Re: [GSAS-Member] UGF and substrate

[Larry Beck <larry.beck@avanade.com>]

How much flow the fish can handle is very dependent on the type of fish you 
have. I'm looking at have 10 times tank capacity flow through my mbuna cichlid 
tank, for instance (300g tank with over 3,000gph pump throughput), but mbuna 
tanks are frequently overstocked and they oftentimes don't benefit from being 
planted since the mbuna tend to munch on most plant stock. :)


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On Behalf Of Jeff
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:25 PM
To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] UGF and substrate

Thanks Kypros, now that's cool; the part about using the filter as a co2
diffuser, I wouldn't have thought of that; my dr foster and smith automatic
co2 system came with a reactor and its own pump and etc; I need to be
careful though with sizing my recirc pump though since I will already have
two Marineland c360 canisters flowing at a total of 360 gph each plus my
wet/dry pump running at about 200 gph; that's 920 gallons per hour which is
almost 4 complete cycles of the tank per hour; 

Does anyone have an opinion on what too much circulation would be for a 260
gallon tank? I want my fish to be healthy and strong in addition to great
plants but I don't want to overstress the fish with too much current!

Thanks for all your help, Jeff.



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