600 gallon filtration

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Ill have 120lbs of bio rings
A few thousand of bio balls and k1 media for fluidized bed.
So trying to combine the good methods all into one. If a 240 will be too big just a waste of room them I wouldn't need to.
What size pump should I use for my 600?


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Lovethemfish said:
What size pump should I use for my 600?
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Thats just a turn over question. How many times do you want to turn over your water in an hour? I honestly think 4 to 6 times an hour is good. Some people go 10X.

I do 4X on all my tanks but I also trickle about 1 gallon an hour into all my tanks. I just don't need as much turnover.
 
DIDYSIS said:
its not the size of the sump that matters its the use of the space and the media.
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Bingo, the volume doesn't matter (so long as it holds the skim when your pump switches off), it's the design that counts.

Lovethemfish said:
Ill have 120lbs of bio rings
A few thousand of bio balls and k1 media for fluidized bed.
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Sounds excessive. What are you going to do for mechanical?
 
Egon said:
Thats just a turn over question. How many times do you want to turn over your water in an hour? I honestly think 4 to 6 times an hour is good. Some people go 10X.

I do 4X on all my tanks but I also trickle about 1 gallon an hour into all my tanks. I just don't need as much turnover.
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I'm thinking about using the laguna max flo 4200. Is that pump ok to use for a tank and not a pond?
And thinking about hooking it up with 110 watt uv.

I just want to too little more to it so Ill know ill have a good enough set up where filtration will be the problem of fish loss.



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Lovethemfish said:
I'm thinking about using the laguna max flo 4200. Is that pump ok to use for a tank and not a pond?
And thinking about hooking it up with 110 watt uv.

I just want to too little more to it so Ill know ill have a good enough set up where filtration will be the problem of fish loss.
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Those are good pumps! Very efficient.
 
Lovethemfish said:
I'm thinking about using the laguna max flo 4200. Is that pump ok to use for a tank and not a pond?
And thinking about hooking it up with 110 watt uv.

I just want to too little more to it so Ill know ill have a good enough set up where filtration will be the problem of fish loss.

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I am running a Laguna Max Flo 4200 on my tank and I am very happy with it; runs quiet, seems to be a well made pump and it's one of the more energy efficient pumps on the market. Not sure what your systems total dynamic head is, but the pump does 2935GPH @ 6', so you would get just under 5 x per hour (@ 6' head) which should be sufficient.
 
aldiaz33 said:
I am running a Laguna Max Flo 4200 on my tank and I am very happy with it; runs quiet, seems to be a well made pump and it's one of the more energy efficient pumps on the market. Not sure what your systems total dynamic head is, but the pump does 2935GPH @ 6', so you would get just under 5 x per hour (@ 6' head) which should be sufficient.
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Do you run a uv to it too?
What size tank do you have?


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