Dwarf Seahorses/Water flow
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bronco300
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Originally Posted by MonaLisa
I wish I understood this whole spraybar thing
Lisa
what may i ask do you not understand? you take a pump...put a piece of rigid tubing on the output of the pump however long you want...you drill holes in the tubing every so often...then pump then pushes the water out of those holes...it will help a lot more for seahorses probably because itll take down the GPH on a normal output pump...and so helps move that water around without making the seahorse fly around
I wish I understood this whole spraybar thing
Lisa
what may i ask do you not understand? you take a pump...put a piece of rigid tubing on the output of the pump however long you want...you drill holes in the tubing every so often...then pump then pushes the water out of those holes...it will help a lot more for seahorses probably because itll take down the GPH on a normal output pump...and so helps move that water around without making the seahorse fly around
monalisa
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Originally Posted by Bronco300
what may i ask do you not understand? you take a pump...put a piece of rigid tubing on the output of the pump however long you want...you drill holes in the tubing every so often...then pump then pushes the water out of those holes...it will help a lot more for seahorses probably because itll take down the GPH on a normal output pump...and so helps move that water around without making the seahorse fly around
What kind of pump? Are you talking about using a powerhead? What kind of rigid tubing? I understand the concept, I just don't get how to put one together and make it work efficiently. Details, DETAILS!!
Lisa
what may i ask do you not understand? you take a pump...put a piece of rigid tubing on the output of the pump however long you want...you drill holes in the tubing every so often...then pump then pushes the water out of those holes...it will help a lot more for seahorses probably because itll take down the GPH on a normal output pump...and so helps move that water around without making the seahorse fly around
What kind of pump? Are you talking about using a powerhead? What kind of rigid tubing? I understand the concept, I just don't get how to put one together and make it work efficiently. Details, DETAILS!!
Lisa
bronco300
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lol, turkey...you take a powerhead..or you can do a normal submersible/external pump on bigger tanks etc.....when i had the dwarves i used a rio powerhead...i took some blue rigid tubing, and tubing that is hard and not too flexible that does not kink...or pvc if you use bigger pumps....you can connect them by putty, or if you can fit the tubing around the output....then you put smal holes throughout the tubing in a line to the end of the tubing...where the end is plugged up....then you put your tubing along the back or wherever, then you put the pumps plug into an outlet...the pump will suck in water...shoot water down the tube....and water will flow out each of the small holes running down the tubing...which will spread the flow out.....better
monalisa
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Originally Posted by Bronco300
lol, turkey...you take a powerhead..or you can do a normal submersible/external pump on bigger tanks etc.....when i had the dwarves i used a rio powerhead...i took some blue rigid tubing, and tubing that is hard and not too flexible that does not kink...or pvc if you use bigger pumps....you can connect them by putty, or if you can fit the tubing around the output....then you put smal holes throughout the tubing in a line to the end of the tubing...where the end is plugged up....then you put your tubing along the back or wherever, then you put the pumps plug into an outlet...the pump will suck in water...shoot water down the tube....and water will flow out each of the small holes running down the tubing...which will spread the flow out.....better
Better...
Lisa
lol, turkey...you take a powerhead..or you can do a normal submersible/external pump on bigger tanks etc.....when i had the dwarves i used a rio powerhead...i took some blue rigid tubing, and tubing that is hard and not too flexible that does not kink...or pvc if you use bigger pumps....you can connect them by putty, or if you can fit the tubing around the output....then you put smal holes throughout the tubing in a line to the end of the tubing...where the end is plugged up....then you put your tubing along the back or wherever, then you put the pumps plug into an outlet...the pump will suck in water...shoot water down the tube....and water will flow out each of the small holes running down the tubing...which will spread the flow out.....better
Better...
Lisa
rykna
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Usually one is all that is used in a tank, however, if your tanks needs higher flow there are many attachments for the spray bar that can extend your return flow.
I loved my ehiem canister spray bar when I had my 90 set up as a reef tank. But it was horrible for the seahorse set up. By limiting the return flow, the water "sprays" out of the tiny holes in the bar at a much higher velocity. Which causes great water flow for reef tanks, but Valiant did not like the high flow rate from it at all.
I loved my ehiem canister spray bar when I had my 90 set up as a reef tank. But it was horrible for the seahorse set up. By limiting the return flow, the water "sprays" out of the tiny holes in the bar at a much higher velocity. Which causes great water flow for reef tanks, but Valiant did not like the high flow rate from it at all.