Is 1700 GPH Tunze Stream suitable for my 2 feet CUBE?

[WindCloudWRX]

I'm planning on running a bare bottom 2 feet cube tank, so sand disruption is not an issue. I want to just get 1 pump and be done for. The tunze stream 2 6065 caught my attention and is listed @ about 1700 gph.

 

That'd be about 28 x turn over. Thing is, my tank is 2 feet all around.

 

Would it be over kill?

 

Thanks.

[The Propagator]

Definitely.

I think you would end up blasting the water out and substrate of your tank

[xenon]

The question is do you need that much flow. What types of corals do you plan to keep?

 

If I had to run a single powerhead it would be the Vortech MP40. The undertow flow that powerhead provides cant be matched by a traditional powerhead like the Tunze nanostreams.

 

I vote for two Tunze 6055 on a controller .

[WindCloudWRX]

On a very tight budget. I don't want too much pumps due to aesthetics and more so the heat. I've heard the vortechs being a bit more on the 'noisy' side though.

 

*I don't have any substrate.

 

It's going to be a mixed reef and the stream would be directed more and off the wall type of thing.