ukapstt77
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Hey Guys
Not sure if this is in the correct section of the Forum so sorry if it's not
I need to work out how many gallons/litres per hour a 2inch tube will allow to flow through it
Is there some formula to work it out?!
The reason I need to know is I'm going to have a total of 8 2inch pipes coming from my 1200g Tropical Freshwater Tank and going into my filter system (4 from the left and 4 from the right of the tank) and I need to know what size pump could handle getting the water back to the tank.
I've been advised to get something like this (see link and pix below) to use as the filter system as it's low maintenance and has a very high through put flow/LPH. I'll probably get the 12,000 Litre version which is suitable for fish ponds of up to 12000 litres and a maximum flow rate of 7,500 litres ph. They're expensive new but you can get them for a third of the price on http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kockney-Koi-Fibre ... 240%3A1318
The water from the tank enters the side of the Vortex chamber (the round bit at the end) and creates a whirl pool which sucks the big chunks of dirt down the drain and allows the water to escape through a tube at the top into the next chamber. Because it gets rid of the large chunks of dirt straight away the rest of the media further down the filter system doesn't get clogged as quickly so means less cleaning/maintenance.
Anyway back to my Q's
Can you please tell me how to work out the LPH/GPH of a 2inch pipe?
Thanks
Not sure if this is in the correct section of the Forum so sorry if it's not
I need to work out how many gallons/litres per hour a 2inch tube will allow to flow through it
Is there some formula to work it out?!
The reason I need to know is I'm going to have a total of 8 2inch pipes coming from my 1200g Tropical Freshwater Tank and going into my filter system (4 from the left and 4 from the right of the tank) and I need to know what size pump could handle getting the water back to the tank.
I've been advised to get something like this (see link and pix below) to use as the filter system as it's low maintenance and has a very high through put flow/LPH. I'll probably get the 12,000 Litre version which is suitable for fish ponds of up to 12000 litres and a maximum flow rate of 7,500 litres ph. They're expensive new but you can get them for a third of the price on http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kockney-Koi-Fibre ... 240%3A1318
The water from the tank enters the side of the Vortex chamber (the round bit at the end) and creates a whirl pool which sucks the big chunks of dirt down the drain and allows the water to escape through a tube at the top into the next chamber. Because it gets rid of the large chunks of dirt straight away the rest of the media further down the filter system doesn't get clogged as quickly so means less cleaning/maintenance.
Anyway back to my Q's
Can you please tell me how to work out the LPH/GPH of a 2inch pipe?
Thanks