Flow rate

I was thinking would a filter with a very little flow rate butt very thorough filtration be better or worse than a filter with a very hi flow rate but but not as good filtration,think about itt

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2apes2gp667wrPermalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on December 6, 2011 at 2:14pm

What you want is a filter with very little Flow By.  That means that most of the water moves throught the media instead of escaping around it.

Permalink Reply by Brandon mcCreary on December 6, 2011 at 2:28pm
Yaaa thats very trueee,i usually sacrifice flow for filtration with my canister filters i really use the  "full potental" in a filter

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