powerhead advice for small reef tank

essex_lad · 05/31/2014, 04:06 PM

Hi guys I need a bit of advice, I have a 125l cube tank and need a powerhead which is quiet and not overly powerful. I've been using a tunze 6015 but added my first anemones today and the flow is too strong and ripping them off every rock they try to hold onto. I tried it in all kinds of positions and it was just too much flow no matter where it was.

The tunze are great as I have had a 6015 and 6025 but they are just too powerful. I have been using a koralia behind my rocks to just shift the muck and I am now using it in place of my main powerhead but its not powerful enough, is quiet though.

I will be positioning it at the back top right hand corner of the tank. I am looking at the koralia 1600 but not sure what it is like and don't want to buy another powerhead I cant use that will just end up in storage.

So any ideas what I could anyone?

Thanks.

myram · 05/31/2014, 07:08 PM

Koralia Nano 240 are good, or if you need smaller you can get a small Rio pump.

essex_lad · 06/01/2014, 02:07 AM

I'm in the UK so I think the equivalent to that available to me is the koralia 1600 just I don't know if that will be too powerful as well as its near on the same specs as my tunze 6015.

05/31/2014, 04:06 PM	#1
essex_lad Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 103	powerhead advice for small reef tank Hi guys I need a bit of advice, I have a 125l cube tank and need a powerhead which is quiet and not overly powerful. I've been using a tunze 6015 but added my first anemones today and the flow is too strong and ripping them off every rock they try to hold onto. I tried it in all kinds of positions and it was just too much flow no matter where it was. The tunze are great as I have had a 6015 and 6025 but they are just too powerful. I have been using a koralia behind my rocks to just shift the muck and I am now using it in place of my main powerhead but its not powerful enough, is quiet though. I will be positioning it at the back top right hand corner of the tank. I am looking at the koralia 1600 but not sure what it is like and don't want to buy another powerhead I cant use that will just end up in storage. So any ideas what I could anyone? Thanks.

05/31/2014, 07:08 PM	#2
myram #347, 19 years Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Biddeford, ME Posts: 1,714	Koralia Nano 240 are good, or if you need smaller you can get a small Rio pump.

06/01/2014, 02:07 AM	#3
essex_lad Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 103	I'm in the UK so I think the equivalent to that available to me is the koralia 1600 just I don't know if that will be too powerful as well as its near on the same specs as my tunze 6015.