henward Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 size : 1600x500x500 Sock Chamber (with heaters - 1.8kw heating capacity) second chamber: Moving media K1 THird CHamber: static media, mix of ceramic noodles and eheim media, aqua one media Fourth chamber Return Pumps, Sump Drain for water changer Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Looks great, excuse my ignorance but aren't the gap between the baffles extremely narrow? Would this not effect flow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 oooooh pretty.... hows the moving media working for you??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Looks great, excuse my ignorance but aren't the gap between the baffles extremely narrow? Would this not effect flow? The gapes between baffles are more than enough. it is just a little over 1cm actual gap. The length of the tank is 50cm and the gap at the entrace at the bottom is 4cm big. so i guess, total is the 50cm accross and 1cm, which is quite a big gap. handles the flow very well, basically to tell, there is no accumulation of water levels and fiference between the chambers. The chambers are different water heights to each other so its easy to compare the one before if it is accumulating. I used the green japanese matt stuff to block the gapes to stop the moving media from going up the gap (whcih it did lol and i had to pull them out) that restricted the flow when the media blocked it lol but after its out, no problems, max flow, the sump will easily handle double the flow from what i see (future proof for a 800 to 1k litre tank and a gold arowana perhaps) after taking the wife to europe :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 oooooh pretty.... hows the moving media working for you??? The static media i have in the tank was the same amount i had total in the set ups previously with more fish. suffice to say, the static media alone is enough media for the entire set up, its deceptive but there is a huge amount in there. the moving media , is really ... a not so impulse impulse buy lol im gonna be st raight up, its probably more fo rme than the tank :bounce: its so hypnotic and looks so 'industrial' so i got it. sure, i did get minor, moderate buyers remorse after i clicked buy now on ebay - but there is 50litres of K1 media there. and according tot he K1 media site, it is enough to feed 250grams of food a day to the fish. so it should be ok lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Mean dude, it's a beast of a sump lol, might copy your design on a smaller scale soon haha if that's ok with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Mean dude, it's a beast of a sump lol, might copy your design on a smaller scale soon haha if that's ok with you. of course it is lol why not? i copy the rest of the world lol all designs i get is not reinventing the wheel really, just from mfk, here, other sites, pictures etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 yeah currently studying waste water treatment, the bardenpho method is just like a simple sump method. I had a chat to the manager about the moving media idea and she liked it. i'll have to email a link for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 yeah currently studying waste water treatment, the bardenpho method is just like a simple sump method. I had a chat to the manager about the moving media idea and she liked it. i'll have to email a link for her. apparently k1 is used in europe in sewage plants? as well as fisheries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 oooh time to go researching again. (im having a break from study =P ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 makes post about exciting new moving media sump ..... posts pictures not videos. :facepalm: :slfg: looks good, I'll have to come see it in action soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 That's a huge sump! Love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Davids is bigger by far.. his sump I mean 8) I think 2.4m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 makes post about exciting new moving media sump ..... posts pictures not videos. :facepalm: :slfg: looks good, I'll have to come see it in action soon. I know I did see a video, and I'm sure that I found the link in Henward's post :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I know I did see a video, and I'm sure that I found the link in Henward's post :digH: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :oops: too many long days this week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 im confused... there is a pic and a vid.. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Ok so now I'm home and have my eyes open, the video looks good! Could do with a bit more flow, bit of a dead spot in the top left? I think you said you were adding another powerhead right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Possibly. Will keep observing. Maybe later on. It's a fraction of the total media in there so not too fussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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