paperchaser825
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Just getting the room clean and making a list of stuff to do before we start.
First question: Anyone know how to do the calculation on how big my feed lines need to be in an RDWC?
My current pump is ~550gph mag drive sub pump. I am planning on running either 1/4" or 3/8" PVC for my feed lines. My return lines are 1" which connects to a 3/4" bulkhead. All return lines are now separate.
I am doing a bit of an experiment with this next setup. My control bucket will be a large recycling can (very sturdy about the size of a large kitchen trash can). Taking advantage of the tall nature of the control bucket, I plan to incorporate the "waterfall" technique of the BioBuckets into a small design. A small mag drive pump will be placed in the tall control bucket and piped to the top of the bucket and then pointed back down to the center of the bucket through a couple of 90's. The nozzle I will be using (still don't know the name of these things) will be the ones with the small nipple, to which you connect a 1/4" line, which takes air from the 1/4" line and forces it into the reservoir. I hope to introduce enough oxygen into the system this between this and the rapid recirculation that my ~550gph feed pump will be supplying.
I'll try to get pics up when I'm done with the installation. Have a whole list of stuff that needs fixin up on the cab before I do that though.
First question: Anyone know how to do the calculation on how big my feed lines need to be in an RDWC?
My current pump is ~550gph mag drive sub pump. I am planning on running either 1/4" or 3/8" PVC for my feed lines. My return lines are 1" which connects to a 3/4" bulkhead. All return lines are now separate.
I am doing a bit of an experiment with this next setup. My control bucket will be a large recycling can (very sturdy about the size of a large kitchen trash can). Taking advantage of the tall nature of the control bucket, I plan to incorporate the "waterfall" technique of the BioBuckets into a small design. A small mag drive pump will be placed in the tall control bucket and piped to the top of the bucket and then pointed back down to the center of the bucket through a couple of 90's. The nozzle I will be using (still don't know the name of these things) will be the ones with the small nipple, to which you connect a 1/4" line, which takes air from the 1/4" line and forces it into the reservoir. I hope to introduce enough oxygen into the system this between this and the rapid recirculation that my ~550gph feed pump will be supplying.
I'll try to get pics up when I'm done with the installation. Have a whole list of stuff that needs fixin up on the cab before I do that though.