Alan Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 EJ had a 24 hour system but gave up on it as the flow thru wasn't enough to agitate the sediment and remove it. If you can locate a pic that Caryl tookof his room, you may be able to see part of his set up. Filter and solenoid is visible from memory. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 You can't really see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_see Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Okay, so it looks like there may be insufficient agitation for stuff that sits on the bottom to be stirred up and then flow thru the outflow. I'll ponder on that, and see what I can come up with...because I really, really like that Plan A. Shiuh, the concept plans show heaters under the banks of tanks, the idea was to maintain temperature in the whole room; did this part work out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted February 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 oops. since it is summer. i didnt put a heater in the fishroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted February 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 i have a better system in mind and think this would work. having done a lot of research on the net, a very popular system used by guppy hobbiest in Taiwan. with a in built UGF, stuff that sits on the bottom can then flow thru the 2nd outflow pipe. all the dirty stuff get suck into the gravel then out thru the 2nd pipe. but this would mean extra cost, as you are drilling 2 holes and every tank has its own UGF, pipes, taps etc. but i think it is great. i will try it out one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Thanks Caryl. That rack that you can see in the top of the room to the right is piping looped backwards and forwards and acts as a type of heat exchanger, with the water being pre-warmed. The water was direct from the mains. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_see Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 That outlet under the undergravel filter might just do the trick. (However, it does add something to the beautiful simplicity of Plan A...) looping the incoming water around a small incandescent bulb might act as a cheap heating unit I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richms Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Ideally you would want to be recovering the heat from the water going out, so if you were to run the water thru 2 pipes in contact with each other for a reasonable length it may recover some, but the problem is that plastic is pretty good at insulating heat transfer, and making one out of titanium is gonna be pricy and I dount it would recover its cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 DIY a couple wide thin tubes out of some really thin perspex or similar to increase the surface area and slap them together, maybe coil it up so you get a couple feet of area without wasting a lot of space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_see Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Excellent, we're cookin now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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