tunze to much??

[ollie51]

i just got a tunze turbelle stream # 6080 it puts out 2200 gph i put it in and it seems like it might be a little to much maybe ? i have it in a 75 gal with mostly sps but iam not to sure what to expect anyone got any input on these pumps iam not sure what would be to much i also have a seio 1100 going in the tank

 

[Krish]

IMO, depending on placement, you should be more than fine. I ran almost 4,000 gph in a 24 inch long 38 gal tank and my corals loved it! It's all about proper placement though as you don't want to just blast the corals. Here's is a thread showing what some people are using in different sized tanks to give you an idea of what some have for flow. Just another example would be Don's tank with almost 12,000 gph of flow in just a 110 gal. I also ran (2) Tunzes in a 75gal I once had along with some other flow and the tank was fine with the flow totalling about 5200 gph .http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18140

 

[SueT]

If you watch your sps corals and they are getting too much flow they will retract polyps and show signs of not being happy. Watch for that. Long as they are not showing signs like that they should be fine. Do you have either of your pumps on a wavemaker??I have a lot of flow in my 120g sps tank and every one is happy with polyps out and showing great growth. We can't even come close to doing what these type corals experience in the wild.

 

[ollie51]

no wavemaker but not to sure where the best placement would be it just seems like an awful lot of flow coming out of the tunze and it seems to be stirring up the bottom a little bit but nothing to serious not to sure how my clams like this new flow they seem to be ok one is on the opposite side but right in the main stream corals seem ok polyps on sps still ok maybe iam just not used to this kind of flow all i had before was the seio 1100 & a rio 1400

 

[Krish]

Yeah...It takes getting use to. I had the same issue. I ended up removing my sandbed as a result and now that I've seen the benefits of good flow, I am a flow freak! Just give it time and watch your corals, fish etc and how everything responds to it and that there should help you determine if it is too much or not. No two systems are the same so what works for me may not work for you, but both can have positive results so go with what works well in your case

 

[SueT]

Placement is the key in having the kind of flow like krish is talking about. Clams do not like flow and if their mantle is moving then that usually is more than enough. The sps corals of course, love flow and you just have to find the right placement for each of them. I too have a sand bed and was getting a sand storm so I ended up placing my mj mods more where they are over my rock and now so no sand is being moved. The corals are getting the benefits of the flow and my clams are in a low flow area.