Tunze setup for new 180 gallon Reef?

[chriscolt]

I am upgrading from a 70 gallon to 180 gallon Reef - 72 x 24 x 24

I have the following for circulation:

1) Tunze Wave Box with controller
2) Tunze 6000, 6100, 7310-2a power head
3) A 7094 and 7095 multi-controllers and a couple of single controllers (I will use the 7095 and sell the rest)

I am looking to add either another 6100 or another 6000 - also - I have an offer to trade my 6000 for a 6200

Questions:

1) Should I upgrade the 6000 to a 6200 or is that too much for the 180 gallon tank? (someone here on RC is looking to trade)

2) Should I add the 4th pump? if so - should it be a 6000, 6100 or 6200?

3) Are there sample configuration / programming diagrams / descriptions on how to use this mix (power head, streams and wave box) for my size tank including the wave-box? Looking for programming options for the 7095 and Wavebox and recommended locations for the powerheads/streams


Tank is Oceanic/glass (no acrylic bowing or stress point problems here) and will be set up for a reef with SPS, LPS and soft corals and clams - along with some fish (tangs, clowns, wrasse, gobies) and will have a sand bed ranging in depth from 3 inches to 6 inches (the deep side is for my goby / pistol shrimp symbiotic relationship - which is very cool)


Since the tank is not set up yet - nothing is etched in stone - I am open to suggestions and changes to proposed design - first lets settle on the right size and quantity of Tunze equipment, then location and configuration, and recommendations on rock setup and sand bed

Chris

 

[rvitko]

Do you have any plans for what you intend to keep? That would help a lot. Also, what type of sandbed?

 

[chriscolt]

Acros - about 10 up to 10" tall, 3 large LPS, couple of plates, 3 clams up to 8" wide, pair of clowns, 3 wrasses, 3 gobies, two tanks - multiple invertabrates tons of soft corals (ricordia, purple mushroom, polyps of many kinds, various shrooms, cabbage corals - limit to lower half of tank - upper half will be all SPS including acros listed above -

sand bed ranging from 2" to 6 inches deep (deep section to be on one side front for goby/pistol shrimp symbiotic home in the sand - they are already paired and will be moved from 70gallon to new 180)

Rock will be a combination of marshall, fiji and Kaelini - total of approx 200-250 lbs


All Tunze equipment listed above will be used except for single controllers and 7094 - all pumps will be controlled by 7095 and of couse wavebox is new and will have its own controller (whatever comes with it)

Questions:

1) Configuration for SPS reef setup (4 pumps - 3 stream and 1 turbelle) and wave box
2) should I have any 6200 in tank or is it too small?
3) for 4th pump - (currently have what is listed above) - should it be a 6000, 6100 or 6200?

Chris

 

[rvitko]

1) I would upgrade the 600 to a 6100, 2 6100 and the 7300 targetting specific corals that need more flow, should be plenty.

2) I don't think you need them

3)I don't think it is necessary the above with a wavebox should be plenty, at least a good start and see if you need more rather than spend the money if you don't need it.

 

[chriscolt]

Should I connect the 7095 to the wavebox slave connection as described in the wavebox manual or run both controllers independently - for example, using the high tide/low tide - reversing the flow of the streams every 6 hours for the 7095 and have the wavebox syncronize with the 7095 - maybe do 6 hours on, 6 off using the day/night function or have them run independent of eachother?

Chris

 

[rvitko]

I like to run the wavebox 24/7. This is best done by running it independently.

 

[chriscolt]

Thank you - final question for now - The 180 is an Oceanic take with the center glass brace (I don't know if this is consdiered the "euro-brace") instead of the plastic frame braces like perfecto or AGA. Using the Tunze WaveBox and 6100's as described above - so I need to worry about the warnings listed in the Wavebox instruction manual (ie - substandard tanks - silicone seals "popping" because of the wave action - please say no worry)

Chris

 

[rvitko]

Oceanic is typically considered the best built tanks there are of the mass market tanks. They were always the "Cadillac". Provided it is fairly new and on a level stand I would feel pretty comfortable about it.