New flow idea

Fish · #1 10-24-2006, 12:19 AM

Have you watched my videos? Shooting the water straight up to the surface gives AWESOME random turbulance!
I have always thought that if you need to use motorized flow devices, you either don't have enough flow in your tank, or don't have it positioned properly...

- Chad

littlesilvermax · #2 10-24-2006, 12:44 AM

You can never get perfect flow IMO always tweaking to get it better. Then stuff grows.

With my 6000 gph coming out of a 2.5 PVC pipe it would shoot water right out of my 250 gallon tank if I had it pointing straight up. I run the flow along the bottom of the tank, and even then it wants to spill over!

Could have some flow pointed that way though, wouldn't hurt.

honkey sauce · #3 10-24-2006, 01:00 AM

thats definitly the knew way of thinking. Im trying something knew with a sinsuidal valve and undergravel plumbing

Quinster · #4 10-24-2006, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by vanreefer

Quinster
are you using two 2" intakes for the CL on a dart IMHO you would only need one 2" (Factory recomended to take 2" inlet) or even a 1 1/2". Might save you the cost of an extra hole and weakening the tank.
PS I have a 1 1/2" intake on a dart and the pumps are shipped with a 2"-->1 1/2" adaptor

the reason for the 2 2" is less chance of sucking some un suspecting fish or invert into the line, also to take water from different areas to allow for more random flow.