Platys and Turnover Rates

[MyDogSpot]

I know this might seem like a boring/silly question, but to all of you that have platy fish right now, or who have had platys. What is/was the turnover rate/s of the aquariums that had platys in them? Because I am trying to find out what turnover rates are good/suitable for platys, because I want to have good turnover rate in my aquarium but not so much that it blows my platys about and stresses them, and not so much that they have great difficulty escaping the current in the water. I want them to live comfortably. I can't seem to find this information anywhere on the internet. I appreciate all help thanks.

 

[DoraCory]

I have Platys in a Juwel Rio 180 and the pump says it's 600 l/h, it's got a pretty strong flow and the Platys don't seem bothered by it, in fact they seem to purposely swim up to the strongest bit of the current on occassion.

 

[Colin_T]

What do you mean by turn over rate?

 

[FishGuest5123]

I believe OP means GPH of filter.

 

[MyDogSpot]

What do you mean by turn over rate?

For example if I have a 120gph filter and I have 30 gal of water in my aquarium that 30 gal of water is going to go through the filter 4x per hour, so the turnover rate in this example would be 4x /h, how do I know this well 4x30=120. So my original question was, what is the turnover rate of your aquarium that has platys in it? If you have a tank with platys in it and if you know its turnover rate. So lets just say, that you have a fish tank with platy fish in it, and the turnover rate of the fish tank is 10x /h, and the platys in the fish tank seem to be living comfortably, then I would think to my self, platys seem to do fine with a 10x turnover rate, so if I had a 10x turnover rate in my fish tank that had platys in it, then the platys would be fine, and wouldn't be stressed. All I'm trying to do is find out what turnover rates are good for platys (so that there is adequate filtration, but with out the fish being blown about or trying to escape a current ). I hope you understand what I mean. Sorry if I confused you. I also understand about biological filtration and it's importance in converting highly toxic ammonia to nitrites and nitrites to nitrates, and contact time and all that stuff.

 

[MyDogSpot]

I believe OP means GPH of filter.

No I meant turn over rate. For example if I have 120gph filter and I have 30gal of water, the turnover rate would be 4x /h, because 4x30=120.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Well, 4 times an hour is what we should be looking for in a filter “ turnover”. My Aqua Clear 30 has a 120GPH in my 20G long. So mine goes through roughly 6 times an hour. I also have a sponge filter in mine. My platy’s have no problem with current. My oldest platy was born in the tank and is 2 years old. I hope this helps you some. I really look at GPH in tank when purchasing a filter. The flow is really going to depend on the type of filter you use and how it is designed. For instance, my Bio Wheels put out much more current than my Aqua Clears.