Ok, I'm sure this has been covered many times over, but I have two mates, at either end of the scale, and I need some reassurance.
I have a 170l tank so the ideal is 1700l p.h. flow... enter the Eheim 2080. On paper looks perfect and has great reviews from users. One mate has a larger tank than me and has 3x flow with co2 feed and regrets not getting a bigger filter so has been really banging it home about how I must have 10x. The other mate has a basic filter with no co2 and his plants are doing very well. He thinks I'm insaine to get 10x flow and says the fish will not be able to swim in the fast current it will produce. My mate with 3x flow has the tetras etc swimming in to the current and they do ok, but I then think that the poor fella's will be trying to cope with over 3x this amount.
Or have I got this all wrong?
Just want to reassure myself before I go and buy the filter.
I have a 170l tank so the ideal is 1700l p.h. flow... enter the Eheim 2080. On paper looks perfect and has great reviews from users. One mate has a larger tank than me and has 3x flow with co2 feed and regrets not getting a bigger filter so has been really banging it home about how I must have 10x. The other mate has a basic filter with no co2 and his plants are doing very well. He thinks I'm insaine to get 10x flow and says the fish will not be able to swim in the fast current it will produce. My mate with 3x flow has the tetras etc swimming in to the current and they do ok, but I then think that the poor fella's will be trying to cope with over 3x this amount.
Or have I got this all wrong?
Just want to reassure myself before I go and buy the filter.