New Canister Filter

[Snick]

I am planning to buy a 60 gallon tank approx, and i need a canister filter. About how many gallons per second does it need to have?

thanks in advance
Snick

 

[Teelie]

I'd say around 300gph or so as a guess.

 

[voo]

Usually you should look for a filter that will turn over the tank 4 times an hour, so 60x4 = 240gph. It's also best to go a bit higher than that as when a filter says 240gph, it can mean without filter media, and certainly it doesnt do 240gph when dirty.

It's best to overfilter, if you get a filter that does say 300gph you should be able to adjust the flow rate on it anyway. Certainly get a filter that does more than 240gph. If you're getting messy fish then you'll want to overfilter even more.

 

[xJake]

I usually go for a filter that can turn over the tank 5x per hour because as voo said they measure it without media usually and the muck will definitely slow it down.

 

[Snick]

ok guys thanks for the info... im planning to get a 350 gph, which is alot over the needs for my 60 gal... GREAT!

tnks for the good sugestions! (as always)