Anyone using a Tunze Master Recirculation pump?

[pecan2phat]

I know kimoyo (Paul) has one but I don't think he has it set up. Anyone else using a Tunze Master recirculation pump?

I'm looking at either the middle or large size pump. I wanted to know in terms of flow & head pressure, which one (if any) would be equivalent or better than the Reeflo Darts that I am currently running.
I'm tired of them seeping at the seals and grinding at the carbon seals. It cost $25 to ship them back to Sequence every time.

 

[Pseudo]

I had the smaller one. I was loud and big. After getting 2 seperate housings for it it was still not worth it and was noisy. I ended up sending it back. I heard the bigger ones has less of a noise issue and work well.

Later,

Kasei

 

[jhale]

I saw Paul today, he does have the pump set up.

he said it was slightly noisy, but not too bad.

 

[pecan2phat]

Any idea how it compares to a Reeflo Dart?

 

[jhale]

tunze uses 180 watts and pushs more water.

I'm not sure which model paul had, i think the largest one.

 

[pecan2phat]

Paul,

Please comment on the pump please.

 

[kimoyo]

Hey Warren,

I have the 1073.140 model and it seems to be pulling 180W on my cyberpower backup. I spoke to Roger about this and he said it may be a mistake. Right now its pushing my sk5220 dual becketts at 30scfm (could be higher if I put more flow thru it) and giving some good flow as my return, so its powerful. Right now the noise is a slight issue, its not terrible but definitely not quiet. I don't have a closed stand and the pump has a whir to it. I let Roger listen to it over the phone and he said he could get it quieter if I sent it in. I was going to but I just got my new rock into my tank last week so I don't want to go without a skimmer right now. The whir is a vibration/noise coming from the pump because I've isolated it pretty well. I have it sitting on 3/4" of silicone gel and hose going from the inlet and outlet. I really don't see any better choices out there for my situation (watts vs flow) right now so I might just build a box for it.

Paul

I'll have pics of my setup soon and your welcome to take a look during the weekend if you want.

 

[pecan2phat]

Paul,

Would you say it's much more flow than a Reeflo Dart?
I don't want to end up with a pump that is too big for my application or I would need to get their middle sized pump.

Interesting that Roger can silence the pump if sent in to him. I wonder if there were modifications done on the pumps since introduction.
Moonpod had also said it was an annoying vibrating noise.

Thanks Paul!

 

[kimoyo]

Would you say it's much more flow than a Reeflo Dart?

That probably will depend on how you are using it. From the published specs its supposed to handle pressure better than the dart. I also think the reason I'm seeing 180W is because of how much pressure its pumping against.

 

[pecan2phat]

Paul, thanks for all the info.

After thinking about it over and over, I just might take my chiller off the loop and have it run with a separate 70w pump. Since the return on the sump is now split to two tanks, I don't think that it is as beneficial as it was when it was just a single tank in which the chilled water returned back into the main tank vs the other end of the sump.

I can set up the pump to come on 1/2 a degree before the chiller and this would only run occasionally during the warmer months.

Think I just talked myself out of spending $550, :lol:

 

[kimoyo]

Think I just talked myself out of spending $550, :lol:

That's a good thing! :lol2: Do you have any pictures of your second tank, the one with all the clams in it?

 

[kimoyo]

Update

I had to send it back because it started making a very loud screeching noise and wasn't pumping as hard. I hadn't shut it down for a week or two and just finishing setting everything up when I shut it off for an hour and this happened. I sent it back today and paided $28 for shipping which is annoying, its not the money its more the principle.

Roger said he should get it back to me by the end of next week.