Enthusiast Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Now this may seem like normal question to some but im getting a little lost in our world of fish. I need to know how many LPH your pump does that runs your fluidized bed filter. One company says up to 2000lph and another one says up to 600lph, with the second one being what i consider to be the better of the two. Im currently running a 1500 lph pump on this and it can hold 1.5L of media. Does the medai effect what flow rate i should have? Anyone that can shed somelight on this would be a BIG help right now. Thanks Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Go the 600 if you have other filter running as fluidised bed should just turn the media over .If its the only pump rfilter running go 2000 and tap of some of the flow for the fluidised bed filter and run the bulk of the flow through the other filter media. Run it all through the other media then tap off the return to run fluidised bed .The later is the best way if runing off external canister.Be carefull when turning on the fluidised bed you dont give it to much flow strait up or your tank will look lie it is snowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthusiast Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 awesome, thank you daydream. Its got its own pump and is a stand alone unit in my sump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Go the 600 as i said take your time turning it on.Have TheTaps turned off thenslowly open till flow rate is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tech Den Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Jeff is spot on and just take into consideration that the flow rate is not only dependable of that of the item but also the media that is houses. Personally I would go higher with the option of a tap control and if power was of a concern then the flow from the tap. Yep it all costs money but it is short term v's long term. TCOA is a term that I learnt, apart from many others, which in short is total cost of ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
