Gph In Powerheads

[Rafael Dilone]

Well I need help in what powerhead will fit in a 12 gallon nano cube. How many gallons per hour does the 12 gallon need from the powerhead. I also have the same question for a 24 gallon aquapod.

 

[SkiFletch]

Generally 20x turnover rate per hour is reccomended. So for a 12g, you'd want 240gph and for a 24g you'd want 480gph

 

[Adrinal]

Maxi 900 are hard to beat for their price, reliability, and watts/GPH ratio. 8)

 

[Rafael Dilone]

Thanks guy for all the help. So are you sure 20x the amounts of gallons is right. I will not want to make a mistake on buying it. So like a 180 gallon tank would need 3600 gph in a powerhed. That sounds like alot seeing that a 180 gallon reef tank canister filter of Eheim Pro III is 450 gph.

 

[Lynden]

When looking for powerheads, despite what everyone will tell you, pass up Tunze and Seio and get Maxijets.

I know this sounds utterly absurd, but some of you may regret spending so much extra money on Tunze and Seio after viewing the DIY "Maxi-stream" found at Reef Videos.

-Lynden

 

[SkiFletch]

Agreed. When you're talking really big tanks requiring lots of flow, sometimes a modded maxijet is better. That reef-videos is great, but dont forget mjmods.com for the parts

 

[Rafael Dilone]

I was thinking of buying the maxijets because they are great powerheads and they are not expensive. I have seen many people in the nanao reef section of the forum use it, so I am convince it is the best because of its bebefits.