Seio question

[soulfigter]

Well, I just picked up a new 250 gallon tank, and I'm working on the flow now. Because of the shape of it, my wavebox won't work in there. I have a spare Tunze 6100 to throw in there, but obviously need some more. I was going to pick up a few more 6100s, but then I saw that the vortech is coming out this summer and is supposed to be pretty sweet. So, instead of spending all the money on the tunzes, and then buying vortech stuff, could I just throw in some of the seio 2600gph powerheads until the vortechs come out? It's gonna be a pretty open tank rockwise. I'm doing the ceramic rock stuff from Germany, and all my tank will have in it is small sps frags. Will they work out as a temporary thing until I can get my hands on some voretchs and deicde if I wanna go with them or tunzes? Or are the seios just not much good due to their laminar flow?

 

[twon8]

I think you can two of the 2600's and still need the tunzes or vortechs later on. as those frags grow they will need more flow.

 

[concept3]

I wish i had asked before I bought. If I could do it all over again, I would have bought the Tunzes in the first place.

This is what I did:

Spring 2004: Hagen 802 and 402

Mid 2004 Tsunami wavemaker + 4 MJ1200

Spring 2005: 2 Seio's and 2 MJ1200's

Fall 2005: 1 Tunze 6000 + Singlecontroller+night sensor (first time around, trying to save money from multicontroller

November 2005: Another Tunze 6000 + Multicontroller (sold the single controller)

Present: I now use the two Tunze 6000's and multicontroller, no more heat issues and my electricity went down a tad.

I AM waiting for the Vortech as a supplementary to my Tunzes. It will be placed blowing into the back of the rockwork.

 

[twon8]

right now i have a 6100 and a 2600 in a 180, along with 1000 gph return. flow is good at one end, a bit lighter on the other, i plan to add another 6100 with multicontroller, and i probably will keep the 2600 in there. I may add a 1500 in the meantime, basically, get all the flow you can

 

[mokujin22]

another temporary option would be to convert a couple of old MJ's that you may have laying around into the tunze-style flow with an r/c airplane propeller. there's an easy link on the diy thread. these can be put on a timer for less-laminar flow.

 

[creepereefer]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm good idea

 

[Sindjin]

Could you repeat that, please?
I didnt quite understand the run-on sentence. Sorry!

 

[creepereefer]

All the money that is spent of tunzes. The price of a electronic ball valve will do the same if not more. More flow, no pumps in the tank , no heat , and same random water movement and a few other nice things.
sorry about the run on sentence figured you guys could figure it out .

 

[soulfigter]

What's an electronic ball valve?

 

[creepereefer]

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[creepereefer]

go to the web site I tried to copy a pic sorry

 

[soulfigter]

I know what they look like, but I don't know what the heck they do for us.

 

[creepereefer]

lol the randomly move water around the tank with out the power heads such as tunzes and mj.You plum them in line with your pipes 2 way, 3way or a 4 way . I will take pics of mine

 

[soulfigter]

Oh, so they are basically just used as "moving returns" for your closed loop?