How to size an air pump for your fishroom

[mark49]

Hi everyone,I am in the process of setting up a fish room and are unsure of what size air pump to get.I have six 4 ft tanks that will run 3 sponge filters on each one and will be adding a further six 4 ft tanks later on with the same setup.Also I will be adding canister filters as well.I am thinking maybe an LP60 Resun or Pondpro Airlab 60.Do you think this will be ok for my setup.

Thanks Mark.

 

[bigbird]

it is better to have a pump that will pump more air than trying to calculate exactly what you want, this leaves you room for further expansion. I would also opt for 2 pumps instead of one, just in case one fails you still have the second one. I would go for the Resun. I have the eheim pump for my 4 3ft tanks. cheers jk :thumbup: