gallon per hour
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Im not really sure, but I think 3-4 times is minimum. I like to have more. I try to keep 10x filtration.
6+ turn over rate for the volume of the tank each hour is a good rate. Some tanks its fine to go much less than that, some you should have higher, all depends on what your trying to do.
I guess just sufficiently filter the tank. No real plants, fully stocked, good readings and upkeep.
I may have been underfiltered before too... I am asking b/c currently I have an aquaclear 500 and an emperor 400 running on the tank. I also have a penguin 330 running (I used it from the old tank I took down a while back to get the cycle going), however now I want to take that filter off so that I can sell it with the smaller tank I had bought it for. Just trying to figure out if I will be able to get away with the first two filters or if I will need to add more back on. Sorry to be vague, I'm not very knowledgable about filtration
180g, unplanted, with about 20 tetras, 5 clown loaches, 3 bala sharks, 1 rainbow shark, 1 common pleco, 1 bristlenose pleco, 11 corys, a couple of platys and a couple of guppys. I have sponges and filter floss in the filters now. I also have ceramic donut shaped things, but I haven't put that in. I guess I just want to keep my bacteria alive and help filter out waste. The emperor has 2 biowheels if that matters...
Depends on the filter.
HOB power filters should get at least 6 or so, but for canisters, they are slower, but more efficient. Also, smaller tanks generally get more GPH than larger tanks.
HOB power filters should get at least 6 or so, but for canisters, they are slower, but more efficient. Also, smaller tanks generally get more GPH than larger tanks.