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Some Specific Questions on Equipment
#5628937 - 05/14/06 04:00 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hi, I just have some questions on a couple pieces of equipment, and I was hoping to get some feedback from people who have used the following:
1) Fish Tank Heater = Marineland Stealth Visi-Therm Submersible Qa: I was wondering, what wattage would be sufficient for a pretty standard sized TiT? Qb: I assume some of the power cord can be submerged on these things, but electricity is a powerful beast not to be taken lightly, is this correct?
2) Air Pump = Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Rena Air 400 Q: It is listed to be able to handle a tank up to 150 gallons. It has two outputs individually controlled. What size PMP would this adequately handle? Could it handle two using each output separately? I am worried because of reading some reviews about these being weaker than stated, and I'm sorry but I don't have any other specifics to be able to use the Calculator linked in the TiT tutorial.
Thank you for any information you have regarding these products.
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Re: Some Specific Questions on Equipment [Re: slipperyPete]
#5629025 - 05/14/06 04:17 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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For the heater the bigger the better, then it has to work less.
You can use this as a guide for your set up,
 The stats: Maximum Pressure: 3psi Maximum Capacity: 22 lpm / 1,320 lites pre hour 394 gph /6.5 gpm 24,800 cc/minute capacities Power Consumption: 8w
My FC area: 26' Length 36' Height 23' Depth
Total cubic inches: 21528 cubic feet: 12.4 gallon: 93 / 351 liters
2 FAE pre hour 12.4 cu. ft. divided by 60 = 4.8 CFM cubic feet pre minute / 135.8 liters minuets / 35.9 gpm
So this air pump will exchange the volume of air 3.7 times an hour in my FC through 4 hoses that each can be adjusted.
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Re: Some Specific Questions on Equipment [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5629594 - 05/14/06 06:55 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks for the information. After some further searching I was able to get the specs for the Rena 400. Output = 133 L/hour x 2, so 266 L/hour. According to the chart for the PMP, this will only supply a 30 gallon rubber maid (range: 234 to 350 L/h.) What if some manual fanning is supplemented? Could this support say a 50 gallon rubber maid? Or is there a cheaper model with a higher output? Since this one is already almost $50 new.
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