tunze

[sinner]

hi i'm thinking of a tunze for my current tank (3foot) just dunno which model to get coz the smallest is like too strong... kindly advise...

[reefer guy]

what livestocks do u intend to keep?

[bwilly]

3ft IMO is overkill. just get a normal PH to blow at your corals.. (those that need it).

[riot]

I agree. I am running the 7000l one and its killing my LPS. Have to really shift to low flow area or the tentacles get battered. They really shrink in size tremendously under raw tunze power.

[chrislwp]

Can use the 7000L tunze for 4x2x2.5?

I have lot of LPS too.

[riot]

Actually can but you must watch you point the tunze. There will always be low flow areas and with a larger tank, I am sure you find suitable spots. Reserve the high flow real estate for your SPS

[chrislwp]

As long as I dont point directly should be fine right? Point it to the glass surface and let the current circulate.

[bwilly]

moving it further away will be good. ie - move your corals further.

[chrislwp]

Thanks.

Keen in TS7, it the flowrate controllable since it has a driver box?

Tunze Turbelle ® Stream Kit TS7 consist of

- Tunze 6000

- singlecontroller

- blue driver box

- power adapter

Am I right?

[bwilly]

add a few bucks to get the photocell, for the night function.

[lightningstrike]

why not juz get the eden 228 for ur tank, it is a rotating powerhead cost about 45.

[riot]

Thanks.

Keen in TS7, it the flowrate controllable since it has a driver box?

Tunze Turbelle ® Stream Kit TS7 consist of

- Tunze 6000

- singlecontroller

- blue driver box

- power adapter

Am I right?

Yes thats the one.

I still get whip lash from the flow on the LPS, I am not joking. But in a four footer, you will have lots of space for the current to burn itself out. Hell, some people might even recommend 2 tunzes! Or more.

Dpeends on what you keeping.

[Terryz_]

Huh... Two tunze for a 4 ft tank... will it be too powerful....

[riot]

heh heh if I am not wrong, tanzy runs 4!

[Terryz_]

OMG...

[ah^siao]

4??????

wow.. that's a expensive one

[reefer guy]

ive got a TS12 in my 4x2x2 tank, and i find it not enough... intending to get 2 x 6060 to make a swirl of current.....

[ah^siao]

so much current?

hmmm show a pic of your tank.. where u place your tunze?

mine also 4 feet...

[ah^siao]

wad u mean by thatr?

[reefer guy]

will show u once i bought the 2 x 6060... right now i just have the TS12

[reefer guy]

in my own understanding, close loop is an external pump, draining water from the main tank, without any filtration or media and circulating the water back to the tank just to create water current or motion.... so it's just rotating ur water to create water movements in ur tank....

correct me if im wrong...

[terryansimon]

yes I am using a close loop system also. but I found out that I have a still spot somewhere in the center of the tank. can see the debris just floating up without it being stirred around, like the sides. so I'm thinking of borrowing a reefer's tunze to try out first. see whether got effect or not.

[Tanzy]

Close loops are a great idea but you must prepare the holes and bulkhead in the tank before your reef is setup, but the problem of high water velocity remains.

Tunze Streams are excellent with their controllers. Creating many current conditions for the corals and fish.