SantaMonica
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Ah, targetting. Very nice looking.
I however made a vow to never have to target.
I however made a vow to never have to target.
2.0 version of the refridgerated autofeeder
Mike
I revamped my continuous feeder to utilize a full sized mini-fridge so that I can put a profilux doser inside with a 3/4" kent venturi. It's T'd off of my return and ran through the fridge and directly into the NPS/display fuge in my system.
Went to do a water change this morning and found out the hard way that turning off my return/not enough water pumping through causes water to shoot out the venturi.
Any suggestions to stop this from happening?
I ran it vertically...the input from the return comes through the bottom and pushes the water upward...
Here it is...
I've diy a ssyringe pump which is cheap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjOFjzfv9RA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Using Air pump to push the plunger of the syringe to discharge the food.
How can it shoot out if it's connected to the bottles/pumps?
I love this thread. Reading the entire thing gave a ton of ideas on how to setup my own. I currently use an Enteral pump with a wine cooler to keep the solution cold. My question is, how do you keep the particles suspended or dose in a uniform way rather than have some chunks go out one day and then the next only liquid solution comes out?
Magnetic stirrers...
like this:
http://www.heavydutysupplies.com/se...netic/Detail?gclid=CJWegZLXpbcCFcue4AodgDwAYA
What a great set up you're putting together. Are you using three stirrers for your dosing pumps?
I'm actually still in the process of putting my new feeder setup together. I still have to order my dosing pump.
GHL standalone 4 pump doser:
http://blog.aquanerd.com/2009/10/ghl-dosing-systems.html
As well as 4 of the magnetic stirrers that I linked above.
I ordered two of the check valves that I linked above as well...supposed to receive them Thursday. I want to put one between the "T" off of the return pump and the other on the output of the fridge before the tank...just to be safe. I can NOT have a flood/leak and check valves are known to fail...so I'm putting two just in case.
It's back siphoning from the tank return line and shoots out of the venturi if my return pump is shut off.
Ordering this in the morning to put on the return line between the fridge and tank to stop it from occuring...
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Homewerk...-Check-Valve-VCKP40E4B/204237836#.UZma-6LF1P0
What did you use to cap off the end of the syringe to attach the airline to?