290G Peninsula Tank

[lastlight]

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

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

[mseepman]

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]

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?

[mseepman]

As you might have seen in prior postings, I have these too close to the sand bed but I thought about that and tried the pump free of the c-clamp and it's still chattering like a son of gun. I will take it apart tonight and re-clean it in Vinegar and see if something I haven't spotted is giving issue.

[mseepman]

More frustrating today is that I called Reeflo as they didn't return my e-mails. I didn't get to speak to Chris, but they were pretty rude in telling me that they discontinued the Blackfins and not only don't they have any spare parts but that the pump never really performed the way it was quoted to and that I will probably always get less flow than expected.

[Delphinus]

Ouch about the Blackfin

Something is not right with the Tunze. I'm thinking you might have debris in the impeller assembly or it's missing one of the pin guide things. The vinegar bath should help. I hope you get it all sorted out..

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mseepman

More frustrating today is that I called Reeflo as they didn't return my e-mails. I didn't get to speak to Chris, but they were pretty rude in telling me that they discontinued the Blackfins and not only don't they have any spare parts but that the pump never really performed the way it was quoted to and that I will probably always get less flow than expected.

Oh my. I guess you should try to call back and speak with Chris. Or make a thread in Reef Central with the above info... *snicker* ...that should get a reaction.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by Myka

Oh my. I guess you should try to call back and speak with Chris. Or make a thread in Reef Central with the above info... *snicker* ...that should get a reaction.

I'm pretty sure that would get a reaction. I left an e-mail for Chris so I'm hoping he will respond. Otherwise, I have a dead but brand new pump and i will have to come up with a a backup plan. I guess if one failed, I could remove the volute from the failed unit and put it on the cracked unit. That would give me a "painful" backup plan.