EnglishRebel
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Building My 375gal Glass Reef
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adamPL - thanks! - I bought the storage tanks from US Plastics. The float valve is from www.bulkreefsupply.com. The float switches are from McMaster-Carr, although www.aquahub.com has the same type switch - I like their M8000 model. The solenoid is from McMaster-Carr ( www.mcmaster.com ) - their part #7877K2.
Keep up the good work, can't wait for the TBRC meeting to be at your place!
bbehring - I am, as always, at your service, Sir ... 
Emster - thank you so much! Concerning the shop, it's not quite so neat this morning.
BTW: 1959 Delta/Rockwell table saw/jointers are the kinds of tools I dream about! Real tools. Oh, and belated congratulation on your TOTM award! You have been one of my heroes since I first saw pics of you system!
adamPL - the part is actually two parts, the relay and the relay socket. You can get them here:Relay and Socket
Emster - thank you so much! Concerning the shop, it's not quite so neat this morning.
BTW: 1959 Delta/Rockwell table saw/jointers are the kinds of tools I dream about! Real tools. Oh, and belated congratulation on your TOTM award! You have been one of my heroes since I first saw pics of you system!
adamPL - the part is actually two parts, the relay and the relay socket. You can get them here:Relay and Socket
Sorry about the lack of posts - I've been busy having a cataract removed - one of those obligatory senior citizen things that have to be done. I have gotten quite a bit done in the fish room - I'll post pics over the weekend.
Last week I was looking for a way to blow detritus off the rocks that are curing/cooking in the display tank. I wanted something that would be quick and easy as the job has to be done every day. This is what I came up with:
It's just a MaxiJet 1200 powerhead attached to a 36" length of 1/2" PVC pipe. Works great!
I screwed the pipe to a piece of 1/4" extruded PVC sheet:
Then I screwed the attachment cradle that comes with the MaxiJet to the PVC:
That allows the MaxJet to slide onto the cradle - solid as a rock!
I just attached the power cable from the MaxiJet to the PVC pipe with cable ties. When I want to clean the rocks I just stick the pump in the tank and plug it in. The 36" length of the handle lets me get right up to any rock in the tank.
Last week I was looking for a way to blow detritus off the rocks that are curing/cooking in the display tank. I wanted something that would be quick and easy as the job has to be done every day. This is what I came up with:
It's just a MaxiJet 1200 powerhead attached to a 36" length of 1/2" PVC pipe. Works great!
I screwed the pipe to a piece of 1/4" extruded PVC sheet:
Then I screwed the attachment cradle that comes with the MaxiJet to the PVC:
That allows the MaxJet to slide onto the cradle - solid as a rock!
I just attached the power cable from the MaxiJet to the PVC pipe with cable ties. When I want to clean the rocks I just stick the pump in the tank and plug it in. The 36" length of the handle lets me get right up to any rock in the tank.
EnglishRebel
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Tom
Ingenious (as usual).
Ingenious (as usual).
jnarowe
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Here is the Left Coast Version:
The Reef Blower:
Built by the Great Dahn Nguyen.
This is an MJ 1200 Mod with a pipe inserted for blowing off rocks. Different size pipes can be used for different levels in the aquarium. Care must be used as this thing is extremely powerful and I would recommend using smaller Maxi-Jets for most tanks.
The Reef Blower:
Built by the Great Dahn Nguyen.
This is an MJ 1200 Mod with a pipe inserted for blowing off rocks. Different size pipes can be used for different levels in the aquarium. Care must be used as this thing is extremely powerful and I would recommend using smaller Maxi-Jets for most tanks.
eran
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14279943#post14279943 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Here is the Left Coast Version:
The Reef Blower:
Built by the Great Dahn Nguyen.
This is an MJ 1200 Mod with a pipe inserted for blowing off rocks. Different size pipes can be used for different levels in the aquarium. Care must be used as this thing is extremely powerful and I would recommend using smaller Maxi-Jets for most tanks.
I love that idea..........i think i'm going to make a copy!
Tom,
I haven't seen it mentioned yet in your thread, and with your interest in full control over your tank I thought I'd bring it up.
Are you familiar with the aquasurf module for your ACIII from neptune? It's capable of controlling your Tunze's with a bit more in the way of control options. For example, changing the peak flow based on time of day, or from a feed cycle being initiated.
The standalone Tunze system is of course great, but when one is trying to pull control of everything back to a central control point, it's nice to have options that allow that.
And since you're interested in VFD's, another data point is that the Tunze control signal (and what the Aquasurf delivers) is a standard 0-10v control. So each channel of the Aquasurf can also drive the analog motor frequency input on a VFD. This allows direct speed (and thus flow) control over the VFD system from the Aquasurf.
~K
I haven't seen it mentioned yet in your thread, and with your interest in full control over your tank I thought I'd bring it up.
Are you familiar with the aquasurf module for your ACIII from neptune? It's capable of controlling your Tunze's with a bit more in the way of control options. For example, changing the peak flow based on time of day, or from a feed cycle being initiated.
The standalone Tunze system is of course great, but when one is trying to pull control of everything back to a central control point, it's nice to have options that allow that.
And since you're interested in VFD's, another data point is that the Tunze control signal (and what the Aquasurf delivers) is a standard 0-10v control. So each channel of the Aquasurf can also drive the analog motor frequency input on a VFD. This allows direct speed (and thus flow) control over the VFD system from the Aquasurf.
~K
Aw man! You're trying to get me to spend more money aren't you.
I've been eyeing the Aquasurf very closely. Looks really good, but I wasn't aware of the fact that it delivers standard 0-10v to accomplish it's control. Opens up a lotta possibilities. Darn ....
(Elliott, did you know about this?)
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14291882#post14291882 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlassReef
Aw man! You're trying to get me to spend more money aren't you.
I've been eyeing the Aquasurf very closely. Looks really good, but I wasn't aware of the fact that it delivers standard 0-10v to accomplish it's control. Opens up a lotta possibilities. Darn ....
(Elliott, did you know about this?)
no, that's news to me, however it's rather quick and easy to change settings directly on the VFD. I'm all about low maintenance (lazy is another word for it
) so in dwelling moving parts like Tunzes and Vortechs are out for me.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14291882#post14291882 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlassReef
Aw man! You're trying to get me to spend more money aren't you.
I've been eyeing the Aquasurf very closely. Looks really good, but I wasn't aware of the fact that it delivers standard 0-10v to accomplish it's control. Opens up a lotta possibilities. Darn ....
(Elliott, did you know about this?)
*chuckling* in your case, maybe, although you could offset it selling the Tunze controller
For me it lowered some of my other costs. It made VFD's cheaper as I need fewer features (only analog 0-10v in, and slip control) Versus the way Elliot's doing it (which was my original plan) of setting accell and decell times on the VFD, and using crossed over outputs and inputs for max and min speed reached, to trigger the shift to the other set speed point.
This opens up some basic ABB VFD's on E-bay that can often be caught for < $40
But yeah, the option of having 4 channels of 0-10v analog out of any AC system does cause the mind to wander. I'd be curious to see what you'd come up with
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