Filters In Brackish Water |
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 Aug 16 2007, 09:06 PM
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 Professor Cowfish  Group: Members Posts: 1761 Joined: 12-February 07 Member No.: 29181  |
Does the Fluval 3 plus and the Eheim Aquaball 2212 work in brackish water (s.g = 1.005-1.010)??
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Aug 16 2007, 09:11 PM
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 A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles Group: Members Posts: 3678 Joined: 16-July 05 From: Berkhamsted, UK Member No.: 14678 |
All filters should work in brackish water. Check the thing is suitable for marine tanks, and if it is, you're fine.
Cheers, Neale |
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Aug 16 2007, 09:14 PM
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Professor Cowfish Group: Members Posts: 1761 Joined: 12-February 07 Member No.: 29181 |
QUOTE(nmonks @ Aug 16 2007, 10:11 PM)  All filters should work in brackish water. Check the thing is suitable for marine tanks, and if it is, you're fine. Cheers, Neale OK cheers m8, also can you adjust the water flow on the Eheim like you can on the Fluval?? |
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Aug 16 2007, 09:18 PM
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A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles Group: Members Posts: 3678 Joined: 16-July 05 From: Berkhamsted, UK Member No.: 14678 |
No idea. But why would you want to? More water flow = better. If you need to spread out the current, better to add a spraybar than reduce the turnover (which reduces biological filtration). The Fluval filter is certainly compatible with the Fluval spraybar kit.
Cheers, Neale QUOTE(Matty P @ Aug 16 2007, 10:14 PM) OK cheers m8, also can you adjust the water flow on the Eheim like you can on the Fluval?? |
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Aug 16 2007, 09:26 PM
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Professor Cowfish Group: Members Posts: 1761 Joined: 12-February 07 Member No.: 29181 |
I was wondering if you could turn it down cos I read on another thread that someone had an Eheim Aquaball 2112 with some Figure 8 Puffers (which is what i am planning to have) and they said that the water flow was way to strong for the F8s...
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Aug 16 2007, 09:30 PM
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A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles Group: Members Posts: 3678 Joined: 16-July 05 From: Berkhamsted, UK Member No.: 14678 |
Can't think why. Puffers love water current. My SAPs live in a tank with ~10 times volume of the aquarium in turnover per hour and they're thriving. Figure-8s are riverine fish and used to far stronger water current than anything you could create in an aquarium. You're aiming for at least 4x the volume of the tank in turnover, and ideally at least 6x. So go add up the turnover for those two filters, compare it to your aquarium, and see what you get.
Cheers, Neale QUOTE(Matty P @ Aug 16 2007, 10:26 PM) I was wondering if you could turn it down cos I read on another thread that someone had an Eheim Aquaball 2112 with some Figure 8 Puffers (which is what i am planning to have) and they said that the water flow was way to strong for the F8s... |
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Aug 16 2007, 09:54 PM
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Professor Cowfish Group: Members Posts: 1761 Joined: 12-February 07 Member No.: 29181 |
Fluval 3 Plus = 700L/hour (It says max tank 130L) (9.3x turnover)
Eheim Aquaball 2212 = 650 L/hour (It says max tank 200L) (8.6x turnover) Both similar, but confused why the Fluval has more turnover but smaller max tank 
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Aug 16 2007, 09:58 PM
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A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles Group: Members Posts: 3678 Joined: 16-July 05 From: Berkhamsted, UK Member No.: 14678 |
Don't worry about it. Anything 8x upwards should give excellent water quality. By the time the filter has media installed and a bit of gunge, they'll be running at much less this turnover anyway. Stick a spraybar on to spread the current if you want.
Cheers, Neale QUOTE(Matty P @ Aug 16 2007, 10:54 PM) Both similar, but confused why the Fluval has more turnover but smaller max tank |
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Aug 17 2007, 08:29 AM
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Professor Cowfish Group: Members Posts: 1761 Joined: 12-February 07 Member No.: 29181 |
OK, can you get spray bars for Eheim Aquaballs??
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