How Many Lph?

[zoeb2912]

how many lph would you recommend for 170l tank?

thanks

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

All depends on the fish you have in there...

Fish like Betta need calmer conditions, so ~700lph would be towards the upper limit.
Fish like hillstream loach live in torrential currents, so 3400lph would not be an issue.

 

[Lufbramatt]

Between 5-10x turnover depending on fish type and stocking levels will work fine.

 

[m_attt]

remember turnover and flow are different things, you want the best turnover you can afford, you can slow the velocity by longer spraybars.

 

[zoeb2912]

thanks

im hoping to have barbs, rainbow fish, corys and dwarf rasbora.

have seen this but not sure because it seems too cheap. its 12.5 turnover. what do u think?

 

[ryan136]

I think a bit to big for me i had a aqua one filter bout the same as that was dead loud too. If u want a gd filter for a 170l hav a look at fauval u3 or4 abit more money but wud b better filter .think the u3 only dus up to 150l so u mit hav to get the u4. That filter u was lookin at wud blow barbs allround ur tank.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I'd go for a Fluval U4 if choosing an internal (where you can reduce the flow by changing between a/b/c modes), or an All Pond Solutions 2000EF (where the ~1200lph true flow with no spraybar modules can be reduced to <900lph by adding all the spraybar pieces).

As I wrote on your stocking post yesterday, I would choose no more than 3 schooling species which each use a different level of the ~165l tank, enabling you to add more than the "minimum 6." If these fish are staying in this tank long term, you should be looking at <120cm adult size fish tops.

 

[KkAaNnEe]

What type of rainbows were you thinking of?

People have very good reviews of the tetratec 1200, the fish you are stocking like a decent amount of flow

 

[BigbruiserAl]

People have very good reviews of the tetratec 1200, the fish you are stocking like a decent amount of flow

I got 4 of them

 

[zoeb2912]

im planning on dwarf rainbows but haven't fully decided on final stocking. will look into that filter. thanks. x