Tunze reco?

Alright gang here is the deal. My Dad tore down his 24g Nano Cube and gave it to me so I now have a larger tank. I love my little 7.5g cube tank but it will be turned into a FW tank here in a few short weeks.

Right now the 24g is here at my new place and kind of cycling. When my Dad finally got rid of everything the rock was over run with hair algae and red slime set in pretty bad. He has had the tank covered for like 3-4 weeks now with no light getting in. 95% of the hair algae is gone and there is no red slime.

I am going for a very minimalist look on this tank. Small rock piles with tons of open space for the corals. I will only have a few select corals in this tank and 1-2 fish. I currently am using an MP10 on my 7.5g tank and know it will work on this tank. But here is the problem....

I want to do some upgrades on this tank. I already tore the entire hood apart and will be getting some Ecoxotic LED's here pretty quick. No, I don't want to do DIY on the LED's. I have some nice store credit at Reef On and will be ordering the Ecoxotic stuff from them. DIY will save me almost no money and the Ecoxotic's are plenty powerful for anything I want. Back on topic...

I also need to get new fans for the hood and am thinking of setting up a two-part automated doser. So I need $$$$ for all of this. I plan to sell my Vortech MP10w ES to fund everything.

I have been looking at the Tunze stuff and am set on getting them. I don't want Koralia or Aqueon. They are huge and not my favorite. I am looking at either the Tunze 6015 or 6025 for my tank. The 6015 is like 475gph and the 6025 is around 660gph.

Which one should I get? Does anyone here have experience with either pump? How is the flow from them? Is is broader and nicer than a Koralia? I know it is more streamlined then a Vortech but how much more?

Thanks!

kody72 wrote: I read some review on tunzes and they seem to be pushing only half of what they say on the bigger ones not sure on the smaller ones

That is only the larger versions that have problems.

Snowsrfr wrote: I just removed one of my MP10 from my 50 cube and replaced it with the Tunze 6045, cuz I wanted more options for aiming flow, etc. The great thing about the 6045 is that it has a small "knob" on the outlet that allows you to adjust the flow from 396 to 1,188 gal/hr. Note: make sure you get the new 6045 with the adjustment option. I love mine! You'll want the one that looks like this: Tunze 6045

I looked at that one but for $90 I will just stick with what I have. That just eats into too much of my wallet for the upgrades.

On a side note, does the flow adjustment actually work pretty well? I have seen flow knobs on other pumps and they usually don't do much.

Edited by Ryan Thompson - August 10 2011 at 9:56pm

There's also a very simple mode that can be done on the Tunze Nanostreams to increase the flow from the stock ratings.


Edited by Snowsrfr - August 10 2011 at 10:16pm