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  1. tyrophagus

    Shhhhh please!

    Position the spraybar below water but pointing towards surface. That creates plenty of agitation without any noise. As long a the surface is disturbed you'll get better gas exchange.
  2. tyrophagus

    Confused about flow and turnover

    Jim you need a rated flow from your pumps/filters of 4500lph. The pumps/filters will not perform at their rated flow due to the pipes, gravity (head), narrowing at inline equipment points. Perhaps a system with a rating of 4500lph will perform at 2500 or 3000lph, it varies depending on setup...
  3. tyrophagus

    Another furrowed brow in this business we call flow!

    Joe. I have the same dilemma. I'm about to move my tank and and it would be more simple to combine my 2 loops into one. As you know I have a filter rated at 1700lph driving a spraybar with no inline attachments and a 3000lph external pump driving the main spray bar with a inline diffuser and...
  4. tyrophagus

    Eheim Pro 3 E 2076 prob

    Try setting it to manual at full power and disable the computer. Are your pipes dirty. It measures resistance to flow and adjusts output accordingly.
  5. tyrophagus

    Powerhead for spraybar

    I 2nd the eheim external range. I have a compact 3000 + UP atomiser and they work a treat. There's even a 5000 version.
  6. tyrophagus

    Actual flow is 25% of rated flow (Eheim Pro 3e 2076)

    Thanks Clive. I thought it odd because I believed the increased surface agitation would drive off more gas so I'd lose CO2 faster. I suppose that could still happen but I'm dissolving more CO2 which makes up for any increased loss. I've posted a video of the effect of the flow on the tank...
  7. tyrophagus

    Actual flow is 25% of rated flow (Eheim Pro 3e 2076)

    In my original post I said I added a 2nd filter that had a rated flow of 650lph. Probably best I'd left that out as its confusing. I'm talking about 432lph from the Eheim Pro3e which has a rated flow of 1700lph. Well I've ditched the 650lph filter. I've removed all obstructions (co2/heater)...
  8. tyrophagus

    Actual flow is 25% of rated flow (Eheim Pro 3e 2076)

    So this 10x rule, whats it about? Is it rated flow or actual flow?
  9. tyrophagus

    Actual flow is 25% of rated flow (Eheim Pro 3e 2076)

    The filters clean, the pipes are clean, the media trays are 66% full. I'm about to switch things around so I'll let you know what happens when I replace the outflow with a single pipe.
  10. tyrophagus

    Actual flow is 25% of rated flow (Eheim Pro 3e 2076)

    I'm suprised its taken me so long to measure the flow from my filter. I've read over and over that I need good flow and I understand why. I assumed that having a rate 1700lph filter would be enough even though I expected the actual flow to be a lot less. Recently I added a small external...
  11. tyrophagus

    I give up on Glass

    I don't understand. Why would glass be worse than plastic? Surely the resistance is similar. :?
  12. tyrophagus

    EHEIM 2076 - will I be able to use inline devices?

    Hi My first post :wave: . I'm a week away from collecting my new tank and related gear most of which is bought and paid for. Having a few weeks to wait allowed me to trawl through the forum and I'm impressed with the information available here. I have purchased an Eheim 2076. I chose it...
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