Overfiltered?? Where do I Find my Turn??

[nuth88]

Overfiltered?? I am trying to figure out my Turn...

I have a 125 with a:

Eheim Pro II (2028)
Eheim Classic 2213 (With surface skimmer)
3 x Emp 400
1 x AC 50 PH with Attachment
1 x AC 70 PH with Attachment


a 55 with a:

Eheim Classic 2217
AC 110 (Hooked up to AC surface skimmer)
Emp 400
2x AC 50 PH with Attachment


a 38 with a:

Eheim Classic 2213
Emp 400
UG (Yeah, Old School)
Powered by 2 x AC 50 PH's

and a 46 with a:

Magnum 350
Fluval FX 4
1 x AC 50 PH with Attachment
Whisper 60

20 Long with a:

UG
1 x AC 402 PH
1 x AC 50 PH
Emp 400

10 With a:

UG
1 x AC 30 PH
1 x AC 30
1 x Whisper 20

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Do I go to the Web sites for each product so I can figure out my Turn??

 

[fish head )'>]

each of the manufactures web site will have that information if you do not still have the paper manuals. I do not think there is an easy, one stop, fill in the blank web calculator for your request.

 

[WeeNe858]

get the gallons per hour and divide it by the tank size... that give you the approximate.. the lift/head pressure brings it down, but thats what you should be expecting... theres no such thing as overfiltering just to much water movement and by the looks of your setup it seems some of them have quite a bit of water movement.

 

[nuth88]

Weekly WC (25%)

The fish I have now like the movement

125: (All Juvi)
1 x Jag
1 x Tex
3 x Cons
1 x JD
1 x RD
1 x Picus
1 x Rubberlip Pleco

55:
Soon to be Grammodes

46:
2 x Gold Sev
2 x Red Shoulder Sev
4 x SD
3 x Giant Danio
2 x Albino Cory
1 x Albino Bristlenose

38:
1 x Green Sev
1 x Red Shoulder Sev
3 x Sajica
2 x Clown Loach
3 x Skunk Botia
(Moved from the 20 L)


10 (Hospital)
1 x Juvi Red Terror (Recovering from Convict Beating)

 

[Bderick67]

Overfiltered?? I am trying to figure out my Turn...

I have a 125 with a:

Eheim Pro II (2028)
Eheim Classic 2213 (With surface skimmer)
3 x Emp 400
1 x AC 50 PH with Attachment
1 x AC 70 PH with Attachment

All gph from petsolutions.com catalog

Eheim Pro II (2028)....................................................280gph
Eheim Classic 2213 (With surface skimmer).....................116gph
3 x Emp 400..........................................400gph x 3 + 1200gph
1 x AC 50 PH with Attachment......................................200gph
1 x AC 70 PH with Attachment70...................................300gph

total.......................................................................2096gph

2096 divided by 125 equals 16.77 turn over per hour

of course turnover rate is only a small part of the equation. Alot more has to do with media and type of filter. For example the AC70 at 300gph has no wear near the filtering capacity of the eheim 2028 at 280gph.

 

[nuth88]

Petsolutions! Cool, and yes, the media is what makes the ratio make sense. A PH with no media just creates a current. I do have media with all of my filters....

Thank you!