Is 600 gph too much?

[thayer91]

Is 600gph to much for a 55 gallon tank

 

[Brookster123]

Sounds perfect! 10x turnover rate, as long as the fish arnt getting beat up by the flow.

 

[thayer91]

Thank u

 

[BBradbury]

Tank Filtration

Is 600gph to much for a 55 gallon tank

Hello thay...

Provided you're a good and faithful water changer by replacing half the tank's volume every week or so, then a 55 G tank only needs a filter with a gph of a bit more than 200. If you tend to slack off on the water changes, then your fish will need all the added filtration you can give them.

B

 

[Mebbid]

Is 600gph to much for a 55 gallon tank

It depends on many factors,

What fish you like to keep
How many decorations you want to have
How heavily planted to want the tank

I find that 10x the tank volume per hour is just about perfect for filtration. You are going to want to shoot for something different if you have species that prefers a different amount of flow though.

 

[thayer91]

I have 2 jack dempsys baby's 1 chilid 1 Pleco

 

[Mebbid]

in that case the 600gph will be just fine.

 

[thayer91]

No plants