flow ?

[scrummyotool]

I have a 140 oceanic 48x24x30 do I go closed loop or tunze streams. I look to keep sps with a few lps. I already know that inital cost is cheaper for cl but Ill
use more watts with the cl. But the real question is flow The cl would be poweredby a reef dart So what's the general feeling on this

 

[Krish]

I run aa small CL (950 gph) a sea-swirl at about 750 gph and (2) Tunzes at 1600 gph and 1850 gph. I thought about getting a sequence pump to do a bigger CL, but opted for the Tunzes. I don't think you can go wrong with the dart though...Just my opinion. BTW, That's a funny avitar you have there:lol:

 

[wrightme43]

Tunze rock man. I like them, they are alot more noticable than a closed loop.

 

[jsmkmavity]

tunzes are more flexible for placement, flow way more than you could thru a cl and you can set up a wavemaker with several pumps. the drawback is you see them, and more pumps to clean and harder to get to for the maintainance. i still think the tunzes are a better way to go. what about the vortech? they would be easier to get to for cleaning? and variable speed! also heard a RUMOR about a similar product coming soon!

 

[scrummyotool]

Im waiting for the vortechs to be released to gather some info on them as well as the phantom controller for them

 

[Krish]

Im waiting for the vortechs to be released to gather some info on them as well as the phantom controller for them

Click on the link in my first post here. Premium Aquatics has a write up on them as well as pricing


http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13803

 

[Reefdaddy1]

Well I run 2 Eheim 1262's on CL , Both with a SCWD Wavemaker. They are on my 200 it works really well , Low watts and good flow.