Hi again, getting a little trigger-happy with the posts at the moment, probably because work isn't too interesting at the moment, still, I have to pay for all this somehow!
As I am aiming for a jungle-style tank along the same vein as Paulo's tank, I am now quite concerned that I might not have enough flow...
I was doing a few sums on the train on the way home following on from the conversation about flow and I've worked out the following (copied from a note on my iphone):
So with the one Koralia Nano we're just under 10x per hour, not great but just about feasable, I think there's more and more of a justification to get another Koralia Nano or a Koralia 1 and move the flow past 15x per hour.
Sound like a plan?
As usual, comments and criticism welcome .
Cheers,
Matt
As I am aiming for a jungle-style tank along the same vein as Paulo's tank, I am now quite concerned that I might not have enough flow...
I was doing a few sums on the train on the way home following on from the conversation about flow and I've worked out the following (copied from a note on my iphone):
- Tank Size = 125l
Min Flow 10xHour = 1250l/h
Target Flow 15xHour = 1875l/h
Fluval 205 Flow = 420l/h (hmm, little bit worrying)
Fluval 205 Flow (less 40% to account for hoses and media)= 252l/h (arrrgh!)
Hydor Koralia Nano =909l/h (phew)
Current Flow = 1191l/h = 9.58x per hr
With 2nd Nano = 2070l/h = 16.56x per hr
So with the one Koralia Nano we're just under 10x per hour, not great but just about feasable, I think there's more and more of a justification to get another Koralia Nano or a Koralia 1 and move the flow past 15x per hour.
Sound like a plan?
As usual, comments and criticism welcome .
Cheers,
Matt