What Size of Air Pump??

NVES · March 18th, 2010

Good day all,

I'm having difficulity in determining what size of air pump I need.

I have a 150 gallon tank (48"L x 24"W x 30"H), and I plan on running 2 24" flexible bubble wands, and 1 or 2 small air stones.

How big of an air pump do I need?

Thanks for your help.

Aaron

Nutter · March 20th, 2010

Something around the 5.0w mark should be good for what you need. You can judge what you need by volume to. I think somewhere around 450lt/hr should be about right.

domingo3 · March 24th, 2010

That's a handy rule of thumb.

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