ok, here is how it goes....reasoning would be to stop electrical currents running through water from pump...the way to do that would be to reduce pump flow, some use a ball valve to do this...but the same people use one spray bar....i have 2 spray bars...so i have 1 inch pvc braided hose that splite at my spray bars into a 3 way with 2 -5/8 adapters conncting to the spray bars....,now i have 2-5/8 hoses going to 1/2 spray bars that are 3 ft long...i lose about 6 gph wich is perfect, i have zero voltage from the pump and 2 spray bars that are 3 ft long and water goes through all 15 holes on the spray bar.....see my rocks are in the center through the tank and its lays on top of the spray bars both pointing in oppiste directions to blow detritus out from the rocks....alot of people have there tanks up against a wall and build the rock on the back wall with there spray bar in the botton rear corner...i dont have botton rear, cuz how i have my rocks so i must bury the spray bars under the rock throughout the center of the tank.....its different but now i have 3 sides to look at my tank as a room devider....most people have just front and sides, i have both front and back and one side of the tank i must clean .....its kinda cool how i have it setup
does brass contaminate?
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fishesRdelicious
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ok, so it is split 3 ways. still you are loosing a lot of flow but if it works for you...
i shoudlnt be losing any flow from the split, cuz if you have 2 streams of 5/8 jet coming out they still equal the same amount of water flow if you would have 1 stream of 1 inch coming out...understand now where im losing flow would be how far the water has to travel before it gets to the "T" and gets to the 1/2 pvc...thats where you lose flow b/c its a mag pump they lose pressure after 8 ft and the water goes about 10 ft through the tubing...thats where you would lose flow unless i go smaller tubing that equals less than 1 inch then i would lose flow....does that make sence...if anyone else has any more input whether my theory on thiis plz join, i am no scientist on water flow...
ok, i have been lots f research and brass is made out of compounds that are zinc and a type of copper, together it provides very high strenght durability and corrosion free metal called brass...now it tells me this metal doesnt corrode at all.....unless its broken down from the chemical and physical compounds usually by melting the metal...this is a good thing....that tells me that it wont affect my tank whatsoever...if anyone else sees anything different plz show me a link so i can read and do more research on this
fishesRdelicious
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you are losing flow from the split because even if you have 2 5/8'' holes it still isnot giving the flow from one 1''. let me explain:
if you have a pipe that has a 5/8'' diameter, its area is ruftly 1.23in squared
if the pipe has a one inch diameter, its area is 3.14in squared
this tells you the potential amount of water that can pass through the pipe at one time.
now if you add a couple of those fittings to hook up to the spray bars that have an even smaller diameter like 3/8''. 3/8'' has an area of .44in squared. 1/2'' pipe that has a area of .79''. after head pressure and friction in the pipes you will have even less gph. it is always better to have a bigger pipe, the key is you want to have the biggest pipe that you can get that will not sacrafice any of the flow and not too big so the weight of the water it is pushing becomes a problem.
again with the brass, i wouldnt use it personally because i dont like to take any risks like that, also that info is probably not refering to if it was in saltwater. saltwater is much more corrosive than freshwater. you can deffinately find peices to fit it that are plastic, just might take some time in lowes.
if you have a pipe that has a 5/8'' diameter, its area is ruftly 1.23in squared
if the pipe has a one inch diameter, its area is 3.14in squared
this tells you the potential amount of water that can pass through the pipe at one time.
now if you add a couple of those fittings to hook up to the spray bars that have an even smaller diameter like 3/8''. 3/8'' has an area of .44in squared. 1/2'' pipe that has a area of .79''. after head pressure and friction in the pipes you will have even less gph. it is always better to have a bigger pipe, the key is you want to have the biggest pipe that you can get that will not sacrafice any of the flow and not too big so the weight of the water it is pushing becomes a problem.
again with the brass, i wouldnt use it personally because i dont like to take any risks like that, also that info is probably not refering to if it was in saltwater. saltwater is much more corrosive than freshwater. you can deffinately find peices to fit it that are plastic, just might take some time in lowes.
fishesRdelicious
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yes, just decided
hopefully we all fit in the car
hopefully we all fit in the car
fishesRdelicious
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mo said, me you mo , bill and his wife
maybe bill isnt going anymore, i dont know
maybe bill isnt going anymore, i dont know
yea but i thought bill said he was driving with his wife...so guess its just me you and mo....we best be callin people...i wanna get there early, also jon wants moe there by 5 to get the tickets...i wanna get there earlier to look around and spend money....hey when you talk to mo tell him i am beggin to stop at pets and you b/c thats my favorite store in the whole central pa...i wanna make him laugh...we are also going to bmkindig or whatever his name is....if bill and his wife are going...its gonna be tight int he car...no matter what were all gonna have fun....hope we stop at mustangs on the way home...lol
fishesRdelicious
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he is going to call me back and i will let you know
if some one could post a photo or let me know were i could find a plastic hose clamp, zip ties dont seem to hold up i found what was said to be a solid stainless steel hose clamp 3 days later i noticed rust, lol id like to shoot people that make products like that. i cant seem to locate any thing that looks like it would hold my hose on to my pump. the pump has metric fittings so all the standard plumping equp dose not mix.
Critter
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This might help get you started
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pr...=usplastic&category_name=2659&product_id=8236
but you may be able to find them cheaper.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pr...=usplastic&category_name=2659&product_id=8236
but you may be able to find them cheaper.
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