How much water to turn

[keiths]

I got a 225 gallon. I'm planning on doing stingrays with discus.

How much water would be best to turn for both of them? Anyone got any recommendations on overflow size and pump?

 

[Nic]

well what kind of overflow you getting... id get the biggest you can... a 55 gallon would be perfect for a sump... you can split your flow up to what ever works best for your fish but i would look for 1200 a hour

 

[keiths]

Sounds good. I converted a 55 into a sump and I was planning on doing 1200-1500 an hour. I just didn't know if that flow would be too much for discus.

Thanks

 

[Nic]

Sounds good. I converted a 55 into a sump and I was planning on doing 1200-1500 an hour. I just didn't know if that flow would be too much for discus.

Thanks

you might have to play around with it... split the return into 2 lines.. but you may need to split them as well...

 

[keepinfish]

on my 210 i am running a "quite one" that does like 2340 gph and i feel like i could use more.

 

[keiths]

They make quiet one pumps that go up that high? I've only seen them go to 1500

 

[zennzzo]

Rallysman turned me on the the "Reeflo" series of pumps...
the pentair biggest is like 3600gph @ 270 watts and the Reeflo Dart will top that GPH @ 145 watts...

 

[keiths]

Reeflo does look nice. Expensive but nice.

 

[FishDog]

On my 200 with a 80 gallon sump I am running 2400 gph and even that seems undersized. My return line has 4 outlets across the back of the tank so the current is not very strong but still high volume.

 

[keepinfish]

i got mine from dr foster smith a few months ago.