Enclosing a 6100

[jwarcop]

Hello,
I've recieved my two 6100s and 7095, very very nice equipment. While I'm working on my salt water tank, i've placed 1 6100 in my freshwater tank to test some things out. Very large amount of water movement to say the least and fun to play with the pulse settings.
Question: I have built a custom overflow for my SW tank and I'd like to incorporate the tunze into the overflow, basically building an insert into the overflow that I could slide the 6100 into. This would prevent the protrusion of the tunze into the tank. It would be a simple acrylic box that the tunze would fit in and it would be surrounded in water.. Would the Tunze have problems with cooling/heating being surrounded like this?

Thanks for any input.

--Josh

 

[rvitko]

No, but the biggest problem I see is most overflows were not designed to have 3200 gph going through them and if you cut a hole in the overflow it kind of defeats the purpose- what will stop the water from draining in a power failure?

 

[jwarcop]

Actually, there won't be a direct hole in the overflow, it will be an insert that the 6100 will slide into, but not allow water to pass through the middle wall of the overflow.. You're right, there is no way I could get that much over the overflow.
Kind of like sticking your TV into an entertainment center, and one small sealed hole for the cord.

 

[rvitko]

I am still concerned about it getting enough water, but if it gets enough water everything would be fine.