to much flow?
- Thread starter jake m
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10x turnover is ideal, certainly not excess for most fish. Some like more and some like less but 1800gph in a 180 wont bother many fish
You said a 3400gph pump running about half that after restrictions and such. On a 180g tank 1800gph would be 10x turnover. Thats always what I aim for for turnover
It really depends upon the type of fish.
Rheophilic fish need very heavy flow, with an ATF or cichlids like Tomocichla or Theraps, it would be hard to ever produce too much flow.
For discus or certain other oxbow, or swamp fish, it may be too much.
In some cenotes containing Jack dempseys, uropthalmus and live bearers where I have snorkeled, I have had to hold on to mangrove roots to keep from being swept toward the sea.
Rheophilic fish need very heavy flow, with an ATF or cichlids like Tomocichla or Theraps, it would be hard to ever produce too much flow.
For discus or certain other oxbow, or swamp fish, it may be too much.
In some cenotes containing Jack dempseys, uropthalmus and live bearers where I have snorkeled, I have had to hold on to mangrove roots to keep from being swept toward the sea.
