HippieSmell
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I'm building surge tanks for a new setup and would like some ideas other than my own. Show 'em if you got 'em.
Let's see those surge tanks
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HippieSmell
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Nobody has surge tanks?
IMO:
With the equipment like waveboxes, wave2k, tunze streams, seios and others, surge because of the bubble and noise issues have become more and more obsolete as technology advances.
With the equipment like waveboxes, wave2k, tunze streams, seios and others, surge because of the bubble and noise issues have become more and more obsolete as technology advances.
HippieSmell
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I disagree. I think it's a cheap alternative to create awesome water movement. And surge devices can be constructed in a way that makes them relatively silent and bubbleless.
vwluv10338
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Lets see your ideas. Show me yours and I'll show you mine. (Just kidding, I dont have any plans, just tagging along)
Eric
Eric
I am a firm believer in surge tanks. The Oceansmotions valves are a great alternative. I dont care for the wavebox, though the wave2K is nice.
Heres one I built at my old job. It is a 200g poly tank. An electric 2" ballvalve feeds the surge to a 280g hex reef tank.
And heres the controls for the dual 4" pneumatic butterfly valves that feed from 2 250g poly tanks into a tidepool touch tank. That was a nice surge!
Heres one I built at my old job. It is a 200g poly tank. An electric 2" ballvalve feeds the surge to a 280g hex reef tank.
And heres the controls for the dual 4" pneumatic butterfly valves that feed from 2 250g poly tanks into a tidepool touch tank. That was a nice surge!
HippieSmell
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Wow H2OENG, I'm not even going to pretend to know how that operates. Those electric ballvalves are pretty spendy aren't they? So, what triggers the surge, is it a float switch that triggers the valve to open for a few seconds?
Mwood, how does yours work? Is it a toilet flusher design?
Mwood, how does yours work? Is it a toilet flusher design?
Yes, a float in the head tank triggers a timer relay. The relay is set to about 12 seconds in this case. Enough time to drain the tank, but to close the valve before any air gets into the line. The result is a silent, bubble free blast of water.
The larger setup uses the same principle, only with 2 tanks and 2 (BIG) valves operating independently of each other. The timers are set to different times so that about once every hour or so they simultaneously go off, resulting in a huge surge, then smaller surges.
The larger valves are pneumatic, since the electric valves in that size do not open fast enough. The 4"ers were about $700 each IIRC. The little 2"ers run anywhere from $275-350.
Pricey, but silent and NO bubbles!
Have fun
The larger setup uses the same principle, only with 2 tanks and 2 (BIG) valves operating independently of each other. The timers are set to different times so that about once every hour or so they simultaneously go off, resulting in a huge surge, then smaller surges.
The larger valves are pneumatic, since the electric valves in that size do not open fast enough. The 4"ers were about $700 each IIRC. The little 2"ers run anywhere from $275-350.
Pricey, but silent and NO bubbles!
Have fun
