Recommendations for my Tunze's on a controller

damonbrodie · 02/19/2012, 12:56 PM

I've had my tank setup for a while - about 4 months now. I have a 120G (4x2x2), with two 6055 placed on opposite ends of the tank - about 6 inches from the top. I also have a return pump doing about 900 GPH and a dedicated closed loop.

I also have an Aquacontroller Pro III with the optional tunze controller. Right now I have a pretty simple program - each pump alternates between 30% and 100% and one follows the other every 60 seconds.

My tank has a normal mix of fish, and lots of soft corals - will be adding SPS after another month or so.

My question is what would be a recommended program for the these pumps. Should I try and do wave action? Should I have shorter or longer cycles? Should I do something different at night?

rvitko · 02/20/2012, 04:01 PM

Wave flow is not a good sole type of flow, you could do this if you had a couple more pumps to give an additional directional current. I think for SPS the 6055's are underpowered for this size tank, I would continue with the pulsed flow so both are running at the same time to maximize the flow. At night I would consider just stopping the pulsing and running both pumps at 60% plus as you want enough flow to prevent a pH drop.

damonbrodie · 02/21/2012, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rvitko

Wave flow is not a good sole type of flow, you could do this if you had a couple more pumps to give an additional directional current. I think for SPS the 6055's are underpowered for this size tank, I would continue with the pulsed flow so both are running at the same time to maximize the flow. At night I would consider just stopping the pulsing and running both pumps at 60% plus as you want enough flow to prevent a pH drop.

Thanks for the comments. I will modify the program to keep the flow high and somewhat irregular then.

02/19/2012, 12:56 PM	#1
damonbrodie Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 46	Recommendations for my Tunze's on a controller I've had my tank setup for a while - about 4 months now. I have a 120G (4x2x2), with two 6055 placed on opposite ends of the tank - about 6 inches from the top. I also have a return pump doing about 900 GPH and a dedicated closed loop. I also have an Aquacontroller Pro III with the optional tunze controller. Right now I have a pretty simple program - each pump alternates between 30% and 100% and one follows the other every 60 seconds. My tank has a normal mix of fish, and lots of soft corals - will be adding SPS after another month or so. My question is what would be a recommended program for the these pumps. Should I try and do wave action? Should I have shorter or longer cycles? Should I do something different at night?

02/20/2012, 04:01 PM	#2
rvitko RC Sponsor Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Austin Texas USA Posts: 30,884	Wave flow is not a good sole type of flow, you could do this if you had a couple more pumps to give an additional directional current. I think for SPS the 6055's are underpowered for this size tank, I would continue with the pulsed flow so both are running at the same time to maximize the flow. At night I would consider just stopping the pulsing and running both pumps at 60% plus as you want enough flow to prevent a pH drop. __________________ Roger Vitko Tunze USA "He's for every one of us, stands for every one of us, he'll save every man, woman and child in a mighty Flash!" Current Tank Info: 210 gallon planted tank with Altum Angelfish