Tunze Stream

[Aquattro]

Tonight I hooked up my 6110 Tunze stream kit. This is the 32175gph kit with variable controller. This thing does flow very nice, however, I will have to add a second unit to the other side of the tank.
RC reviews talk about boiling the water and such....no such luck. I was worried that I might have to tie down my corals and that my sand bed would blow out of the tank.
Didn't move a grain of sand, although my fish love the ride.

To remove any negative tone to this review, I am certainly happy with the unit and it performs as well as I realistically expected. I didn't really buy into the RC hype about the flow and did hear from a local user of one that they felt 2 were required also.
I will add a smaller 6080 unit to the other side. The 6080 does not have acontroller so only runs at one speed.

[StirCrazy]

How do you feel one would do on say a tank that is 3 foot long?

Steve

[Aquattro]

Steve, I think it would do fine. When I get my second, you can try it before I hook it up

[Doug]

Brad,
Do you feel the controller was worth the money? I was thinking one could purchase a pair of 6080 stream for the same price.

[Aquattro]

Tough call, Doug. The pulsing action is nice, but worth $250 over the 6080 pump? Not sure. If I only had $600 to buy flow devices, I would buy 2 6080 pumps instead of the 6110 kit.
I will be adding a 6080 to the other side of the tank. I think this hitting the oncoming pulse of the 6100 will give a nice effect.

Initial descriptions though on RC of water boiling and blowing the sand out of the tank and pinning fish to the glass are well exagerated. :?
Overall though it DOES add a lot of flow, with a broad coverage of the tank. Just don't be afraid of it being too much.

[Troy F]

Brad, could you post pics of the unit installed.

[Aquattro]

Troy, I'll post pics as soon as I've finalized the mounting. My canopy makes it tough to use stock parts.
I have to say though, my fish are thoroughly enjoying the ride!!

[Doug]

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[Doug]

Hmmmm, guess the thumbnails from my page dont post large. Anyhow, its a pic of my new 6080 Tunze stream pump. Nice unit. Good current but not overkill. Blew some crap from the rocks. Fish are still hiding peeking at it. Not a sound from it.

[Doug]

:lol:

[Doug]

Try this way.

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[Aquattro]

I knew I forgot to post something...sorry Troy :D So what do you think Doug....need a second unit?

[Delphinus]

eh ... um ... buh??? :shock:

Oh I think you meant Troy.... :)

[Aquattro]

right... :roll:

[Doug]

Depends on what else I run Brad. I am trying to run sumpless and powerheadless,{nice word}. It does need help. Not enough alone. I shut everything down and their was still an excellent current. Lots of rebound and movement all the way across my gravel bed but I dont think it would be enough.

Mind you, I am still playing with it. Took me half the afternoon, looking goofy at the bracket, trying to figure it out. Needed one of them engineers types. :lol: If I ran my sump, it would be enough with my 3MD return and the scrubber dump, {which is not much}.

I would like to put another on the other end. I have to figure out my sump situation first. Because of the scrubber dump, I am going to have problems with my Tunze Osmolater top-off, just running from the overflows. Dont think it will work as the water fluctuates to much in such a small area.

[Doug]

Brad, I have added a second.

[Aquattro]

And is it just awesome, or?? I see you're removing the scrubber...are the 2 streams enough?
Is the second a 6100 or the 6080?

[Doug]

Both 6080. Moves some kind of water and still gentle. Totally amazing pumps. I have one on each end. The meeting of the two, sure blew some crap from the rocks. :) Still playing with postioning.

Yep, sold the scrubber. Its working fine, but screws up using the overflows for mini sumps, as it fills. Cant use my Osmolator.

I,m sitting a 28in. beckett on the same shelf, fed my a Mak4, from one of the overflows.

[Aquattro]

I also want to add a second, but can't decide which one. I think the 6080, but one of the smaller ones coming out next month might do it.

[smokinreefer]

brad,
if you recall i have a rather large colt colony in the center of my display.(back center)
in the future, do you think i can position a 6080 on one side of the tank, in such a way it wont blow the colt to bits?
or would i need to remove the colt if i decided to use these pumps?

[Aquattro]

Shao, I think at worst you might have to move it off center. Make sure you get to the Island for the tour and you can put your hand in front of one :P

[Anonymous]

Hey Brad are you saying that this pump ,pumps 32175 gph Isn't that a little to fast :lol:

[Aquattro]

Hey Brad are you saying that this pump ,pumps 32175 gph Isn't that a little to fast :lol:

No, it pumps 3175 gph.

[Doug]

And the 6080 @ 2200gph.

The flow is pretty gentle as it spreads out. Thats the neat thing about it. Still lots of flow but not abrasive. The pump can rotate its angle on the bracket, so you can adjust the current some and have it not direct on the colt.

[smokinreefer]

ahhh..
sounds like a very nice pump.
will definitely look into these in the future.
thanks guys.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Its tough to get the water movement right, I have a Rio 2500 for returning water from my sump, I have two Rio 1100s connected to 1/2inch PVC behind my LR and coming out the bottom to keep things stirred up below the rock, and I have two Hagen Pro 4 power heads moving water, all total I think I have about 2000gph moving, some are on a wave maker some are not. I would love to have all my money back and just have two that do it all... Oh well I'd like to win the lotto too.

[Doug]

Ohhhhhh, to have money back to do it over. :) I only wish also. :) I sometimes look at my pair of Tunze pumps and thing, hmmmmm, $250 powerheads, ay. :lol:

I sold a pair of Mak 4 pumps to be able to buy them. Then what do I do yesterday. Buy another Mak 4 to drive a new beckett skimmer. Still lookin for things to sell to pay for that. :lol:

On a side note,
The stream pumps are well worth it, as long as they last of course, which I dont anticipate being a problem as they are Tunze equipment.

[BCOrchidGuy]

I know, like I say I build a water distribution network or "thing" for short under my live rock, powered by the two Rio 1100s it works.... not bad.. keeps stuff off the bottom but my main concern was to try to keep stuff off the bottom under the live rock. However, I look at the tank almost every night about 30 minutes after lights out. Anything that is behind that live rock gets consumed in no time. Between the pods, bristle worms, snails, and unknown stuff... one of which I think is a peanut worm nothing lasts the night.
If I had my $$ back..... I would have kept my other Aquaclear 500, I would have ISOLATED my new fish, I would have gone for the 5ft long 108 and had it drilled, I would have drilled my refugium so the water depth was deeper but thats easy to fix, just patch up the acrylic tank.

[Doug]

Anyone else running the 6080 pumps. Twice now I have found one of mine shut down and needing cleaning. I do this regular, but ?? Is this happening to anyone else?

[Veng68]

Anyone else running the 6080 pumps. Twice now I have found one of mine shut down and needing cleaning. I do this regular, but ?? Is this happening to anyone else?

Any update on this problem?

Cheers,
Victor

[Doug]

Hi Victor,
After talking with Rodger, it seems after a cleaning, one of the bushings was out of place a hair. The tolerence is very tight on these pumps.

I have had no problems since.