gph questin

[beaver8888]

im woundering in getting a water pump to make water changes faster and to move water out of old tanks and whatnot but the biggest tank i got is 30G and 2 10G's but i want it to go fast but not to fast would 60gph be good? or something i dunno anything about waterpumps but im intersted in getting one lol if that made anysense

 

[Somonas]

seems like overkill for a 30 gallon and some 10's. why not just use a bucket.

(to answer your question any powerhead will work, as long as it has enough lift)

 

[Jawz]

get a maxijet for sure, they can pump, most others, cept maybe the Hagens cant pump upwards very well.

 

[beaver8888]

i use buckets but i think its easier just to get a water pump i think ill go wit maxijet then now its just finding a store online of one of my lfs's to have one

 

[uncutbulldog]

I use a cyphen hose to clean my 30 gallon. I think that my cyphen hose is too fast to clean my tank properly. Why do you want a powered one?

 

[mike the zealot]

get a Python™

 

[beaver8888]

i got 3 but i think there slow

 

[mike the zealot]

haha use all 3 at once then

 

[revfred]

Use a siphon . . . get yourself a 6' length of clear 1" Inside Diameter hose from the LPS or hardware store. It obviously won't work well with tanks on the same level.

But if you are determined to use a powered pump, you want to see how high they "lift" . . . the technical term is "head". As the distance of the lift increases, the gph decreases. There are also hand-cranked "transfer pumps" that might work as well.

 

[luvmygobies]

This isn't what you want to hear Beaver, but I'll also vouch for the long-a** siphon. TI have one with a 1/2 teflon tube that's about five feet long and before I know it, half my water is gone. It's really fast.

 

[beaver8888]

lol good idea mike but ill just use the physon i guess but im still looking in a water pump.........but until i find what im lookin for ill use the physon but what would be a good speed in gph thats basicly what im intersted in finding?

 

[Antwan]

A water pump is a waste of money. What I got at the fs is a strong powerhead hooked up to a garden hose with a simple screw attaching them at the head's exhaust. It works pretty fast if you get a strong enough head. You could use something else instead of the garden hose too. And beaver, I give those cichlids a few more months before its hell with fins in that tank.

 

[prhelp]

Your tanks aren't that large -- how long could a water change take? A bucket really won't help with vacuuming your gravel.

I've heard people complain here that they haven't even vacuumed enough gravel before the water removal is complete! In response to that, I got a SMALLER diameter tube on my siphon -- it gives me time to clean the sand before I've removed the water I want to remove. And when replacing water, it adds it more gradually, which can't be a bad thing at all.

Why the rush? I like the whole procedure, actually. But maybe I'm a dork.

 

[catfishmike]

another thought.if yo use a pump to remove water it doesn't give you the option to gravel vac and that could be bad if you forget after a few times of waterchanges.i have toyed around with this idea too.i seen you don't like the way your python works huh.i tok out the on/off valve and just hooked up the hoses together.it works real good now.only thig is i can't use the re-fill option without swrewing on the hose to a faucet first,but thats not as much work as hauling buckets.

 

[beaver8888]

Antwan actuaLy i just gave them to my friend yesterday ill update my profile but i think waterpump would be good i truely think it will work faster then the buckets would be but im still thinking about just forgeting about waterpumps for now

 

[N©KI]

If you don't gravel clean, that's going to be pretty bad for you fish. I dont recommend using a pump OR a bucket unless it's with a syphon.