290G Peninsula Tank

mseepman · #1 02-19-2013, 09:30 PM

Thanks everyone...I've got my fingers crossed on running them a bit for noise reduction. The Vortech does seem a little (key word "little) quieter today.

I never got a chance to run the return pump more than a few minutes as it was just filling my tank.

Because everyone likes pictures...she's still pretty cloudy.

Myka · #2 02-20-2013, 12:04 AM

Wahoooooo!!!!

Skimmerking · #3 02-20-2013, 12:14 AM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHH

much better

mseepman · #4 02-20-2013, 06:06 AM

Okay...in the name of progress, I got to working on the two Tunze pumps tonight. They are not wired up pretty, but they are running. Sadly they are noisy as hell. They make the Vortech seem quiet. These were bought from a fellow Canreefer about two years ago after being used for only two months by him. I'm running them through the 7096 controller.
Feeling the dirty looks from my spouse burning through me over the noise...I ordered the new c-clamps that these 6105's now ship with when new...along with a spare impeller in case that will fix it.

lastlight · #5 02-20-2013, 06:21 AM

that's really surprising about the Tunze... really too bad.

Are these new enough to have the one-piece impeller assembly at least?

mseepman · #6 02-20-2013, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lastlight

that's really surprising about the Tunze... really too bad.

Are these new enough to have the one-piece impeller assembly at least?

You know what, I'm not sure. I have ordered some parts as "spare" but plan to take the noisiest of the two and pull it out to "rebuild" it again and at that time I will check out the details. Tunze makes so many changes so fast that I couldn't keep up. The pumps are at least 3 years old from manufacture.

Myka · #7 02-20-2013, 04:04 PM

Noisy Tunzes???

Wtf. My 6055 is from the bfirst batch that came to Canada in 2008(?) and it is silent same with the two newest model 6105 I recently bought. I have had others over the years too, and have never had a Tunze that could be classified anywhere near "loud". The only thing I can hear is if I put my ear up to the pump I can hear it ramping up in power, but they definitely don't hum or rattle. Have you inspected the propellers and housing to make sure they haven't been dropped or had sand sucked into them?