bubble tower

[jjaroska]

marc mentioned using a rubbermaid bread box for a bubble tower. so that i what i did. i got a break box an cut it down to 12" which is the height of my sump. now how would one go about attaching it in a sturdy manner?

 

[Kreeger1]

I think he suggested just using rubble rock in it to break up the bubbles plus hold it down in the same spot

 

[Dtip]

I use PVC sections with dremeled-out arches on the bottom. These seem to sink and stay just fine. The downside is that you cannot see inside of them, but for my purposes (return from a lower flow RDSB) it works okay.

 

[Tswifty]

I wasn't at the meeting tonight, but I just built a bubble tower that holds LR rubble yesterday for my new refugium.

I had an old acrylic baffle that I cut into 5" sections to build it, and used silicone to hold it together.

Here's the pics:

Here it is installed and running:

Hope it helps

 

[Tswifty]

You can see the difference in the amount of bubbles... Here's the before pic:

 

[DirtyHermit]

Where will your skimmer go? Or is that somewhere else?

 

[Tswifty]

I'm using a HOB AquaC Remora Skimmer right now, which is why I decided not to create a "skimmer section."

This is being used as just a refuguim... not a sump/fuge combo. The only reason I put 1 baffle in, was to keep the cheato from getting sucked into the return pump.

 

[serpentman]

Looks good swifty. However, If that is true acrylic, I think you might have issues down the road. Silicone doesn't bond well, if at all, to acrylic. Eventually the seams just let go. However, it looks like you have nice clean cuts. A little acrylic cement and it will hold forever.

 

[Tswifty]

Thanks for the tip... I'm not familiar with acrylic cement or sealent and wasn't sure what is "aquarium safe"

Can you recommend a product?

 

[itZme]

Weld-on or any other plastic solvent would be what you are after.

 

[Tswifty]

Thanks

 

[jjaroska]

tswifty8, how did you end up cutting the notches in the acrylic. i have cut my pieces down to size for my bubble towers and am thinking about using my scroll saw. i suppose a router or bandsaw would do the trick but i don't onw either one of those.

 

[Tswifty]

I just used a jigsaw to cut up each side, then a drill to drill a hole large enough to fit the jigsaw in... to cut across the top.

 

[OCEAN SIZE]

Awesome pics. I need to build one - thanks for the pics and details. Nice sump setup.

 

[GSMguy]

you can put a skimmer right where your cheato is now.

 

[sailoracu2]

bubble tower

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