friedenmeister
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electric, do you use a specific brand of primer/cement or is it just the basic home depot stuff?
How to make a spray bar to replace the AGA overflow nozzle
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electric130
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i buy the cheap value pack from lowes. i think it's $4 for a pack of cement and primer. 8oz cans i think.
electric130
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look on my website. you can hardly notice it in the first pic on the home page. 
cordell
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Would a mag9.5 push water out of the holes at a pretty good current? I know that the fewer holes, the more each hole sprays, but is the pump held back any, also?
And.. I was thinking about doing a certain pattern of the way the holes are drilled. The first hole could point almost directly out (almost parallel to the bottom of the tank) and then the second hole could be a little lower on the bar so that it blows downward a little. Alternate them like that, do you think it would be a good idea? You could even angle them to one side or the other, like someone mentioned earlier in the post with the thicker piping making the X patterns, to really get some alternating currents.. ? I was decided on a SCWD, but I like this idea better.
Oh, my tank is a 75g, btw..
And.. I was thinking about doing a certain pattern of the way the holes are drilled. The first hole could point almost directly out (almost parallel to the bottom of the tank) and then the second hole could be a little lower on the bar so that it blows downward a little. Alternate them like that, do you think it would be a good idea? You could even angle them to one side or the other, like someone mentioned earlier in the post with the thicker piping making the X patterns, to really get some alternating currents.. ? I was decided on a SCWD, but I like this idea better.
Oh, my tank is a 75g, btw..
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electric130
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no i didn't. i had better flow after the spraybar than before. almost seemed to make the pump perform better.Demeter said:
electric130
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a mag 9.5 would do just fine. people have made these using even smaller pumps. the spraybar doesn't hold back any water IME. if you're worried about it, then use a larger pipe diameter, start with fewer holes, and drill more as necessary.cordell said:
you could do any of the things mentioned. just keep in mind that you can't really put corals directly below/in front of the holes, unless you have a ton of holes and the current out of them isn't that much.cordell said:
reefing in FtC
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I am making a spray bar and am trying to determine the number and size of holes to incorporate into it. I originally planned on using 12 holes that were spaced every three inches using a 7/32" bit. This gave me roughly the same area as the opening of the 3/4" pvc that the closed loop is plumbed with. This was based on the area of a circle is pi times the radius squared.
Can someone tell me if I'm on the right track.
Can someone tell me if I'm on the right track.
electric130
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it mainly depends on the flow rate you want. i did the same math and started with about the same number of holes. the flow was too powerful out of the holes, so i kept drilling more till i liked it.reefing in FtC said:
reefing in FtC
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Thanks E130
Iset it up last night. It works great. This was probably the best $4 I've spent on the tank.
Iset it up last night. It works great. This was probably the best $4 I've spent on the tank.
electric130
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now if we could only get the lighting manufacturers to take a hint from this....:lol:reefing in FtC said:
73ChargerFan
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What, that the lights should be $4? Dream on.
electric130
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well, maybe not $4, but $5 would be nice too! :lol:73ChargerFan said:What, that the lights should be $4? Dream on.
rparker911
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Yes...Home Depot!
IceCap 660 Ballast, 2 Ultra Daylight 40 watt overdriven to about 80 watts, and two actinics.
Phillips Ultra daylights, 6500k, cri 85....6.00/2 lights
IceCap 660 Ballast, 2 Ultra Daylight 40 watt overdriven to about 80 watts, and two actinics.
Phillips Ultra daylights, 6500k, cri 85....6.00/2 lights
electric130
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okay, home depot what? and what's all the lighting stuff about?rparker911 said:
rparker911
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Oh! I'm sorry... "The BULBS"
The bulbs that I use are from Home Depot, The Specifications of the lights are as described below.
The Kelvin Rating on the Lights are rated at 6500 degrees.
The color rendering index...CRI is rated at 85 this is the rating that is described on other more advanced websites that you may have to have someone read to you.
Each one of these glorious lights, if divided by two, are approximately $3.00 each, before tax. The "tax" are what our government use to make sure that we are comfortable in our own little worlds.
All the "lighting stuff" was in reference to your reply to Reefing in FtC's post,
"This was probably the best four dollars spent on the tank"
If there are any other questions? Please feel free to ask.
I have enjoyed talking to you.
Sincerely,
Rick
The bulbs that I use are from Home Depot, The Specifications of the lights are as described below.
The Kelvin Rating on the Lights are rated at 6500 degrees.
The color rendering index...CRI is rated at 85 this is the rating that is described on other more advanced websites that you may have to have someone read to you.
Each one of these glorious lights, if divided by two, are approximately $3.00 each, before tax. The "tax" are what our government use to make sure that we are comfortable in our own little worlds.
All the "lighting stuff" was in reference to your reply to Reefing in FtC's post,
"This was probably the best four dollars spent on the tank"
If there are any other questions? Please feel free to ask.
I have enjoyed talking to you.
Sincerely,
Rick
Heh Electric130 nice job with the spraybar! I want to do the same for a 120. My question is, the 120 has 2 overflows. I am going to use a mag 24 for the return with a "Y" insert split for both sides. Should I re-connect both sides into 1 spraybar inbetween both overflows? or Should I use one side for the top of the tank and the other side towards the bottom? How would you go about it? Thanks...
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