filtration to 1000g tank
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rays and plecos dont usually mix well but i would want atleast 10000 gph of filtration mainly a huge bio filter
dude, if your tank is 1000gal, you don'twant10,000 gal perhour filtration. that is ridiculous, unless you are running all cannister filters. I assume you will be using a wet/dry. My thought is,you could do very well with a 5ftx2ft sump...maybe 24" deep?
You have about 1/2 that for bioballs. I don't know how many gallons that works out to, but 60-80 gal of bio balls should be more than enough.
you probably are going to want 4,000 - 7000 GPH MAX... any more than that and you have too much flow for a wet dry to work its best. Given the fish you mention, I would say you want about 5000GPH.
Run 2 pumps out your sump. Plug them into two seperate circuits. I would not use any in-line cannister. total waste of money. I learned from experience. If you find that you are not getting sufficient mechanical filtration, then you can always through an FX5 on their later purely for mechanical.
60-80 gal bioballs with trickle (NOT SUBMERGED) and 5000gph will give you PLENTY of bio filtration.. your rays will be happy.
People who say 10x per hour for wet dry have not idea what they are talking about. They probably have never run a wet dry. When I am running cannisters on my small tanks, yep, definitley go for 10-12x per hour. But not W/D. Live and learn. Youput 10,000GPH on there and you will be kicking yourelf in the ass later, trust me
You have about 1/2 that for bioballs. I don't know how many gallons that works out to, but 60-80 gal of bio balls should be more than enough.
you probably are going to want 4,000 - 7000 GPH MAX... any more than that and you have too much flow for a wet dry to work its best. Given the fish you mention, I would say you want about 5000GPH.
Run 2 pumps out your sump. Plug them into two seperate circuits. I would not use any in-line cannister. total waste of money. I learned from experience. If you find that you are not getting sufficient mechanical filtration, then you can always through an FX5 on their later purely for mechanical.
60-80 gal bioballs with trickle (NOT SUBMERGED) and 5000gph will give you PLENTY of bio filtration.. your rays will be happy.
People who say 10x per hour for wet dry have not idea what they are talking about. They probably have never run a wet dry. When I am running cannisters on my small tanks, yep, definitley go for 10-12x per hour. But not W/D. Live and learn. Youput 10,000GPH on there and you will be kicking yourelf in the ass later, trust me
Why not use a pool filter. I have one running for my pond it works great. The cost is less then all the aquarium stuff and it will turn over the water as fast as you want. The water changes are easy because you just put it on back wash and it cleans your heavy dirt from the filter and does the water change as long as you want.
hewhorunswithscissors;528022; said:
What would you suggest on turn over rate for a sump then? If I am doing a 400 gallon tank how many times should it turn in the hour?
hewhorunswithscissors;528022; said:
dr_sudz;529959; said:
According to hewhorunswithscissors post, if you do the math, what he suggests if 4-7x per hour
