Best design for 210g

[Phishguy]

I'm curious about the best setup for a 210g.. I currently have 4x 6101 and 7095 controller that I was going to use but now I'm wondering if 2x 6101 and a 6215 wave box is a better setup..

 

[rvitko]

I would agree, but you could also use 2 6101 to produce a wave with a 7092 or 7096 so you may only need to change your controller. You would place the pumps you would use for a wave dead center on each side and aim them at each other and set up an inverse wave mode on the controller so one is on when the other is off. The 7096 could also run the other 2 in pulse or interval mode. The 7092 could only handle the wavemode for the two pumps.

 

[Phishguy]

Thanks... So you think just 2 of the pumps would be fine? I had an idea of putting one on top of the other and angling each to the front and back glass.. I will pick up a 7096 controller

 

[rvitko]

I would place the flow pumps in each back corner, wave pumps centered on each side. That should work just as well as the wavebox and 2 6101's, the only draw back being a higher power consumption.

 

[Phishguy]

My tank is a peninsula... How might that change things?

 

[rvitko]

It is too long to have effective flow with all pumps on one side, you could place the pump on the far side in a stream rock

 

[rvitko]

Also, regarding a wave, the wavebox would then be the better choice but one pump should be on the far side for directional flow.