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lastlight · #1 11-05-2009, 06:40 AM

Water is maybe a few mm from spilling into my overflow box. Damn this is brutal haha. Have all 3 Tunze on and yeah the sand certainly gets blasted bad in a few spots. Have to wait and see if that bacterial coating on the grains thing helps me any.

Snappy · #2 11-05-2009, 07:12 AM

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I was just speculating as I have never owned an MP40. Just saw pics one of that was put too close to the sandbed once. The Mp40 is more powerful than the 20 isn't it? I wonder how close you could put that puppy to the sandbed. It would be really nice to have both and try them both out. I don't know too many people who have/had both though.. They are so expensive, you typically either have one or the other and you love them because they are so damn expensive! :-)

I have both Vortech MP40w's & Tunze's in my reef.

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Have all 3 Tunze on and yeah the sand certainly gets blasted bad in a few spots. Have to wait and see if that bacterial coating on the grains thing helps me any.

I place rubble in the high flow areas where the sand gets blown away, works well and in my opinion looks quite natural.

JDigital · #3 11-05-2009, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Water is maybe a few mm from spilling into my overflow box. Damn this is brutal haha. Have all 3 Tunze on and yeah the sand certainly gets blasted bad in a few spots. Have to wait and see if that bacterial coating on the grains thing helps me any.

Full pics??

Seeing as your "webcam" hasn't changed for days...

fishytime · #4 11-05-2009, 01:28 PM

Im also running both (mp40 and two tunze 6055s)...the combo has turned the tank into a 50/50 split of bare bottom up front and sand at the back....I like both powerheads for what each has to offer....vortech for wide flow pattern and shear power....tunzes for their point-ability

goby1 · #5 11-05-2009, 01:59 PM

Very interesting and entertaining read. Congratulations on your tank Brett, it looks really great.

lastlight · #6 11-06-2009, 08:11 AM

The dust settles. Lastlight for the win! Be a while till the salt settles though!

I bought this over a year ago. It's a relief to say that so far this thing appears to foam like a BEAST.

fishytime · #7 11-06-2009, 01:06 PM

mmmmmm BK

Delphinus · #8 11-06-2009, 02:21 PM

Haha, that's a long time to wait to try out a skimmer. That must have been a nice itch to scratch.

Lance · #9 11-06-2009, 05:29 PM

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And on the 2nd Day (or was it the 1st or 3rd day?) God said: "Let there be water."

Whoo Hooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lance · #10 11-06-2009, 05:31 PM

Nice skimmer.
You have nothing to skim though so you better pee in the tank and get that bad boy working.