Tunze 6095

The MP 60's are better for a 180. Did you turn the 40's all the way on? Still not enough flow? Too much where the corals are close to the wet side?

My 6" tank has a 60 and 2-40's in it. I run them about 50% What I found when just having the 2 -40's was the flow dissipated in the center of the tank. If I ran them wide open, coral close to the wet side would get blown away. So I went to a MP60 on one end, a 40 on the other and a 40 on the back of the tank. I like it now :0)

 

I'm running two 6095s on my 90 gallon. They are controllable, and I'm using the Tunze multicontroller. They are currently the only two pumps I'm using within the display.

I like them a lot. I was originally going to go with the 6105s, but a friend of mine recommended the 6095s because of size of the bigger pumps. The size of these are good, I can palm them pretty good. I can post up a pic if you want; I have done so on another forum for a review.

These pumps move some serious water, but do not have the "draw" effect of the mp40. However, these are aimable. I can pivot them where I want them.. If I want to point them straight down to clean my bare bottom once a week, I can. I can hide them behind the rockwork and aim them around, down, or through the rock.

Most of the time I don't have them running 100%, I have them on random flow patterns. If they're on opposite sides of my tank and put them on wave mode I can get a decent wave going but it doesn't sustain it very well, and I think it's from the overflow box interfering with it.

They also come with different voltage "jumpers" that can allow me to get even more flow from them, but I haven't tried monkeying around with them. I plan on doing it sometime though just to see what they can do..

And best of all they are DEAD silent. No sound at all, period.

All that being said, I want a couple more. There are open slots for two more pumps on my multicontroller and I think two more would really let me dial in my flow so that I have zero detritus settling in the display. With only two pumps going, there's always a pile up behind some rocks no matter where I point them. A couple more and I think I can remedy that.

Hope that helps.

 

Here's that pic. They also come with a guard that just snaps on. It's not included in this pic.

 

I agree. If you are pulling the mp40s off of your tank then I would move up to the 6105s or the 6155s for a tank your size.

And the wave boxes DO move a LOT of water. I just can't justify spending that on an acrylic box for a pump. I've seen some DIY boxes that people have made for their Tunze, but I lack acrylic skills.