Water movement - make it simpler

[Clarkii Clowns]

suggested in the main forum I post this here,


Water movement - make it simpler
Hi all,

I have at the moment 5 powerheads comprising of a mixture of lph,
1 x 1100
1 x 500
1 x 600
1 x 900
1 x 380 lph

and an empty Fluval 403 which is 1000 lph and a Deltec MCE600 Skimmer.

Four of the five powerheads are on a System 2000 wave module.

As you can imagine there is quite a lot of noise from switching powerheads and because there are so many.

I want to simplify it as much as I can. The fluval is empty and is going through a spray bar behind the rocks but it adds lots of air bubbles during its maintenance so I was going to remove it totally. I can run carbon/ Rowaphors etc in the skimmer when needed.

I wanted to run say the maxi 1100 lph through the spray bar andthink about replacing all the other PH's with a Tunze and a controller.

Questions are, does anybody have just a simgle tunze on a 4Ft tank and if so how does it work out. Do you get a good spread of water flow ?

Is this a good idea to go to a single Tunze with controller ?

Any other ideas on reducing the amount of equipment in the tank and what do others do in a 4ft tank ?

Thanks

Ali

 

[rvitko]

Is this the 75 gallon? What corals/anemones do you have? I think we can get rid of all of them, FWIW spraybars are basically worthless and I wouldn't think you would need that either, they greatly reduce output of the pump

 

[Clarkii Clowns]

Yes its a 75gal.

I have a few corals, Sinularia dura Leather, Mushroom Rock, Parazoanthus gracilis, Caulastrea curvata, Pulsing Xenia, green star polyps and an LTA. It was white and about 3 - 4" across, 2 yrs on its over 12" across and very purple. Seems to enjoy varied water flows quite happily.

I would like to get red of as much stuff from inside the tank as possible, I hate the wires and room it takes up as well as the horrible switching noise of the pumps.

Thanks for your help in advance

 

[rvitko]

Get a 7400/2 with a single controller. Add the following spare parts 1001.76 Tube, 1001.79 Strainer and 1001.80 T piece. This will give you 4000 l/hr with pulsing and control over the pump output and you will use the T and strainers and tube to extend the intake below the rock work, this will create a suction which will more or less take the job of your spray bar- only in reverse. The intake will also be gentle and being behind the rock this will be virtually anemone proof.

 

[Clarkii Clowns]

Do you know anywhere in the UK who supplies ??

 

[rvitko]

Paraquatics is the only one on my head but if you check on Tunze.com they should have the dealers listed though it is probably outdated and their are many more.

 

[Clarkii Clowns]

I can not find any suppliers here in the UK for that purticular model.

Would a 6000 with a single controller be to much ?
Could I adjust it so it never actually goes to full tilt ?

 

[rvitko]

The 6000 is a bit dangerous for anemones. Otherwise it would have been my recommendation but it is dangerous.