Maxspect MJ-GF Gyre Flow Pumps
Used to enhance water circulation in aquariums, eliminating dead spots and providing customizable flow to benefit marine life, particularly corals and fish…
- MJ-GF308
- MJ-GF316
Reef technology, engineered from obsession.
Maxspect builds the gyre pumps, Nano-Tech media and coral tools that serious reef keepers design their systems around. Jungle Aquatics is an independent South African reseller, shipping the range nationwide.
Driven by Innovation
Est. 2009 2009 Founded by reef keepers, for reef keepers
Gyre Maxspect originated cross-flow gyre circulation
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Four families, one system
The Maxspect range stocked by Jungle Aquatics, grouped the way Maxspect builds it. Jump to a family, or open the full collection at the store.
Gyre Flow & Circulation
Maxspect invented the gyre — a full-width rotating flow field that sweeps the whole tank instead of firing a single jet at it.
Jump to section ↓Nano-Tech Bio-Media & Filtration
Engineered ceramic and mineral media with enormous internal surface area.
Jump to section ↓Coral Tools & Fragging
Precision instruments for hands in water: carbon-fibre tweezers, long-reach grippers, reef-safe adhesives, magnetic scrapers and the filter optics that finally let a phone photograph coral the way your eye sees it..
Jump to section ↓Aquariums & Reef Care
A complete all-in-one pico aquarium, and the targeted treatment that clears Aiptasia out of an established reef without collateral damage..
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The Maxspect range stocked by Jungle Aquatics
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Gyre Flow & Circulation
Gyre Flow & Circulation
Maxspect invented the gyre — a full-width rotating flow field that sweeps the whole tank instead of firing a single jet at it. These are the pumps that do it.
Maxspect Gyre XF330 Cloud Edition - Double Package (2x 2350 GPH)
Used to create customizable water flow patterns in aquariums, enhancing water circulation and reducing dead spots. The best GYRE flow pump yet... now with Cloud…
Maxspect Gyre XF350 Cloud Edition - Double Package (2x 5280 GPH)
Used to provide customizable water flow in aquariums, enhancing circulation and reducing dead spots. The best GYRE flow pump yet... now with Cloud control! The…
Nano-Tech Bio-Media & Filtration
Nano-Tech Bio-Media & Filtration
Engineered ceramic and mineral media with enormous internal surface area. Build biological filtration, strip nitrate, polish water and stabilise the mineral balance of a reef or freshwater system.
Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio Plugs 25pc
Designed to enhance water circulation and filtration in aquariums by utilizing a unique structure inspired by wastewater treatment technology. Introducing the…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio-Block 2pc
Used as a filter media in freshwater and marine water aquariums to establish bacterial colonies for effective water treatment. Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio-Block is a…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres 1kg
A filter media designed for use in freshwater and marine water aquariums to establish bacterial colonies and treat water columns with high Ammonia-Nitrogen and…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Ca/Mg Infused Bio-Spheres 1kg
Used to replenish essential minerals in freshwater aquariums and stimulate the growth of nitrifying bacteria colonies. Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio-Spheres are made…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Chitin Infused Bio-Spheres 1kg
Used to break down pollutants in freshwater aquariums, stimulate the growth of nitrifying bacteria colonies, and improve water clarity. Maxspect Nano-Tech…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Far Infrared Bio-Spheres 1kg
Used as a bio-media in freshwater aquariums to aid in water clarity, reduce foul odors, and assist in the breakdown of chlorine from tap water. Maxspect…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Anaerobic Block 2pcs
Used to efficiently remove nitrate from freshwater and marine aquariums by stimulating the growth of anaerobic bacteria that convert nitrate into nitrogen gas…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Denitrification Catalyst Refill 5 Pack
Used to remove nitrogen from wastewater in freshwater/marine and reef sump filtration systems. Denitrification is becoming more commonly used to remove nitrogen…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Clear Cube 8pcs
Used for water clarification in aquariums by effectively removing dissolved organic matter and maintaining crystal clear water. Unveil the power of…
Maxspect Nano-Tech Bio Sand 5kg
Used for aquascaping in marine reef and freshwater cichlid aquariums, providing a combination of bio media and aragonite sand to help buffer pH levels and…
Maxspect Granular Activated Carbon Sachets
Perfect for Maxpsect Dice Pico Cube Aquarium and Other Small Aquariums Removes Organic Waste and Yellow Tint Purifies and Polishes Water Making it Crystal Clear…
Coral Tools & Fragging
Coral Tools & Fragging
Precision instruments for hands in water: carbon-fibre tweezers, long-reach grippers, reef-safe adhesives, magnetic scrapers and the filter optics that finally let a phone photograph coral the way your eye sees it.
