Roger,
Wanted to let you know that I got the streams installed (2 - 6100's & controller) over this past weekend. I was able to remove 9 powerheads and a Redsea Wavemaker
Not only does the tank look so much neater, but the added benefit is that the chiller doesn't have to work so hard.
My only problem at the beginning was that the impeller on one seems stiff and when I first turned on the streams the controller would scream because the stream wouldn's start. I had to open it up and turn the impeller to get it to start. This would happen each time we turned it off (i.e., to readjust the positioning of the stream). Since I'm not using a mode that stops the streams at any time and I don't use the "food" button to shut the streams off, I have had no problems.
I only have the streams at a max of about 60% power (started with no more than 50% and turned it up either yesterday or the day before) and that is quite enough! I'm really amazed at how even the current is with only the two streams. That is the best part about them as far as I'm concerned (other than the number of powerheads I could get rid of) There doesn't seem to be one coral in the entire tank that doesn't get good movement to it whether it is near the top of the tank or on the sand bed. With all the powerheads I had before, the flow in the tank wasn't nearly this uniform.
Now I'm just waiting on the magnets!
Wanted to let you know that I got the streams installed (2 - 6100's & controller) over this past weekend. I was able to remove 9 powerheads and a Redsea Wavemaker
Not only does the tank look so much neater, but the added benefit is that the chiller doesn't have to work so hard. My only problem at the beginning was that the impeller on one seems stiff and when I first turned on the streams the controller would scream because the stream wouldn's start. I had to open it up and turn the impeller to get it to start. This would happen each time we turned it off (i.e., to readjust the positioning of the stream). Since I'm not using a mode that stops the streams at any time and I don't use the "food" button to shut the streams off, I have had no problems.
I only have the streams at a max of about 60% power (started with no more than 50% and turned it up either yesterday or the day before) and that is quite enough! I'm really amazed at how even the current is with only the two streams. That is the best part about them as far as I'm concerned (other than the number of powerheads I could get rid of) There doesn't seem to be one coral in the entire tank that doesn't get good movement to it whether it is near the top of the tank or on the sand bed. With all the powerheads I had before, the flow in the tank wasn't nearly this uniform.
Now I'm just waiting on the magnets!
