What GPH should I use?

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Tanks: 125 Gallon
Housing: 2 adult Red Ear Sliders (For those who do no have turtles... They are messy!)
Project: Building new Siphon overflow with Sump
Question: What GPH should I aim for?

From reading all the posts it seems I will need about 1200 GPH or more for my tank.
 
Depends on your budget really... and how much maintenance you want to do etc as well as how much you feed the turtles there are a bunch of factors that come into play i'd assume that it would be a good start at 1200 gph but you might end up needing more. But i don't have much experience with turtles i just know that i run close to 2000 gph in my 55 gallon but i love over filtration thats just me tho lol.
 
1200 ish is probably a good start. I would figure which brand of pump you want to go with, then figure out what your budget is for that range. As i've found out with turttles more is always better.

I've added a circulation pump (hydor korlia) to keep stuff stirred up and moved into the filter. On you sump i would focus on mech. and having it easily cleaned/changed.

On my next build i'm going to use filter socks for this reason.
 
Agreed, I would like to build the dump with very easy to change the mechanical filter. At the same time, I will need to have circulation with the filter pump or a separate pump.

If you would recomend a flow rate what would it be? Recommendations on pumps?
 
I have a fluval 404 which is rated at 340 but puts out about 200gph on a 75 gallon tank. I have no problems with bio filtration. I have a single female RES that is 7.5 inches. Mech the filter is a bit dirty but that has to do with the filter not the turn over rate.

Problem with a turtle is you get a lot of mess every so often. So a lower flow rate with good non bypass mech will keep the tank clean. However a high turnover rate will clean the tank quickly when you get the big mess once in a while.

Not sure how RES's deal with a lot of current. I'm planning a 180 gallon with 1000 gph pump. The sump will have dual series filter socks (100 micron, 50 micron) and will have zero bypass. I plan to have a 1400 gph korlia to move debri up to the overflow. I can't tell you you for sure how this works as i don't have it yet. But i think it should work.
 
i just know that i run close to 2000 gph in my 55 gallon

Tell me that`s a typo error.
 
epond83;4929509; said:
I have a fluval 404 which is rated at 340 but puts out about 200gph on a 75 gallon tank. I have no problems with bio filtration. I have a single female RES that is 7.5 inches. Mech the filter is a bit dirty but that has to do with the filter not the turn over rate.
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I have 2 8-10" Female RES. I am currently running a fluval 404 as well, but I hate how often I have to clean the mech media and the fluval just acts up on me. I know the sump system will not be a efficient as the fluval, so I am opting for my filtering. As far as a current in the tank, I am not so worried. They should be big enough to get through it.

One question I have is: I have a "safe place" for fish to hide in where the turtles can get on top of rocks, but not in between them. I have smaller river rock as a base in this section of my tank an this seems to be where the majority of my turtle filth accumulates. What would be the best approach for keeping filth out of this area?
 
From reading all the posts it seems I will need about 1200 GPH or more for my tank.

Works for me.

i just know that i run close to 2000 gph in my 55 gallon

30+ gallons a minute is nuts in a 55.
Sorry, but that`s how I feel about it.
Guess it works for you.
 
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