broncofish
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I currently use a wvemake for my PH's....but I want to build a surge device. I have heard from a few people that it is really hard to controll the air bubbles from it. Anybody have any one, and do you have bubble problems?
Who uses a surge/wave device?
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overanalyzer
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I am interested as well since I just bought all the materials to make a flapper style surge device ..... should have it up and running tonight or tomorrow ..... will let you know
broncofish
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Thanks OA, there has got to be somebody else out there besides, myself you and Bang Guy that is or wants to have one of these.
overanalyzer
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tangs - tank will be in my basement and I am thinking of putting the surge on a timer so it only "fires" during the waking hours. But other wise I am not too concerened with the noise - I will let you know once I get it going!
Javis - it will be somewaht random becaause of hte nature of the device. It will eventually fall into a somewhat predictable timeline.
Was too busy painting the basement to work on it I will get some shots of hte project tonight!
Javis - it will be somewaht random becaause of hte nature of the device. It will eventually fall into a somewhat predictable timeline.
Was too busy painting the basement to work on it I will get some shots of hte project tonight!
broncofish
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Hey OA did you use that aussie site I sent you to design it, or are you using another design?
overanalyzer
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basically the same exact thing that guy set up with a few mods on the outflow .... could not find what I wanted for an outflow ....
overanalyzer
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OK i got everything lined up so I could take pictures along the way and then I realized it was almost midnight ..... so I will do it all tomorrow and photo documnt it. Probably post a long thread in the DIY section tomorrow night sometime .....
OBTw - dursos are done and dry - will put them in and water test them tomorrow - then it is time to drain the tank on Thursday .....
OBTw - dursos are done and dry - will put them in and water test them tomorrow - then it is time to drain the tank on Thursday .....
overanalyzer
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OK all - I finally assembled it last night but I have not put the float in or cemented the PVC together. I narrow the outlet so it will be a stream of water surging out. When I did that it significantly cut down on the bubbles. When it was a straight shot out there were way to many bubbles. I will post some pics later of the finished product - if I can squeeze in some time between prepping the basement for hte new tank and cleaning and completng the honey do list ......
bigmac
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here's a link to one....I've yet figure out how to make the level in the sump stay the same when using one of these.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-0...ture/index.htm
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-0...ture/index.htm
bonermeister
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Originally posted by bigmac
here's a link to one....I've yet figure out how to make the level in the sump stay the same when using one of these.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-0...ture/index.htm
Man that is spooky! Yet another reason to always wear thick fish-only gloves!
overanalyzer
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freaky article - built my durso's a little shorter so they could handle the flood of water from the surge (hopefully) - plus I am leaving some extra room @ the top of my sump and refugium!