways that I currently use
this pump, go to this time right here, or just skip to the next chapter below.
As far as my research can tell,
we have to go all the way back to the 1970s.
When a company Marine land was founded,
they started the Marine land maxi jet series.
It was originally an Italian made pump. Well,
sometime in the two thousands,
they switched the manufacturing from Italy to China. And during that time,
the quality went down fast forward to 2011 and a new company was
founded by former Marine land employees cobalt. Now,
I don't know why they were allowed to keep the name,
but the Marine land maxi jet was rebranded as the original
M J line.
And they returned the manufacturing to Italy and the original Marine land
design, which was higher quality. So through the 2010s,
you have two pumps that are almost exactly the same with almost the exact same
name. You had the Marine land Maxie jet series,
and you had the cobalt M J series with the Marine land now manufacturing in
China and the cobalt using the original Italian manufacturer.
And if you read any reviews online,
the cobalt MJ 1200 was definitely the higher quality of the,
to fast forward to 2020 and the cobalt MJ line
mysteriously disappears.
There are pages and pages of this on reef to reef threads
about why this happened.
I'm guessing that the original Italian manufacturers decided to
start selling it under their own label,
thus cutting off cobalt supply of the MJ pump. But that's just my suspicion.
And until I hear back from cobalt, I won't know for sure.
So now enters the Italian company new, uh,
which was founded in 1986.
So what originally was the maxi jet line for Marine land became the cobalt MJ
line.
And now we have it rebranded again as the maxi power line under the new a brand,
but new one also founded a subsidiary company in China in
2019.
So I'm just hoping that this maxi power is their original
Italian made and not a cheaper Chinese knockoff version,
but based on the packaging, it says made in Italy.
So I'm going to assume that this is exactly the same as the cobalt MJ line.
You will mix.
Types of different pumps, but when talking about the small utility pump,
they make two separate types with six different size options.
Total the new mini line of pump has two options.
It has the M N four zero four,
which has a maximum output of 404 liters per hour or 106
gallons per hour. There's also a larger size, the M N six zero six,
which puts out 606 liters per hour or 159 gallons
per hour. Both of these pumps use one half inch inner dimension,
flexible tubing. So it's really easy to adapt it to whatever you need.
The new up maxi power head,
which is the old cobalt M J series has the same four sizes
as previously made under cobalt and Marine land.
The thing about the maxi power line is that the bodies of the pumps are all the
same size. So all you need is one half inch inner dimension,
flexible tubing to make any of this work.
The MP4 hundred puts out 106 gallons per hour.
The MP 600 puts out 160 gallons per hour.
The MP 900 puts out 230 gallons per hour. And the largest one,
the MP 1200 puts out 295 gallons per hour,
just for reference all of these pumps put out the exact same flow rates as the
previous cobalt MJ line use number one, mixing saltwater.
I would just use the suction cups and either Mount it to the side or the bottom
of your trash can or bucket my cobalt.
MJ 1200 has run for more than five years at this point
with zero problems and minimal cleaning.
Use. Number two.
I use it as an auto top off pump. I would use the smaller version.
So either the MP4 hundred or the M N four zero four for this,
just pair it with something like the JB, J a T O,
or if you like a good DIY project,
all you need to do is pick up a float switch, a relay.
We're off to the races.
For three did try to suspension or just extra flow,
place it on the bottom of a glass bottom tank,
or just add a bit of flow to any dead spots I have found over the years
that the MJ line of pumps was really good at helping me eliminate
cyanobacteria by just pointing it right at it.
The new one maxi power line of pump will help keep your food and your
waste suspended so that your mechanical can remove
particulate matter.
Before it breaks down into nitrates and phosphates use number four,
use the maxi power pumps to clean your sump.
The first is to use the pump head itself like a vacuum,
and to just put the one half inch flexible tubing,
either into a filter soccer into a bucket.
The second option is to purchase this really inexpensive MJ vacuum
pump attachment from Marine Depot. Use number five, use it as a return pump.
Considering these new pumps have a gallon per hour output from
106 gallons per hour to 295 gallons per hour.
And the fact that I'm always looking for a return pump to turn over the
entire water column about 10 times an hour,
then maxi powerheads are the perfect size returned pump from nano
tanks anywhere from five gallons to 30 gallons. Check this out.
I've used this cobalt MJ 1200 on my 24
gallon reef tank for almost five.
Years now,
60 years.
Use it as a Wavemaker.
You can keep it super simple and just hang the pump over the edge or
use the suction cups,
or you can get fancy and purchase a separate controller like the high door
Wavemaker and then actually use it in a pulsing manner. Just like a wave maker.
Use number seven, it's a great bubble scrubber.
Some hobbyists love to use a daily or weekly bubble scrub to help
keep their live rock and their sand bed free of organic waste.
Just use the Venturi attachment and the deflector nozzle. And you have a.
[Inaudible].
Power,
a macro algae refugium it's perfect for either an hob refugium
or an in sump.
Refugium my MD elite sump by trigger system has a built-in compartment for a
refugium
We're nine fill an auto top off reservoir.
I use another one of these pumps to take the messiness out.
Of the weekly chart.
Use number 10, power media reactors.
I have used these pumps almost exclusively over the last eight years
to power my various media reactors.
My favorite is the new S and P 1200, but if you want,
or you need less flow for something like a GFR reactor,
then one of the smaller pumps would a great fit.
And the 11th and final use water changes.
The new MP 1200 has almost six feet of head pressure.
So it's the perfect pump to add fresh saltwater into your aquarium
links to the entire line of new, uh, pumps are below.
And if you found this video useful or helpful in any ways,
please consider subscribing, liking and turning on those notifications.
We'll see you next time.
[Inaudible].