Powerhead for 270 gallon

[SandNukka15]

270 gallon stock (6x3x2)
11 inch bd ray
9 inch tat payaras x3
11 inch vatf
11 inch juruense catfish
4-5 inch tiger silver dollars x6

Adding black arow

Currently i have 3....1500gph koralias and the output of 2 fx6s....i wanted to upgrade my powerheads to better suite the characins but keep it low enough on the tank that its not too much flow for the black arow. I will be removing all 3 powerheads and adding them to diff tanks....What powerhead or powerheads would you guys recomend?

Going for low power consumption.....open to other options so would lobe to hear others opinions

 

[henria86]

you can try jebao rw-20 its a wave maker. or gyre 150 works great for flow

 

[carbene]

i use jebao wp60 and my tank turned into a whirlpool when its on max speed

 

[SandNukka15]

you can try jebao rw-20 its a wave maker. or gyre 150 works great for flow

That is way too much flow for a 6 foot long tank with an arow....max being close to 6000 gph....i dont like jabeos they use a lot of power....a rw can consume 60 watts at that wattage i might as well get another submersible pump hook up to a sump and use the output off it for flow lol

 

[welsher7]

You can't go wrong with Tunze or VorTech.

I have had a couple Tunze 6100.1 for 10+yrs.

 

[SandNukka15]

They are great powerheads but overpriced....

 

[stempy]

The smaller jebao rw series like the rw 8 only uses 8-23w for up to 2100 gph. Fantastic powerheads. The Koralia Gen 3 2450 pushes 2450 gph at only 9.5w but cost around $90 and need a seperate controller to do anything besides a fixed flow.

 

[SandNukka15]

I actually was considering the koralia gen 3 2400 but i heard a lot of bad reviews on it

 

[stempy]

I've never liked the brand, but you were looking for low wattage. I've trashed the few that I've owned. Ive honestly had the best luck with tunze and jebao. I do not like vortechs at all either.

 

[SandNukka15]

I've never liked the brand, but you were looking for low wattage. I've trashed the few that I've owned. Ive honestly had the best luck with tunze and jebao. I do not like vortechs at all either.

I have a jabeo wp60 on my 600 gallon. The wattage on that is between 30-60 so pretty high. Ive had it for over 2 years and its a solid powerhead.

I think i may be leaning towards the koralia mag 7. Although its a 270 gallon it is only 6 feet long so i think with anything more powerful would be a little too much flow for the arow