Tunze 6060 on timer....

[Eklikewhoa]

Hi, I am wanting to get a few Tunze 6060's for my 6ft Freshwater tanks.....both are housing Tropheus from Lake Tanganyika.

I have about 20x turnover rate going through the tanks now but wante to add a few Tunze's for the "wave/surf" effect. I have been reading up on the models I am interested in but I just wanted to clarify with the man himself.....

...From what I have read it is only advisable to turn the pumps on/off once an hour up to 24x a day, so if I were to have these pumps on a std. timer to turn on/off once a day would that be ok and not have any ill effects on the pump?

Thanks for any insight you can offer.

 

[rvitko]

Yes, that would be fine, how big is this tank?

 

[Eklikewhoa]

one is a 125g 72" and the other is a 135g 72"

Will one in each tank create enough to simulate a bit of a surf?

 

[rvitko]

What type of Tanganyikans? I might suggest a 6080 in each tank but it really depends, Frontosa and Ventralis would probably like that, shell dwellers and julis, maybe not so much.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

I'm keeping Tropheus.

 

[rvitko]

I would get a 6080, the higher flow will help with the aggression and keeping the higher pH, they won't mind it one bit.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Well I have quite a bit of flow going through the tank already and I have someone selling me the two 6060's really cheap. The flow through my tank right now is about 20x and I don't have aggression problems since I have large colonies of 35+ as well as a good sex ratio.

I seriously thought about the 6080's but the cost right now is the main determining factor.

Do you think the 6060 will at least send a surge through the tank? At least enough to keep the detritus circulating with the flow of the tunze?

 

[rvitko]

The reach of a 6060 is roughly 4ft so it won't reach the full length of the tank.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Installed them in my tanks and have to say that the flow isn't super strong throughout the tank but it does accomplish what I wanted them to!

Thanks for answering all my questions!