Another Neptune Question... but this time programming!

titmouse · 07/02/2011, 12:05 AM

Looking for some opinions on how to program my Tunze streams. And hope my late night blathering makes sense.

The dims on my tank are 108x18x27 deep with overflows on each end (wide, narrow and fairly deep). I have 4 Tunze streams mounted on either side of the tank. I've just been running two, but want more flow for my sps. The question is how do you think I should program these bad boys.

Part of me is leaning towards alternating sides (ie both pumps on the right side pulse 15 on/3 off, from 30-100 intensity) and switching every hour. Trying to mimic a tidal flow I guess. I pulled a sample program off of RC and mimic'd is for my setup (wave 1, dusk/dawn/night).

But then I was also thinking of alternating (ie front left and back right run and then swap sides). That would really turn a ton of water through the tank.

Or I can just blast them all at the same time.

Any thoughts/experience you can share?

pyton · 07/02/2011, 10:33 AM

When I was buying mine Roger from Tunze told me this.

In general I would place them about a quarter to half of the way down from the surface with a slight upward angle. With two pumps, place one in each back corner aimed to hit the front about 2/3rds of the way down the tank, with 4 I would place all four facing a parallel angle equidistant on the back wall and run them sequentially so they come on in order- 1 then 1 and 2 then 1, 2 and 3 and finally 1,2, 3 and 4 and then back to one. Usually longer intervals are better, you want some turbulence but not so much, corals seem to adapt to feed based on current direction and if you change it up too much they don't do as well as they would at intervals in the rnage of 4-6 hours. The pumps that are on can be pulsed. In sequential operation you will probably want a time of about 1-5 minutes between extra pumps coming on but then all flow faces the same way, it just gets stronger.

07/02/2011, 12:05 AM	#1
titmouse Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 29	Another Neptune Question... but this time programming! Looking for some opinions on how to program my Tunze streams. And hope my late night blathering makes sense. The dims on my tank are 108x18x27 deep with overflows on each end (wide, narrow and fairly deep). I have 4 Tunze streams mounted on either side of the tank. I've just been running two, but want more flow for my sps. The question is how do you think I should program these bad boys. Part of me is leaning towards alternating sides (ie both pumps on the right side pulse 15 on/3 off, from 30-100 intensity) and switching every hour. Trying to mimic a tidal flow I guess. I pulled a sample program off of RC and mimic'd is for my setup (wave 1, dusk/dawn/night). But then I was also thinking of alternating (ie front left and back right run and then swap sides). That would really turn a ton of water through the tank. Or I can just blast them all at the same time. Any thoughts/experience you can share? __________________ 300g Mixed Reef, LEDs, 4x Tunze Streams, Tunze DOC, Vertex Bio-pellets, GEO CR and a Neptune Apex to make everything work

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07/02/2011, 10:33 AM	#2
pyton Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 380	When I was buying mine Roger from Tunze told me this. In general I would place them about a quarter to half of the way down from the surface with a slight upward angle. With two pumps, place one in each back corner aimed to hit the front about 2/3rds of the way down the tank, with 4 I would place all four facing a parallel angle equidistant on the back wall and run them sequentially so they come on in order- 1 then 1 and 2 then 1, 2 and 3 and finally 1,2, 3 and 4 and then back to one. Usually longer intervals are better, you want some turbulence but not so much, corals seem to adapt to feed based on current direction and if you change it up too much they don't do as well as they would at intervals in the rnage of 4-6 hours. The pumps that are on can be pulsed. In sequential operation you will probably want a time of about 1-5 minutes between extra pumps coming on but then all flow faces the same way, it just gets stronger.