Riddle Me This

[thewizzrd]

Ok, I know that the rule of thumb is that you are supposed to turn over your tank between 8-10 times an hour. My question is what about teh sump? DO you include that when calculating. For instance, if you have a 125g tank you would want to get a pump around 800gph-1200gph. but what if you have a 55g sump included in that? Would you want to add that in too? Making it like 1400gph-1800gph? or does that not really matter? What do you think?

 

[b_ball12_99]

Thats a good question. I would, always better to go bigger on your filter, then if its too much you can always turn it down. If you go you small then you would get into trouble.

 

[josh f]

Does that mean... filter the water 8-10 times per hour? Or just have it moving? I have 2 powerheads and a biowheel in a 20 gal, the biowheel does 125gph, and the powerheads do 330gph combined, and I have 2" live sand and some rocks.. not alot, is that enough filtering?I want to make a 10gal sump, but I havent figured out what all I will need, what did you use in yours? How did you make it, any help would be great!

 

[thewizzrd]

It means that your tank should be filtered 8 to 10 times an hour. What I am wondering though, is should I get a pump that will cycle teh amount in the tank or the amount of the tank plus the sump?

 

[thewizzrd]

It means that your tank should be filtered 8 to 10 times an hour. What I am wondering though, is should I get a pump that will cycle teh amount in the tank or the amount of the tank plus the sump?

 

[jimi]

I always use 10x the tank amount. Since you really dont have that amount of water in your tank with all the rock ,sand or decorations 10x covers everything.