Hi everyone,
I am in the process of making my zebra plecos breeding tank. I am planning to use eheim 2224 with diffuser for filter. As for water flow, I don't know what to use between the Maxi-Jet - 600 PH PowerHead at 160 gph or Rio 600 Submersible Water Pump 200 gph. I want to have enough water flow to stimulate spawning. I want to buy a quality product too. The price won't matter to me. So what do ya'all think?
My tank is 36" x 12" x 16" or 30 gallon.
Thanks
N00dl3
2 Maxi Jet 600 Or 2 Rio 600 powerhead
Maxijets with their prefilter sponge would allow you secondary biological filtration in case of a filter failure. I would definitely recommend them, and I'd recommend the 1200s, not the 600s. I've actually got a 900 in a 10 gallon tank with a pair of Hypancistrus. It would work fine. You can always diffuse the flow across the surface and increase aeration.
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I have a 36x12x15 tank with an external eheim 2224, so a very similar tank to yours.
I use the eheim with a spray bar above the water surface point downwards and then I use two aquaclear 30 powerheads which have a turnover of 174gph each.
Both powerheads are in the tank upside down. I 've attached the available cartridge casings to both of them but removed the filter medium. The casings are only on there to prevent fish from getting to close to the powerhead internals. With the powerheads placed upside down I can direct the water flow right across the floor of the tank and give plenty of current.
If you're intending to implement the same kind of setup then both of those powerheads will provide easily enough current on your tank...but I'd go got the 200gph as you can always reduce to flow on them to suit.
I use the eheim with a spray bar above the water surface point downwards and then I use two aquaclear 30 powerheads which have a turnover of 174gph each.
Both powerheads are in the tank upside down. I 've attached the available cartridge casings to both of them but removed the filter medium. The casings are only on there to prevent fish from getting to close to the powerhead internals. With the powerheads placed upside down I can direct the water flow right across the floor of the tank and give plenty of current.
If you're intending to implement the same kind of setup then both of those powerheads will provide easily enough current on your tank...but I'd go got the 200gph as you can always reduce to flow on them to suit.
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