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I have 5x on my 100 and my 240.
Unles your stock have specific current requirement then large turrnover rates are a waste of energy and only good for bench racing.
The exception would be systems with poorly designed, innefficient or inadequate mechanical filtration. $.02
Unles your stock have specific current requirement then large turrnover rates are a waste of energy and only good for bench racing.
The exception would be systems with poorly designed, innefficient or inadequate mechanical filtration. $.02
wow, when i got 14x in my 80gal, i think i'm in the lost world, hahaha.
but,.
sure you all got LARGE turnover!! Hohoho,
Thankz guys
the most vote is 12+x, indeed a MFK!!!
but,.
sure you all got LARGE turnover!! Hohoho,
Thankz guys
the most vote is 12+x, indeed a MFK!!!
Varies between mi dozen or so tanks, how much gph does a air driven sponge filter have? those couple tanks are probably less then 1x.
Only sure thing high turnover rate guarantees is...high turnover rate, really only a small fraction of the filter equation.
Only sure thing high turnover rate guarantees is...high turnover rate, really only a small fraction of the filter equation.
Bderick67;4486586; said:
^^^ You got that right. I'm still learning all the different aspects of filtration, but turnover rate only matter so much. Gph, amount of media, type of media, surface area in tank blah blah blah all come in to play on filtration, oh, not to mention w/c schedule and all that jazz! I remember in a previous thread you brought up the fact that the canister GPH stated on the box is with the canister empty and no hoses attached, which I believe some on this thread haven't considered. Anyway, my 75g has 13.3x's turnover (running 2 AC110's) and my 150 has 2 XP4's and 1 Fx5, for a total of 1800pgh according to manufacturer, which would make it a 12x's turnover rate. I believe I'm getting closer to around an 8x's turnover rate in this tank
Bderick67;4486586; said:
i do agree, that turnover is just one from many factor in tank filtration.
but, i was thinking,..
assuming we got a good sump, and no other filter in the tank (bare bottom also).
say we got 1ppm of amonia, then a higher rate pump will remove the amonia faster than low rate pump.
so at least, in case we switching a pump in our sump to a higher rate, it will make amonia removal run faster.
what do you think??
indeed this can't apply to a tank that using a gravel.
mine is 5x turnover and the water ...well it looks like it's not there
i only have an 8" texas and around a 6 1/2 - 7" pleco in a 75g they are getting upgraded to 140 soon that tank will be about 7x turnover...
i only have an 8" texas and around a 6 1/2 - 7" pleco in a 75g they are getting upgraded to 140 soon that tank will be about 7x turnover...