My Powerheads

[jaylam]

Hi,

Ok after buying 2 powerheads of eBay (yes I know, first mistake) I have come to the conclusion they are rubbish.

Im going to bite the bullet and buy something decent but would like some suggestions/recommendations from you guys as im still very new to this.

I have a 260lt tank with 20kg of LR.

Jay

 

[nick87]

Hi,

Ok after buying 2 powerheads of eBay (yes I know, first mistake) I have come to the conclusion they are rubbish.

Im going to bite the bullet and buy something decent but would like some suggestions/recommendations from you guys as im still very new to this.

I have a 260lt tank with 20kg of LR.

Jay

I am using the korallia pumps and they seem to be doing a good job.

What pumps did you get from ebay and whats wrong with them?

 

[BigIan]

+1 on the koralia awesome pumps.

 

[jaylam]

Hi,

Ok after buying 2 powerheads of eBay (yes I know, first mistake) I have come to the conclusion they are rubbish.

Im going to bite the bullet and buy something decent but would like some suggestions/recommendations from you guys as im still very new to this.

I have a 260lt tank with 20kg of LR.

Jay

I am using the korallia pumps and they seem to be doing a good job.

What pumps did you get from ebay and whats wrong with them?

ok what sort of l/h should I be looking for?

The ones off eBay, 1 they are noisy and 2 they dont really create much flow I can feel the water if I put my hand say 3" in front of it but thats it when I move my hand to the LR I cant feel anything its not even reaching the LR.

 

[nick87]

ok what sort of l/h should I be looking for?

You want around 5200lph minimum, so a koralia 2 and 3 or two koralia 3's

The ones off eBay, 1 they are noisy and 2 they dont really create much flow I can feel the water if I put my hand say 3" in front of it but thats it when I move my hand to the LR I cant feel anything its not even reaching the LR.

The koralias aren't noisy but the flow from them is gentle, it is very dispersed.

 

[jaylam]

ok what sort of l/h should I be looking for?

You want around 5200lph minimum, so a koralia 2 and 3 or two koralia 3's

The ones off eBay, 1 they are noisy and 2 they dont really create much flow I can feel the water if I put my hand say 3" in front of it but thats it when I move my hand to the LR I cant feel anything its not even reaching the LR.

The koralias aren't noisy but the flow from them is gentle, it is very dispersed.

Excellent, thanks for the info. Will start looking for stockests now.

 

[ben1987]

you bought sunsuns didnt you, the flow from korallias will feel exactly the same to the hand. its spread over a wide area. but yes, the sunsuns arent good. they are hot and noisey aswel as toally unreliable

 

[jaylam]

you bought sunsuns didnt you, the flow from korallias will feel exactly the same to the hand. its spread over a wide area. but yes, the sunsuns arent good. they are hot and noisey aswel as toally unreliable

yes sunsuns, ah ok if the flow will be the same at least I know its not somthing that I need to replace right now. I can put up with the noise until payday......... but I am a sucker for impulse buy's so if im honest it will prob happen before payday

 

[seffieuk]

Dont buy just one, divide the flow amoungst two pumps

Seffie x

 

[jaylam]

Dont buy just one, divide the flow amoungst two pumps

Seffie x

Im going to get 2 5200's

 

[nick87]

Dont buy just one, divide the flow amoungst two pumps

Seffie x

Im going to get 2 5200's

Two 5200lph powerheads?

If so that would give you around 40x flow which may be a little to much for some corals.

 

[jaylam]

Dont buy just one, divide the flow amoungst two pumps

Seffie x

Im going to get 2 5200's

Two 5200lph powerheads?

If so that would give you around 40x flow which may be a little to much for some corals.

Would 2 of these be better?:

Linkage

 

[Morri]

I would go with with either 2 x 5200 evolutions or 2 x 4000 evolutions more flow is good certain corals will not like high flow but this can be manged but good postioning of corals or power heads

The evolutions are much smaller than the older powerheads so will take up less space in your DT

 

[jaylam]

I would go with with either 2 x 5200 evolutions or 2 x 4000 evolutions more flow is good certain corals will not like high flow but this can be manged but good postioning of corals or power heads

The evolutions are much smaller than the older powerheads so will take up less space in your DT

Thanks

 

[Morri]

No Worries I do remember some mods for the sunsun`s using the rubber feet or something but never used them myself