Bioballs for a 180?

[Fish Eat Fish]

Opinion or fact?Why 1000gph versus 750 gph..please explain your response

i agree with the 1000 gph, 180 gallons with a 60 gallon sump is 240 gallons. if the sump is only half full its still 210 gallons. So the 750 gph is only 3 - 3.5 turnover per hour. the 1000 gph takes you to 4.

thats is of course just my opinion that 4x turnover is better than 3x

and like i said in my previous post, get more biomedia.

I didnt even half to explain myself.

Thanks tufftobeat

 

[nfored]

750 is fine. With wet/dry's 4-5 times an hour is fine, you want to maximize contact time with the bio-media, so a little slower is better than too fast.

That said, I'm assuming you have more filteration or powerheads for more water movement? I run a 180 with about wet/dry having about 10 gallons of bioballs turning over at 4x an hour, a Fluval 404 and a Fluval 403.

I had 750 on my 55, drop down to 350 when I moved the sump. I never have a spike and my water looks nice and clean. I do also have a fluval 403, on the 55, so my turn over is close to 500 or 550GPH total between the two.