Too much?

[thefishguy7]

I'm currently running 2,000 gph on my 180 gallon tank. Today I picked up an aquaclear 5000 powerhead from my lfs. It was broken and free, so I took and fixed it up. It has a flow of about 1000 gph, I hooked it up on the tank and the current seems almost too powerful. Is there such thing as too much of a good thing?
I also plan on getting a big UV sterilizer, is this all too much?

I'm just worried about the fish. It's stocked with tinfoil barbs, cichlids, a black aro, and poly's. Think they can handle it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[koop171]

i am wondering the same question myself of can u have to much current. sry i do not have anything helpful for you. but i would like to know how well the 2000GPH works out for you I am looking at getting about 2400GPH on my new 125Gal.

 

[thefishguy7]

i am wondering the same question myself of can u have to much current. sry i do not have anything helpful for you. but i would like to know how well the 2000GPH works out for you I am looking at getting about 2400GPH on my new 125Gal.

The 2000 was working out nicely, but still a lot of water changes. (who'd think 11x turnover isn't enough? ) I'm thinking the 3,000 will help cut down, but maybe it's too strong... not to mention the big UV sterilizer I plan on buying.

The aro is what concerns me the most.

 

[kendog1]

damn thats alot of flow rob, still got the RD????

 

[Toby_H]

Strong current is more likely to push the waste to a filter intake… once this is being achieved adding more current will have little to no benefit and will eventually start having a negative effect on the fish’s comfort… The size of the tank, shape of the tank, placement of decorations, placement of filtration, type of filtration, etc, etc will impact where the line falls on your particular set up. So the only true way to establish this line is to explore.

I have a densely decorated 6’ 125 gal with 17 times (rated) filtration and the young Apistos, Tetras and others have no problems swimming throughout the tank.

 

[thefishguy7]

damn thats alot of flow rob, still got the RD????

My fish get the best
Still got him, need him out...

Strong current is more likely to push the waste to a filter intake… once this is being achieved adding more current will have little to no benefit and will eventually start having a negative effect on the fish’s comfort… The size of the tank, shape of the tank, placement of decorations, placement of filtration, type of filtration, etc, etc will impact where the line falls on your particular set up. So the only true way to establish this line is to explore.

I have a densely decorated 6’ 125 gal with 17 times (rated) filtration and the young Apistos, Tetras and others have no problems swimming throughout the tank.

I have it blowing right at a pile of rocks where debris can easily be trapped, it looks like it's pushing some out, which benefits the tank. The barbs look happier, the cichlids could care less, but I'm not really sure about the aro, poly's and catfish...we'll see how they do tomorrow.

 

[thefishguy7]

So far it doesn't look there's such thing as too much.

Still looking for some more opinions though.