Water Circulation

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Offline maz1

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water circulation
« on: March 04, 2013, 11:53:32 AM »
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hi need help cofused if  i say so i have a 6ft tank finally getting round to my filters i have been told i have to recirculate the water 6x hour my tank is 500l so i was told i need a filter of 3000l to keep it clean is this true i brought two 3000l pond pumps to run through two boxes to keep it clean i dont know if this is over board or not??????

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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 12:28:17 PM »
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The general guideline for water turnover is 5 times the tank volume per hour for unplanted or lightly planted, and 10 time the tank volume per hour for heavily planted.
So with your tank, 2500 litres/hour if you have few or no plants or 5000 litres/hour if you are heavily planted. But this needn't be all from the filter. You can use powerheads to add water movement if you think a lower rated filter will hold enough bacteria for the fish you want.

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