Power Heads

bamc123

bamc123

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Just wondering if there is a such thing as to much water flow. The reason I ask is I bought 2 Rio 600's for my thirty gal tank was just wondering if 2 are to much the water seems to be flowing pretty good.
 
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thomas712

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Well if you have the 200gph rio600UL then that should give you 13.333 turnover rate, thats not bad at all. Should be fine.
For your next power head I suggest you look at maxi jets.
 
cain420

cain420

Active Member
i have a 75 gallon with two maxi-jet 1200's and my return pump is a ca-1800.. think that is enough flow? while we are on this topic, i thought i might as well jump in.. no thread-jacking intended..
 
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thomas712

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cain420 ~ your ca1800 does what 650gph right? you will have to subtract for the head pressure for every vertical foot and right angles. However with 2 MJ1200's thats 295gph added to whatever you get with the ca1800 on a 75 gallon tank so at just a guess even if I took 100gph away right now for the ca1800 that would be 590 + 550 or 1140gph / 75 gallons = 15.2 which is fine also, but I suspect its even less than that.
 
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thomas712

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Originally Posted by jerzytwinz
how many heads should i have in my 75 gallon tank
Is that all you have are power heads or do you have a return pump also, or HOB filters or canisters, what else do you have total gph?
 
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jerzytwinz

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i have a maxi jet 400 a aqua clear 70, cat1800 from the sump and a eheim 2215 canister return
 
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