My GPH fluxes at night. basically i have the aquaclear 300 doing all the water movement during the day at the the Maxijet 900 turns on at night to blow any detierus to a corner of the tank where it is cleaned weekly.
The maxi jet pushes out probly 200GPH and the aquaclear is 300 GPH If your doing a 10gal you can go with a bigger aquaclear like the 500 unless your going to hookup a skimmer. If you go with a aquaclear you can put your heater in it. i've also seem people setup a fuge. which im considering doing if i run into problems with algea. Due to access nutriants.
Also consider Im running a bare bottom system so i have a TON of flow in the tank. I have the powerhead turn on at night and runs from 12am-10am. I was also considering SEIO pump but i was hearing people having issue reguarding the ceramic shaft breaking if you stop the pump and start it. The maxi jet that i have in that system provides a TON of flow.
If you are planning to use sand in your system you may want to look into cutting the impellars on your Aquaclear and lower powerhead so you dont get a sand storm.
Last edited by gbeef; 10-10-2006 at 05:52 PM.
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