280g Inwall

[Delphinus]

I'm not sure I'm doing all THAT well yet but thanks I've just gotten lucky on a few frag purchases.

The only thing I can really think of that can explain the difference is that this is really a complete tank reset. All new rock, plus it was dry to begin with so the starting point should be as reasonably close to clean as I can make it.

Of course, 5 months in I have managed to get valonia, bryopsis and aiptasia in there and they are starting to make their presence be felt. I need to go hunting. Tweezers for the valonia, boiling water for the bryopsis, and I want to get an aiptasia zapper for those little nuisances.

[Delphinus]

Arrrrgh!! Looks like my third Tunze failure since the startup of this tank. I'm very frustrated right now!!!! Now it's a 6105 that's chattering. I don't understand. Is this a common failure for these things? The other two I could at least rationalize away that they were years-old second hand but even though THIS 6105 was second-hand, I thought they were still reasonably newish. Of course the fact that it WAS bought used means I have utterly no recourse (yet again) to repair or replace it under a warrantee. Yayyyyyyy.

Would just replace them all with a few Vortechs but that prospect is too expensive to consider. Why, why, why!!!!

At this point I think I would tell anyone considering the purchase of Tunze vs Vortech to steer away from the Tunzes. There clearly is a lack of proper QA being done..

[fishytime]

sorry to hear about the tunze troubles mang....I personally have never had any issue with my tunzes......mine have all been new and I take pretty good care of them tho.......if it makes you feel any better we have a shelf full of broken vortech parts at the shop, so they aren't immune to problems either....

[Delphinus]

Controllable or non-controllable? I'm wondering if it's the variable speed that is the problem and supposing for a moment that's the real issue then I'm not real surprised to hear that Vortech's are probably subject to the same kinds of issues..

Annoying as hell, I hands-down just can't afford to buy another Tunze to replace this one. If it's unserviceable I'm going to have to make do with less flow in the tank for a little while.

[fishytime]

both.......mind you Ive always just run the controllable ones(6055s) full blast (even tho I have a controller for them, there was money well spent)

[Delphinus]

Well ok think I found something wrong..



... so this probably has nothing to do with controllable/non-controllable. How bloody odd, how does a wire get a knick into it like that?

<sigh> ... <grumble>

[fishytime]

I cant remember now......do you have a trigger?