i think im going to cut this tank down and get rid of the area i broke out. then shorten up the plumbing on it. i also need to ger an air meter that will read high enough to mesure the airflow. as for air intakes, there is 2 of them in the intake pipe. they are 3/8 water line. as for releasing any info on the design goes. i would like to see what sequence comes up with first. maybe theres will be better. we dont know. i really had to destroy my pump housing to get this new design to fit the way i wanted it to. i wouldnt want everyone going out and carving up there pumps just to find out sequence has a better design. but im confident they will never think of this one. lol its really off the wall. im just bummed out that i cant post pics right now.
the other though here is than sequence is designing a pump for super huge skimmers. miy design would work for medium to large skimmers. i think this would be a great pump for 700g to 2000g systems. the wattages are low enough and bubbles are definatly small enough.
im off to my mom and dads this weekend and next week i will be on the road. so..... it will be a couple of weeks before i can ge the new modifications done to the test tank. then i might build a top for it and turn it into a real skimmer.
herbert, i dont think this pump would be big enough for a 300sq. in. body. ya it puts out alot of bubbles but there so densely packed in the top 4 ft of the test tank that you would need 2 of these to make a skimmer that size. the pump housing is just not big inough to handle that much air/water. but never fear the sequence needle wheel will be here, real soon. lol i think this pump is a contender to the bk pump. but higher wattage though.
if you convert the numbers that deltec clames they get out of there skimmers, this 1 pump is equivelant to 6 of the eheim needle wheels. but there wattage are higher than this is. but the key here is that i think this pump will handle 200 scfh. thats 6552 leters an hour and i know the wattage draw will go down by another 10 -20 watts. i just need an air pump to handle it now. lol
as for the air pump its a sl56 from this site.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/21789/cid/3894
this is an awesome pump. super quiet and tons of air. i was going to make an air driven skimmer using this pump, but the air stones dont make small enough bubbles. i was going to sell this pump but now i think im going to keep it for testing.
have a good christmas guys.
