Water Movement... MaxiJet v. Tunze?

[TXMike]

I am relatively new to the hobby and am still getting educated. My 55 gallon currently has 4 powerheads...3 Maxi Jet 1200 and one Hagen all hooked up to a RedSea wavemaker.

Q: I thought this was a pretty high end set-up for a tank my size by I keep hearing TUNZE! TUNZE! TUNZE! Should I reconsider my water-motion set-up?

[Danfish]

What is your return, the Hagen?

You got some serious movement going on there.

[TXMike]

The Hagen is the 402/50 version @ 270gph.

The 2 Maxis run 295 pgh each and I realize I have 1 Eheim pump at around 210 gph.

All total 1070 plus my canister filter turning 260 gph. Grand total 1330

[Danfish]

Not bad at all. Thats about 24x turnover. Pretty good OOMPH.

I'm looking at 2 maxi1200s and a rio 1800 in my 65 tank.
About 1200gph, or just under 20x turnover.

[reefnewbie54321]

SPS reef?

If so you could always step up your flow by modding the maxi1200 to go around 1200gph a pice (I think thats what the mod does maybe more maybe less)

[Danfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7526887#post7526887 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefnewbie54321
SPS reef?

If so you could always step up your flow by modding the maxi1200 to go around 1200gph a pice (I think thats what the mod does maybe more maybe less)

Link?

Can you still use one of those rotating flo heads after the mod?


I must know more :D

[HippieSmell]

Can't use the rotating heads on them, but I have one on a sea-swirl and it's awesome. Go the DIY forum, there's a huge thread on it.