SPRAY BAR
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Topic: SPRAY BAR
Posted By: j's55
Subject: SPRAY BAR
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 12:46pm
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HEY I am getting a 180 soon we ordered it and all. but I wanted to NOt
have those annoying powerheads.. so I am going to make a spray bar. but question is how many GPH should you have for your tank. and how much GPH to distribute water thrue the whole spray bar. I am going to get ball socket nozels so I can send out the water equally thrue the whole thing but I am sure I would need a even larger pump then was planned for just the 180 alone. the tank is L60" X W25" X H 30". So the spray bar will be 60X 25. I am going to have 10 nozels through out the whole tank. sO the reall question is how much GPH should the pump be for the 180 X the measurments of the spray bar... I want very high water flow for the SPS. I want it to have the same flow of the power heads just not the dead inverts and fish the sometimes get stuck in them. I had a GBTA that got cut in half... he is still alive but cut in half. ------------- Josh Zorn 45G reef lots of tropical plants Cell it 910 3924 |
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Posted By: Aquarium Creations
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 12:55pm
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Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 1:50pm
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Posted By: j's55
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 2:23pm
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OH well then I guess I will have to get front row then huh. ------------- Josh Zorn 45G reef lots of tropical plants Cell it 910 3924 |
Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 6:18pm
| Up front might get a bit wet! |
Posted By: thesaent14
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 7:47pm
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hey i was having the same problem with my 180g i will meke a close loop in one oberflow box and the return for the refeug in the other this is what i am doing
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Posted By: j's55
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 12:43am
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that is EXACTLY what I was going to do. except I found some peices that
will help me hook the chail link things like you have on your normal returns, to hook up to the pvc so if I have to move it I can. I wanted to turn them so they can make a big circle around the tank or even have them in randon places. I want it so I can move them around. but that is it.. I would like to come check that out where do you live? ------------- Josh Zorn 45G reef lots of tropical plants Cell it 910 3924 |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 7:00am
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It's called Lockline and that is just what I was going to suggest. The barbed fittings showing in the pics will be impossible to adjust. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: j's55
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 12:31pm
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yeah and see I wanted it to be able to move like you do on a normal
overflow kit. ------------- Josh Zorn 45G reef lots of tropical plants Cell it 910 3924 |
Posted By: thesaent14
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 5:07pm
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hey i live in florida if you want i send you pics of what i am doing i will not make the circle around the tank only most of it the other overflow box is the return fot the refgeum ------------- thesaent |