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11-16-2006, 06:48 PM
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my hub is a new winemaker. went to a place in the NE near Sunridge. The Home Vinter or something like that. bought a brand new 6gallon carboy for $19.
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I'm Melody (or Panda  )50g cube SW tank (24x24x20) w/20g sump and internal overflow box, Coralife 24" 2 x 65W Aqualight, skimmer, and 2x HOB filters It has approx 35lbs live rock, clownfish, 1 black & white saddleback clownfish, asst'd mushrooms, asst'd zoas, gsp, turbo and other snails, blue legged, halloween and other hermit crabs, tuxedo urchin 10g FW tank with... Current occupants are cardinal tetras and ameca splendons 
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11-17-2006, 03:41 AM
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11-18-2006, 06:16 PM
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ok, so I bought a 6 gallon glass just from the home vintor. The guy was real nice there, and I signed up for a winemaking class to boot.
The rubber stoppers they had were with only a single hole, so I crammed the two pieces of tubing in that single hole, and gobbed it with lots of silicone to make it air tight. I'm waiting for the silicone to cure, then I'll swap out the plastic jug with the glass jug. Anyone know how long I should wait for the silicone to cure? It's basically a gob a half inch around. I was thinking 24 hours just to be safe, but would 12 hours be enough? It won't be holding water, it just needs to withstand a very small ammount of air pressure. Either way, I'll post pictures when the thing's done. I've begun sourcing top-off switches, as a backup to the digital timer. I'm excited to see how it runs on the glass jug. I think it'll start and stop almost immediately, compared to the 1 minute of start/stop times with the plastic jug. Can anyone think of ways I should test it for accuracy when I'm done? I was thinking of testing it's output at various fill-levels of the jug. Fill it full, and see how long to pump half a liter. test it half full, then three quarter full. I've been wondering if diaphram wear in the air pump would affect the output much, as well. we'll see
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Everything I put in my tank is fully dependant on me. Last edited by kwirky; 11-18-2006 at 06:20 PM.
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11-19-2006, 05:07 PM
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Hey, how did the glass jug work? I'm thinking of trying this.
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11-19-2006, 07:34 PM
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it's hooked up, and it worked wonderfully! the response is immediate compared to the blue jug. Getting the water from my RO/DI basin (big rubbermaid container) into the glass jug is a bit of a pain, but i'm buying a funnel today.
it's nice being able to see exactly how much water is left in the jug on a whim. it pumps at about 3 gallons per hour with the little air pump (aquaclear's smallest one) that's with two airline couplers, one on the air input, and one on the water input. the entire system worked down to: $15 - air pump $22 - glass jug $01 - rubber stopper $00 - aquarium silicone i already have $04 - airline check valve $00 - airline couplers i already had (usually 20 cents each) $20 - digital timer total: $52, and some change
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Everything I put in my tank is fully dependant on me. Last edited by kwirky; 11-19-2006 at 07:40 PM.
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