Pump for a 230 gallon???

[paintballingajs]

How many GPH pump should i get for a 230 gal tank?

 

[TheRealMacDaddy]

Bare minimum 720gph. 1100gph much better. What method of filtration are you thinking of going with?

 

[paintballingajs]

well it has a over flow then from the over flow into a ocean clear canister back into the tank. im going to make a sump at some point.

 

[LowCel]

Make sure that you take into account head pressure when deciding on a pump.

 

[paintballingajs]

what is that?

 

[peathenster]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47105

 

[LowCel]

Basicly head loss means the amount of pressure lost due to the height of your plumbing. For example, a pump may do 1,000 gph at 0 feet but only 250 gph at 7 feet head height, another pump may do 1,000 gph at 0 feet and 600 at 7 feet head height. You have to take into consideration how many feet up your going and how many unions, 90's, ball valve's, etc you will be using.

Here is a very good site to help determine what pump you should get and how many gph it does once taking head loss into consideration.

http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/hlc2.php

 

[paintballingajs]

it does not have my pump model i have a poseidon PS3 made by Bayside

 

[paintballingajs]

it does 240 gallons per hour at 24 foot head pressure to 720 gallons per hour at 3 foot head pressur... what do you think i have the water coming from my over flow to the pump then to a ocean clear canister. 3/4" tube @ 2' from pump to canister then 2' hose going from canister to returns on bottom of the tank. What do you think?

 

[Ak-Kronic]

you want to be able to turn over at least 5x the amount of water in your tank per hour.....head pressure....this web site describes it very well.

http://www.aquariumpros.com/articles/headpress.shtml