Matto Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 i am looking at getting a tank made for my cichlids and i was wondering what size tank my filter can handle because i am trying to get this tank as big as possible as my dad wont let me get another after this. :evil: i have a 1000l canister and a 1000l mechanical filter what size would be best? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 When you say "1000L canister" do you mean 1000 litres per hour, or its rated to 1000L? (or the actual volume of the canister is 1000L ) And when you say "cichlids" do you mean african rift lake cichlids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 dam i knew i was missing somthing :evil: they are rated 1000lph lol and african cichlids like living stonii and red empress :lol: thanks lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 as long as you have around 5 times the volume per hour i would say that that you won't have nay isues so if you have 2000LP that would make it a 400L tank which would be somewhere between 5 & 6 feet depending on depth & height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hard to say the maximum sized tank you can go for, realistically you will only be flowing around 12-1300LPH with media in the filters etc. Some say you have to turn over 5x the volume per hour so going on that it you would be looking at around 250L. However I have had african tanks with big fish in them running with only 2-3times, or even have 100-150L tanks with adults with just airfilters on them, so I am not a fan of these "rules" as less certainly does work. However you have to remember with less you have less lee way if things go wrong, your tanks are not as clean (my lower filtered tanks are murky and have more crud floating around) so it is always a weigh up. Personally I would buy an FX5 or something like that and buy a 5 x 2 x 2 or maybe 6 x 2 x 2 and run one of your other filters as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hard to say the maximum sized tank you can go for, realistically you will only be flowing around 12-1300LPH with media in the filters etc. Some say you have to turn over 5x the volume per hour so going on that it you would be looking at around 250L. i work off the rated flow which may actually be less but my tanks are sweet with the 5x rated flow. it's too difficult to calculate exactely what there flow is IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 i was looking at 1200 by 50 by 40? or maybe bigger :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 i was looking at 1200 by 50 by 40? or maybe bigger :lol: i have a 1200x500x500 with a cf1200 & its sweet with 12 adults africans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 sounds good to me :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 sounds good to me :lol: just keep in mind thats 1 fish per 25L so that's very lite stocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted May 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 i don't plan on stocking too much too soon and i might go to 1200 by 45 by 40 but it just depends on space and dad :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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