How do you keep your sand from blowing

[cubuffs]

Hello,

I have a 180 with 2 6100's at each end of the tank facing the front middle. My sandbed in the front is completely blown away and now there is a 12" by 6" empty space in the very front of my tank where the sand blew away. Can you help me to figure out a way to keep my sandbed in tact?

I am awaiting the magnet holders, but they should arrive later in the week. Do I need to get the fake rock in order to save my sandbed?

cubuffs

 

[fancyfish]

I only have one 6100 on my 180..really need 2 but... anyway this is mounted with the magnet. I can only run at about 30-50% and angle slightly upward to avoid sand storms otherwise I have the same problem. You will like the magnets. very simple

 

[cubuffs]

Can I angle the pump up with the magnets?

 

[fancyfish]

yes. I will forward a photo of mine if I can later today

 

[dpstrand]

Can you post the photo here or email it to me? I'd also like to see.

 

[fancyfish]

here are some photos. not the best quality but you can see how the magnet is angled as is the tunze. It is a slight angle but makes all the difference

 

[fancyfish]

 

[jsmith0193]

PJA - thanks for this. Wish I had thought of it. I am running 2 6100s in a 60x20x24 tank and was having to relocate the sand every couple of days.

 

[dpstrand]

So all you did is rotate the magnet? Doesn't the part that can rotate slip down after a few power cycles from 30% to 100%? Or did you put a nylon bolt through it?

 

[fancyfish]

all I did was rotate the magnet. The tunze is held on by a piece that comes from the original holder. as long as the tunze is essentially upright it does not move or fall

 

[alrha]

cool, i wish i had thought of that!
Well i guess i know what i'm doing now when i get home.
sometimes the solutions are just so simple...

 

[dpstrand]

pja you are a genious. I can't believe I didn't think of that. I repositioned my streams using the turned magnet holder to angle them up and I think I've got much better flow and definately better surface movement now. Thanks for that tip!

 

[2ras]

I initially had my Tunze 6000s mounted on the side (rear) pointed towards the front centre, with the resulting sand being cleared from the centre front of the tank.


I currently have my 2 Tunze 6000s mounted on the sides (towards the front) of the tank, aimed at the back centre. The water flow impacts & is broken up on the rockwork. This creates a somewhat chaotic flow. My two sump returns are aimed towards the opposite front corners. This arrangement allows for sufficient water movement in the entire tank. It also has the benefit of keeping the detritus from collecting behind the rockwork.

This has worked for me, and I realize this is probably not the preferred solution for most.

Regards,
Ray

 

[fancyfish]

Love my tunze. It is possible as we are finding out to have these with a sand bed. I am not a fan of bare bottom tanks. last I looked the bottom of the ocean was not made from starboard.

 

[Melbourne]

Great tip - thanks! I went out and bought 4 magnet holders for my tanks and angled them - much better than the stock brackets and good surface flow now.