Jon1706
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Hi everyone I've been reading a lot about flow And its got me running a round chasing my tail lol I got the bit about 10x filtration but that you lose some flow from your filter. I have Tetratec Ex600 so in a nice world this would give me 10x turn over. but from what i've read, my flow will be around 7x or 8x turn over?. I know I will need something to give me more flow (been looking at the Ehiem power heads) with one off these I will get 10x over just with power head. The two thing I can't work out are:
Is 17x or 18x to much in a 60l?
Where to place the powerhead.
I will be using my spraybar with my filter and this will run over the back off the tank. So the flow will go to the front to back right?, With the powerhead say going on the left hand side off the tank this will send the flow right to left? is this bad or good? having two different flows crossing each other. The C02 will come from water changes and easycarbo (2ml a day), I'm hoping the extra flow will spread it better? or will I have to upp the levels due to the flow? And the smae for my fert that is 1ml a day will I need upto up that as well?
Ok if this didn't make any senes I'm sorry just getting myself lost again lol :?
Is 17x or 18x to much in a 60l?
Where to place the powerhead.
I will be using my spraybar with my filter and this will run over the back off the tank. So the flow will go to the front to back right?, With the powerhead say going on the left hand side off the tank this will send the flow right to left? is this bad or good? having two different flows crossing each other. The C02 will come from water changes and easycarbo (2ml a day), I'm hoping the extra flow will spread it better? or will I have to upp the levels due to the flow? And the smae for my fert that is 1ml a day will I need upto up that as well?
Ok if this didn't make any senes I'm sorry just getting myself lost again lol :?