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Which Filter to use [message #8765]

Sat, 16 February 2008 22:32

Malawi Mother

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Registered: February 2007
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It is my opinion that good filtration is a must. When I say good filtration, I am talking about a filter that cirulates three times the size of the tank in GPH.

Here is example, If I purchase a 10 gal tank, I am buying a filter that will filter 30 gals in the same amount of time.

If I buy a filter for 50 gals of water, I am actually purchasing a filter that filters 150 gals of water in the same time.

I have actually had 2 HOB filters on one smaller aquarium to meet this.

This is the lowest amount of filtration I would recommend.

I think this is a good rule of thumb.

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