Fuge Flow Rate

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[bleedingthought]

Phi, the flow through the fuge should be slow to give the macro/sand time to process your water and "clean" it. But my personal experince has also shown that too slow of flow INSIDE the fuge will cause some problems like a lot of nuisance algae and detritus build up. I have a small amount of water going through mine but I also added a small powerhead inside to keep things moving, ya know? The MJ400 should be enough!

 

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[cyro]

i m using this. more effective.

 

[mgranato]

Chaeto requires a lot of brisk flow, it does best when tumbling like a tumble weed. Give the fuge all you can.