Gyre Nano

[kwirky]

I did it! I built my gyre nano tonight! I'm waiting for the silicone to dry. I won't have time to video tape it tomorrow, but in a few days I'll post a video of how crazy this design can ramp up water flow. Yesterday I was playing with the dividers without siliconing them, just holding them, and it was indescribable how well the water looped around, building up momentum. I'm just itching to put water in it tomorrow and play

It's going to be an SPS tank. Don't know whether to use 2' T5, or a single 250W MH. I already have T5's on my 120g, so I'm thinking of trying MH out on this. The platform gives a display area of 24x12x12". The 12" depth makes it perfect for a strictly SPS tank

Can anyone think of anything that's neutrally bouyant to put in the water to show the movement? I'm thinking crushed egg shells would work probably.

[andresont]

Can anyone think of anything that's neutrally bouyant to put in the water to show the movement? I'm thinking crushed egg shells would work probably.[/quote]

Sigarette ash could be easyer to clean up compare to egg shells imo.

[kwirky]

here's a low quality video of it in action. I just filled it up and left the various krud in there to use as material showing the flow. It was done with my w810i phone, so it's not the greatest quality. I'm going to book a video camera from the college tonight if I can remember, and then put a good video on youtube.

It's so cool, how WIDE the water flow is. It's like a top to bottom water column with just a little bit more flow at the top. I'm going to put two more maxijets in, on the other side, and they'll alternate, two at a time, the water flow every 15 minutes, hopefully aleviating dead spots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOCOnxOnwsI

[BCOrchidGuy]

Very cool, very very cool. I was thinking Rio17HF (lol) I had one in my 155 gallon and it blew the sand off the bottom of the other end (5ft away).

I really like it, I think it's a cool idea, well done.

Doug

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy

Very cool, very very cool. I was thinking Rio17HF (lol) I had one in my 155 gallon and it blew the sand off the bottom of the other end (5ft away).

I really like it, I think it's a cool idea, well done.

Doug

yeah, I almost crapped my pants when it worked like I thought it would . The video's not that great, and doesn't really show that the entire water column above the plate is moving as one giant mass. I'm booking a video camera after class tomorrow to get a good recording of it.

About 20 minutes ago, I put some base rock I put in the tank on top of the platform and the water just continued flowing; the rocks didn't really break up the momentum. Was neat, because the article explained that your rock would create the turbulence the corals need, which is exactly what I saw

I'm also thinking the potential of a tank designed like this might allow one to use thinner glass for the side panels. Anyone think it's a stretch to build a tank like this that's 48" long, 2' tall and 18" wide using 1/4" glass? The center plate would give about 18" of height and 3' of width to the display area. I think it would still be quite strong, and only require stronger floor pane of the tank. It would be technically a 90g tank, but built with 1/4" glass, and maybe a thicker glass for the bottom. It would give 50g of display space, and could be integrated into the stand somehow.

I remember seeing the guys on mythbuster creating a water gyre tank to simulate the aerodynamics of a pickup truck.

[kwirky]

ok here's a better video. not mac compatible

www.kwirky88.com/video/gyretank.wmv