Help figureing out how many times my tank is filtered

idle0095

Candiru
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i was told you take like your tanks gallons and divided it by the filter out put and that tells you how many times ur tank is filtered. help. also what is the best number to have for filtering by hr?
 

Fishermoe14

Fire Eel
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filter output divided by tank size..

it really depends on the kind of fish you keep, but i like my tanks at 10x turnover
 

idle0095

Candiru
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okay so i took my tank gallon size 180 and divided it by 1240 which is the gallon rate for the two filters and i got 6.88
 

crisper

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over there boi
If your doing your weekly water changes and all water paramaters are fine. Ammonia,nitrates,and nitrites ecspecially. Then your tank is doing fine.
 
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