290G Peninsula Tank

mseepman · #1 01-31-2013, 10:00 PM

Mine have the 24v jumpers but only the original shrouds. I bought them about 1 1/2yrs ago from one of the guys in Calgary who had just started a tank and then got transferred and had to sell them. They've never seen water for me.

I can't make new holes...the wood is right up to the glass and there's 1 1/4" of wood to get through.

lastlight · #2 01-31-2013, 10:39 PM

you have an advantage with the original shrouds. aim slightly up, typical tunze jet stream forward with little collateral damage.

but you can totally make new holes so long as you have access to the non tank side of the plywood. just score and chip away with a solid utility blade and a small screwdriver. I patented this process and called it the scribe technique when I added details into my old stand =)

nrosdal · #3 01-31-2013, 10:42 PM

you could abandon the low holes and mount them on a couple sea sweeps higher up in the tank. I even know a guy that that could hook ya up with them

or make it one of those artificial sand beds in the corners by gluing sand to a piece of acrylic and dropping it on each side under where the pumps are.

or point them down and turn them on full and see what happens.

mseepman · #4 02-01-2013, 12:34 AM

Haha...thanks Nick...2 of those ideas don't seem to bad. I will have to think about the 3rd for a while before I get back to you.

Okguy · #5 02-01-2013, 03:48 PM

Hey Mark, if you can't find a solution that works for you, what about 2 of these?

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/tunze-...-6025-250.html

lastlight · #6 02-01-2013, 03:57 PM

is there a reason you can't just make a new hole from the other side? you could even mark 1/2" depth on a large diameter hole saw and save yourself lots of scoring and digging and it would pose no risk to the tank. it might take hours but I'd do new holes rather than have more stuff visible in the tank.

mseepman · #7 02-01-2013, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

is there a reason you can't just make a new hole from the other side? you could even mark 1/2" depth on a large diameter hole saw and save yourself lots of scoring and digging and it would pose no risk to the tank. it might take hours but I'd do new holes rather than have more stuff visible in the tank.

Yes, I'm sure its possible, but with the changes that the builder made, he shrank my space on that back wall by also indenting it from the sides. It looks nicer than my original design, but any hole size increase means that I'm putting my two Vortechs side by side to the Tunze's and I was hoping to spread them out a little more. I will take pictures to explain this better today.

mseepman · #8 02-01-2013, 04:04 PM

Sadly, that is only for nano-streams. These are the big 6105 pumps. I think that the idea of a small acrylic piece with sand glued to it might be a great option.
I'm a little worried about the strength of the magnets. I know that Tunze says they hold better in water but right now, the magnets on these are rated for 15mm glass and they can't hold the pump without support at the moment...it slides down the wall. My glass is generally 12mm but on that overflow wall, I have two panes totaling 15mm. They make an extension for them that increases the strength to 20mm but I'm waiting until water is in there to check before I spend the $75 to get them.