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[paul692]

i have a tunze 6060 where is the best place to put in a75 gal tank. its output is not adjustable.i thought about putting it on the back and letting flow around the front of the glass. i have a sea hare that won,t eat on the back side of the rocks because of the strong flow.i have a tunze magnet so i can put it anywhere how high up do you mount yours? anybody thanks

 

[maveri9720]

I just got done screwing with my 2 6000's in my tank and found that having them as high up as I could put them, facing each other and dialed down some, gave me a good flow in the tank, that my LPS could live with, but still have enough flow to keep things stirred up and in the water column.

So, if you only have one, I would pick a side and place it as high as you can and place it as close to the front glass as possible, shooting water longways across the tank, but have it angled towards the middle of the opposite side glass. So instead of it being parallel to the front glass, it would have like maybe a 30 degree angle back towards the back glass.

This will give you flow across the majority of the tank, along with alot of surface agitation to promote gas exchange and not let gunk accumulate on the surface and also provide good deflections of flow off of the opposing glass.

Try it out and see what happens.

Best thing you can do is trial and error. There's no right or wrong, just what works and doesn't work in YOUR tank.

Good luck.

 

[broreefr]

I have found that the Tunze's give best flow if directed at the front center of the tank, try it dead center on the back of the tank, about for inches down to prevent air intake, once everything settles down I think you will get pretty even flow throughout.