Maxspect Coral Tweezer
Designed for handling delicate corals in an aquarium with its neutral buoyancy, high-strength carbon fiber construction, and silicon-coated tips. Features…
Maxspect PCT-G83 Coral Gripper 83cm
A long-reach tong grabber designed for gently moving corals and ornaments in marine aquariums while keeping hands and arms dry. The Maxspect Coral Gripper is a…
Maxspect Coral Glue 50g Tube
Thick Cyanoacrylate-Based Glue Cures in About 20 Seconds Thick, Viscous Formula Safe for Freshwater or Saltwater Aquariums The 50g tube is perfect for…
Maxspect Coral Glue Jar 20 x 5g Tubes
Make fragging or creating aquascapes a breeze! Quick dry time Single use tubes Mess-free operation Extra thick viscosity 100% reef safe Can be used underwater…
Maxspect Coral Putty 120g
Professional, Reef-Safe Putty for Mounting Coral Frags Silicone-based putty 100% Reef Safe Cures in 3 minutes Does not overflow skimmers Can be kneaded…
Maxspect Pastel Reef Magnifier
Used to easily view and take clear, natural-looking photos of corals without any post-production editing. Natural-looking corals without any post-production…
Maxspect Snap On Filter Lenses for Reef Magnifier
Designed to help hobbyists take clear and color-accurate photos of corals by filtering out blue lighting. Filter Lens Kit for Maxspect Pastel Reef Magnifier…
Maxspect TrueReef Filter Lens
For iPhone Capture Coral Colors Like Never Before A Must-Have Tool for Taking Reef Photos Filters Blue Light Without Dulling “Pop” Colors Magnetically Attaches…
- Gouda Cheese (Yellow)
- Sunset Boulevard (Orange)
Maxspect Refine Aquarium Scraper
Magnetic Aquarium Scraper (Standard & Grande) The Maxspect Refine is a magnetic aquarium glass scraper built around one clever idea: a whetstone sits inside the…
- Standard
- Grande
Aquariums & Reef Care
Aquariums & Reef Care
A complete all-in-one pico aquarium, and the targeted treatment that clears Aiptasia out of an established reef without collateral damage.
Maxspect DICE Pico 2 AIO Freshwater Aquarium
A smart, all-in-one freshwater pico aquarium that brings a living aquascape to your desk, nightstand or kitchen counter. This 2 gallon (8.5L) cube combines…
Maxspect Aiptasia Control 100ml
Get Rid of Pesky Aiptasia, Safely! Efficient elimination of Aiptasia anemones For use in reef aquariums 100% Reef Safe Will not affect water chemistry Easy to…
Signature technology
The gyre, and why Maxspect built it
A cross-flow rotor the full width of the housing, turning the whole tank over in one slow loop. It is the idea Maxspect is known for, and it is still the thing a propeller cannot do.
Control
Ten steps, nine modes
A dial and a ten-step scale rather than a menu tree. Set flow rate and pattern on the unit itself, or group multiple pumps so they run as one system.
Rhythm
A full 24-hour cycle
Flow ramps and varies across the day instead of holding one speed, so the tank sees changing water movement the way a reef does rather than a constant push.
Placement
Flow corals can live in
Because the sheet is wide and slow rather than a jet, you can run real turnover without a blast zone — and stop building the aquascape around where the powerheads point.
Reef Guide
How this equipment earns its place
Four things worth understanding before you spend money — what gyre flow actually does, how biological filtration scales, where nitrate goes, and why frags fall off.
Circulation
Why gyre flow beats a jet of water
A conventional powerhead is a propeller in a tube. It produces a fast, narrow jet that scours whatever sits in front of it and leaves slack water in the corners — the dead spots where detritus settles and cyanobacteria take hold.
A gyre pump replaces the propeller with a long cross-flow rotor, the same principle as a squirrel-cage fan. Instead of a jet it pushes a wide, slow sheet of water along the full length of the rotor. Aimed down one side of the tank, that sheet sets the entire water column rotating in a single slow loop, so flow reaches the back wall and the sand bed rather than just the frag rack.
In practice that means more total turnover at lower velocity: corals get the gentle, variable, everywhere motion they evolved in, and you stop pointing powerheads at the glass to break up jets.
Filtration
Building biological filtration that actually keeps up
Biological filtration is a surface-area problem. Ammonia and nitrite are processed by bacteria living as a film on solid surfaces, so the useful capacity of a filter is roughly the area those bacteria can colonise — not the volume of the chamber.
