I have an air-driven HMF filter in my 10 gallon shrimp tank. What kind of pump or powerhead would I need to use this?
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You'll need a small one, so the water flow be low and the uv light can make an effect on the bacterias
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I use a simple 12V air pump I got a K-mart. just get one with the different input nozzles.
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It uses a standard 1/4" pipe thread air fitting. Which air fitting is dependent on what your system uses, ie M, U, T, or whatever you choose. A bike pump would not work, as this product requires a steady volume of air at around 90 PSI to create a vacuum inside the tank.
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I think what you need to consider is a pump's Head Rating. And, Head Pressure. You can get a much more powerful pump for not that much more money. I wouldn't suggest this for much other than say powering a media reactor.
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If you're running fresh water, you'll need an air pump, some air tubing, and an air stone. I also use a bag of Purigen in all of my tanks. It's a great all purpose filter media that can be regenerated with bleach so you don't have to keep buying it like carbon or other medias.None of this is expensive. You can get all of the above for less than $30 and it will help your tank quite a bit.
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This filtration system will work, but you may want a more powerful pump, probably 1-1/2 - 2 horsepower. Hope this helps.
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Hi, I'm using this in my shrimp tank and I would get a sponge filter for the nozzle which is what I am using! :)
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You will need pump, tubing and gravel. I also use a power filter with mine. Good Luck!
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this a great pump it should work fine, blows up my seadoo aqua lounger just fine
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All you would need is JW Pet Company Fusion Air Pump 200 Aquarium Air Pump from Amazon
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Well I have a 1 1/2 hp hayward pump and this filter handles it fine, very sturdy. I would think that an extra 1/2 hp would be fine for this model. Best of luck!Andy
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Yes, I have an OLD 1 HP pump and the filter still works 100 times better than my old sand filter.
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Any pump should work... but let me just say mine ended up coming apart after the first season of use
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any type of air pump will work but depending on what size skimmer you are getting you will need to deal with the water pressure, so i would recommend a decently strong air pump, some people suggest using 2 air pumps but i only have a Tetra whisper for 40 gal and it works fine.
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No, this is just a regular power head, no option to convert to propeller type for more gph. However, the algae free sure flow kit is compatible with the cobalt to make it into a propeller type pump @1200 gph and it works awesome. I have two running in my 150 reef tank. The maxi jet brand pump is now very poor quality, and the propeller version is noisy and inadequate. The cobalt is excellent quality, made in Italy.
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I don't have any air pumps in my tank. I have salt water fish.if you have saltwater fish you could put one in but its not necessary
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I an not an expert, but I would say that any size centrifugal pump would work, but only so much flow will pass through the filter . A positive displacement pump may build up too much pressure to be effective