Full Tank Shots 2012

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

Hey Badazzlars...did you go from tunze to vortech or the other way around and why?

Looks great by the way...in another year or two it will be kick'n.

I started the tank off with vortech's. 2 mp40wes. Those worked great for awhile but as things are growing I wasn't getting good flow to the back corners due to the large center overflow so I have just recently added two tunze 6025's modified to either side of the overflow box and this takes care of the low flow areas that I was experiencing.

I love the vortechs and don't have much experience with the higher end Tunze models. I think for a tank my size the vortechs are the best bet as they take up minimal real estate. If I did a larger tank 400+ gallons I think that I would have a combination of both. Vortechs on the side walls and then some Tunzes on the back on a rotating device.

After having this tank setup for awhile I really wish I had gone for an external overflow. I would never do a tank with an internal overflow again especially a center overflow. They just create water flow problems and require you to have too many powerheads. Lesson learned. But hey, it gives me a reason to upgrade some time .