Tunze 6000 and 6100 Mod

bkv1997 · Mar 23, 2009

Well I recently upgraded my 6000s with a 6100 transformer but the thing was blowing my substraite all over the place, but the corals were loving the extra flow. After looking at tommy's vortechs i decided to cut the front of the tunze off and the water stream is even wider and now the sand isn't all in the corner.

Just thought i'd pass this along.
Brandon

gflat65 · Mar 23, 2009

I may have to look at some ni and cuts on my Tunze's...

revhtree · Mar 23, 2009

Cool as heck!! Very nice!

ironman · Mar 23, 2009

thats really neat brandon, Now you just need to figure out how to get that HUGE bulky motor on the outside of the tank! let me know what you have to cut to do that! LOL!
It is a good idea though, congrats on the Mod!

ct_vol · Mar 28, 2009

Only problem with that mod is that an astrea or like snail can get in there and block the propeller and burn out the motor... Such things are not covered by the warranty...

ironman · Mar 28, 2009

This is brandon, randy you should know better! He doesnt believe in warranties. :tongue:

ct_vol · Mar 28, 2009

True that, I was mostly speaking to any others whom might be reading... Besides, Brandon makes enough to buy new pumps every time a motor burns out... ;)

chadfarmer · Mar 28, 2009

6200 cover gives you a bigger flow pattern also

ironman · Mar 28, 2009

Dont help him chadfarmer! LOL! Im waiting to see him cut the grate away so there is just an impellar sitting there! :tongue:

bkv1997 · Mar 29, 2009

Well warrantie or not.... I can tell you 100% that the stupid grid didn't block astreas.. because I originally had my pumps in the tunze rocks with my entire rock work built on top of them.

After about 4 times of waking up to an alarm and spending hours trying to pull a snail out with twezzers I pulled the stupid rocks out. I guess if you had huge turbo snails it might keep something out.

Just my 2 cents..... And if they don't want to cover the warranties i'll just get vortechs.. I was looking for an excuse anyways :).

Brandon