Nano-Tech media are sintered ceramics riddled with pores at a scale bacteria can occupy, which puts an enormous internal surface into a small physical footprint. Bio-Spheres and the Bio-Block are the general-purpose starting point; Bio Plugs suit frag systems, and Bio Sand does the same job while forming the substrate.
The infused variants target specific problems rather than replacing the basics: Ca/Mg to hold mineral levels in soft water, chitin to accelerate the breakdown of organics, far-infrared for clarity and odour in freshwater.
Water quality
Getting nitrate down and keeping it there
Standard biological filtration converts ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate, and there it stops. Nitrate accumulates until a water change removes it, which is why reef tanks drift upward between maintenance and why colour pales in SPS systems that are otherwise healthy.
The last step needs anaerobic bacteria, which only establish where oxygen cannot reach — deep inside a porous block rather than on its surface. The Anaerobic Block provides that low-oxygen interior, so the bacteria living in it reduce nitrate to nitrogen gas that simply leaves the water.
Those bacteria also need a carbon source to work with. The Denitrification Catalyst refills supply it, which is what keeps the process running rather than stalling after the first few weeks.
Fragging
Mounting frags so they stay mounted
Most failed mounts come from using one adhesive for every job. Thin cyanoacrylate runs off a wet frag before it grips; putty alone has little shear strength on a smooth plug.
Use the thick cyanoacrylate glue for small frags onto plugs and rock — it cures in roughly twenty seconds and works underwater. The single-use 5g tubes in the jar exist because an opened tube of superglue rarely survives to the next session.
Silicone-based Coral Putty is the right choice for anything with mass: bridging an uneven surface, seating a colony on a rock, or building aquascape joints. It cures in about three minutes, can be kneaded and shaped in place, and will not overflow a skimmer.
For handling, carbon-fibre tweezers give control at close range with neutral buoyancy, and a long gripper keeps your arm out of a deep tank entirely.
About Maxspect
Passionate about corals, and about the hobby
Maxspect was established in 2009 by a group of friends who shared one frustration: reef keeping had stopped innovating. Tanks still ran on metal halide and T5HO lighting — hot, power-hungry, and needing replacement on a schedule.
Rather than wait for the industry, they built their own first-generation LED system, and kept going. The gyre flow pump — a cross-flow rotor that circulates a whole tank instead of blasting one corner of it — came out of the same instinct.
That engineering-led approach now runs through everything they make, from sintered ceramic bio-media to the optics that let a phone photograph coral honestly.
Built by hobbyists
Maxspect was started in 2009 by a group of friends who kept reef tanks and were tired of the equipment available to them.
LED, before it was standard
Their first product was an LED lighting system, built when metal halide and T5HO were still the default and energy costs were punishing.
The gyre principle
Maxspect introduced gyre flow — a cross-flow rotor that moves a wide sheet of water rather than a narrow jet.
Engineered consumables
Nano-Tech media are sintered ceramics designed around pore structure, not just crushed rock sold by the kilogram.
Tools that respect livestock
Neutral-buoyancy carbon fibre, silicone-tipped tweezers and reef-safe adhesives — designed for hands working around live coral.
Supported locally
Jungle Aquatics is an independent South African reseller, handling orders, delivery and after-sales support from within South Africa.
FAQ
Questions worth answering
Every product on this page links straight through to Jungle Aquatics, where current pricing, stock and delivery options are shown. This site deliberately carries no prices so that it can never contradict the store.
Jungle Aquatics is an independent South African reseller of Maxspect equipment. Orders, payment, shipping, returns and after-sales support are all handled by Jungle Aquatics.
No. This page shows the Maxspect range stocked by Jungle Aquatics. Maxspect makes a wider catalogue internationally, and the selection carried locally changes over time.
A conventional powerhead fires a narrow jet, which leaves dead spots and blasts anything directly in front of it. A Gyre pump uses a long cross-flow rotor to push a wide, gentle sheet of water down the length of the tank, setting the whole volume rotating instead. Maxspect originated the design.
Bio-Spheres or a Bio-Block are the general-purpose biological media for establishing a nitrifying colony. Add an Anaerobic Block if nitrate is the specific problem, Clear Cube for dissolved organics and water clarity, and activated carbon sachets for yellowing in small tanks.
Yes. The cyanoacrylate glues and the silicone-based Coral Putty are formulated for aquarium use, cure underwater and are reef safe. The putty cures in about three minutes and will not overflow a skimmer.
Yes, Jungle Aquatics ships across South Africa. A few large or fragile items, such as complete aquariums, may carry handling restrictions — the product page shows the current options at checkout.
Warranty terms are handled by Jungle Aquatics as the seller. Contact the store with your order number for any warranty or support question on a Maxspect product bought from them.
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