The grumpy one
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Don't get caught out.
I am in the planning stage of restarting tropical fish keeping after many years absence.
Although I only have my old 80l tank, which I have still go to test after 30 years in storage.
I have decided (nearly) on an external filter, my original had under gravel filter system.
After a lot of research, I think the Aqueal ultramax 2000 is my best bet. This will allow me to use the filter on a new tank. when I want to upsize.
Real flow seems to be 720L/h, 36% of stated flow rate? That would give me a max turnover of 9 changes per hour.
I was wondering if anyone else had noticed the pipe size has changed from 16/22mm to 19/25mm and less important max head from 2.5m to 2.4m.
My problem is that I have not found a retailer who does not say that pipe size is 16/22mm. As I am thinking of having an inline heater, it is important that I know the pipe size before I order everything at once; to save delivery charges.
Are they just selling off old stock? Or Just lazy in updating their web pages?
I don't want to have to ring every retailer (starting from the cheapest) to find out what size pipe their stock has and I thought I would see if anyone else had noticed the confusion or fallen fowl of ordering one with the wrong pipe size for their setup.
I can't find a date when this change happened.
I am in the planning stage of restarting tropical fish keeping after many years absence.
Although I only have my old 80l tank, which I have still go to test after 30 years in storage.
I have decided (nearly) on an external filter, my original had under gravel filter system.
After a lot of research, I think the Aqueal ultramax 2000 is my best bet. This will allow me to use the filter on a new tank. when I want to upsize.
Real flow seems to be 720L/h, 36% of stated flow rate? That would give me a max turnover of 9 changes per hour.
I was wondering if anyone else had noticed the pipe size has changed from 16/22mm to 19/25mm and less important max head from 2.5m to 2.4m.
My problem is that I have not found a retailer who does not say that pipe size is 16/22mm. As I am thinking of having an inline heater, it is important that I know the pipe size before I order everything at once; to save delivery charges.
Are they just selling off old stock? Or Just lazy in updating their web pages?
I don't want to have to ring every retailer (starting from the cheapest) to find out what size pipe their stock has and I thought I would see if anyone else had noticed the confusion or fallen fowl of ordering one with the wrong pipe size for their setup.
I can't find a date when this change happened.