hey waht is the quietess most energy effecient power head for a 180 g, im only using it to just move sediments off my sand and ima buy 2 also they have to have an airhose input because i want to attach a bubble disk to them thanks
Best powerhead
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For quality and being long lasting only, I would choose Hagen Aquaclear powerheads. I am using about 12 of them.
BayArea_510;5131631; said:
Uh, explain what attaching an air stone to the venturi of a powerhead will do?
That makes no sense whatsoever.
Joe M;5131992; said:Uh, explain what attaching an air stone to the venturi of a powerhead will do?
That makes no sense whatsoever.
Haha, agreed. You can attach a venturi, which will draw air into the powerhead from an airline and shoot bubbles out of the powerhead.
I prefer koralia evolutions over anything I've used. Aquaclears are fine and I own one, but you can't beat the wide flow and low power consumption of the koralia for the price. Get a 1400gph for your 180 and I bet that's all you'll need (get two if you want a massive amount of flow, I run one on my 6 foot 125 and it moves a lot of water).
aqueon powerheads are just like koralia but cheaper and just as good. i personally like the maxi jet powerheads since i can run a sponge filter on it.
I've used maxi jet as well, and was fairly happy with them. Though they did make a buzzing noise when I first started them up. It went away after a bit.
So these just cause a current in the water to move sediment? (Sorry, new to bigger filter systems)
BayArea_510;5132372; said:
the venturi system doesnt work like that, it sucks in air into the power head. if you want an air wand gotta get an air pump