12 Hydor Mod

[edwar050]

Here is the picture after the mod of a 45degree Cpvc elbow was placed in the back. Allows for much greater flow. I probably get 200+GPH now in the tank, even with the 90 and 45 degree turns.

The flow is much better as its not making as much noise. It sweeps the surface better and targets the entire tank with a little more flow. Still some dead spots but it got about 1/2 of the ones missed before.

 

[30galreefkeepr]

hydors rock. i've got one on mine too

 

[aural]

did you cut the disc off of it too?

 

[Dan Thrash]

so you put two 45 bends on there? one in the back, one in the front?

 

[edwar050]

I apologize for the pics, new camera. I put a 45 CPVC bend angled slightly down and pointed it straight to the middle of the tank. I painted it black with crylon fusion paint. I ran a hose from my maxi jet 1200 to a 90 degree piece of hose barb fitting. Then I had to cut the hose barb down to make it fit. I then ran a small piece of tubbing from the hose barb to the CPVC. I clamped all of these off with plastic cable ties "Highly reccomended for many aquarium applications". All in all, even with the 90 degree barb and 45 degree angle, I bet I am still getting easily over 200 GPH from my maxi jet 1200. I also had to silicone off the hole that I drilled to increase the flow and fit in the CPVC 45 degree angle. The only thing you see sticking out is haf of the CPVC and the hydor. I also glued, with superglue, the rubber gaskets that the hydor uses into both ends of the cpvc and clamped them. Silicone it up and your done. I just wanted more flow out of my hydor and was tired of it making that splashing noise at the surface of the water, not to mention only hitting about half to 3/4 the tank with a decent spray.

 

[edwar050]

I took about 5 gallons out of the tank to drill it, used masking tape to catch some of the excess plastic by inverting it and attaching it to the side of both back walls. While doing this I put the stock nano pump in the tank for some circulation. I had to keep the water down for about a day for the silicone to dry. I am very, very happy with the results. Its only really feasible if your not getting enough flow or having problems with your hydor. I was having both. I believe I used 1/2 Cpvc and 3/4 hose barb, the cpvc is bigger than the tubing ran from the mx1200, whereas the barb is the same size. Hope this helps, sure somebody has done something similar. I figure all of this took about an hour and a half to do, with the parts I already had "hydor and silicone" it cost 60 cents.


The flow is much more dispersed, its angled to hit the entire surface of the water, and now sweeps much away towards the surface skimmer.

 

[edwar050]

Here is an image of the surface agitation.

Here are a couple of my clowns which are pairing up, named Rosey "male" and Madagascar "female"

 

[Newreeflady]

I didn't see the answer in there, maybe I am not reading carefully, di did you cut off the "skirt" of the hydor? Yours looks notably smaller than mine does.

-A

 

[Lakeside518]

edwar050 aquascape looks good. May need alittle more rock tho. Not alot. Just my .02

I rescently added a Hydor on a 12 gal Aquapod. Just tonight actually.

 

[edwar050]

I previously cut the back skirt of the hydor with a dremel, removing it. The 12 nano is fairly coral less right now and is primarily used for a quarantine tank for new arrivals of fish and coral. I am allowing room for coral addition but it does need a really nice centerpiece of rock.