Here;s teh deal.
ON the first one I made, I used a 90 with hubs on each end, as well as teh "T" having hubs on each end. SO, I have a 10 inch piece of pipe that fits into the 90, and into the "T" to connect teh two, here, shown with the BIG red arrow on the bottom of the picture. What that did was give me an extra, say, 1 gallon inside the chamber which may be aiding in giving settlement time for the bubbles to rise to the outlet 4" 90.
I am trying it without that on the next one as I got a street 90 instead of a double hub 90 (got a deal on it).
we'll see how it goes with less space. It may not work. I am trying this next one out first with water before I glue the two fittings together.
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
Mike & Sharon Shaw
Jonesborough TN
pass some over here. I'm in for munchies.
Here's the deal. TOO MUCH FLOW with this, and you are screwd. Because unless you can somehow cut back flow before the water enters the unit (put a ball valve before hand I guess), then you certainly can't do anything about it once it enters the unit. You only have a 2" opening out. You don;t want three inch and allow more flow, becuase then you will be down to VERY LITTLE dwell time in the chamber, which won't allow the bubbles to settle up and out.
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
Then you will need a short 8-10 inch section of PVC to go inbetween that hubbed 90 and the "T".
and see if you can get the long 5-6 foot piece to be a piece that has the hub at ONE end of it. Have that 6 foot long 6" diameter piece attach with the hub on the top of the unit, so it makes it a breeze to add more pipe later (higher) if you ever wanted to.
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
you can extend it like this.
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
One of two things, in my opinion. Too much additional pipe, and it will give the bubbles too much time in the horizontal column before they are forced out by "force", and they will begin to break back down and back into your water column, out the 2" exit pipe, rendering the thing pointless. the key is to get the bubbles out before they break down. THe extra length can help, but just not TOO much.
I know that goes against everything we were taught, Rain.
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
Ethan, does it matter what size bio balls is used for this?
Terri
Proud Member
In hindsight, I am glad that I jacklegged this together.
(past tense)
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
I emptied out the container yesterday at lunchtime. By evening, the phoam had really started back up (kinda dry and windy yesterday which halted the phoam production). THis was what I came out to this morning.
I am extremely happy with it. THe phoam production is constant, seems efficient, and is a sturdy piece of equipment. THe other good thing is that there's quite a bit of bio added as well.
Ephesians 2:8-9
faith is a gift, not a personal talent.
Did you calculate your flow rate yet?
Zac Penn.... Please sign-up for our MAILING LIST HERE904-294-2231
Zac@DeepwaterKoi.com
www.DeepwaterKoi.com