filter turnovers

[MilitantPotato]

I agree with WyldFya.

 

[AnDr3w]

Also, I have a 29g tank with an Eleite Hush 35 filter at 130gph.
tank turn over rate at 4.4827586........................
4.5 times an hour.

 

[Horiyoshi III]

My 90 GALLON HAS 2 ac 300'S AND 1 ac 500,FOR A TOTAL OF 10+ TURNS PER HOUR.1100 GPH TOTAL IF I HAD THE LOOT I'D ADD A FLUVAL 405!!!!!!!!!! AND FILL IT WITH STRAIGHT BIO-MEDIA!!!!!!!CAN'T BEAT THAT,NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH FILTRATION,TOO MUCH CURRENT,BUT NOT FILTRATION

 

[ethnics]

60gal = 7.5x per hour with only 2 baby dats and 1 male motoro pup

100gal = 4x per hour with 9 piranhas.

150gal = 7x per hour with 4 bichirs.

400gal = 5x per hour with all my monsters.

 

[DeLgAdO]

the smaller the tank the more turn over you need, and the bigger the tank the less turnover you need.

 

[moneygetter1]

Although these totals are somewhat subjective estimates based on mfgr. ratings, they are in the ballpark.
125g - 9.5 times
75g - 10.1 times
55g - 18.1 times
29g - 20.6 times
Extra filtration isn't a necessity but it can't hurt. "T"

 

[Aussienative]

Going off the manufacturers gph specs is useless...

I measured the actual flow rate of my fx5 after 2 months in my tank full of media... 660g/h!

i also have 2 internal filters for bio and current, plus a large sponge filter.

 

[BIGgourami]

mine does 5 i wasn't sure which to vote for so i went with 3-5 to have a conservative guess

 

[AnDr3w]

60gal = 7.5x per hour with only 2 baby dats and 1 male motoro pup

100gal = 4x per hour with 9 piranhas.

150gal = 7x per hour with 4 bichirs.

400gal = 5x per hour with all my monsters.

I'd go more with the Piranha tank

 

[ewurm]

Although these totals are somewhat subjective estimates based on mfgr. ratings, they are in the ballpark.
125g - 9.5 times
75g - 10.1 times
55g - 18.1 times
29g - 20.6 times
Extra filtration isn't a necessity but it can't hurt. "T"

I agree, it's tough to over do filtration. Play it safe!