SEIO Rat - a.k.a S-RAT

[northbay-reefer]

Reefvan, can you please point me to where I can get one of these RAT ? and if possible, do you have instruction on how to build one of these ? TIA

 

[Fishguru]

anotehr brilliant design by Van.....

 

[Jpizzle]

dude that looks freakin cool.

 

[Fishguru]

Van, did you have to beef up the motor? the seio looks much larger than the previous ones, and move a lot more water witht eh back and forth, let alone the pump

 

[reefwonders]

Really nice inventing I'm interested in the Seio Rat.

 

[ReefVan]

Thanks all... the SEIO Rat is now in water testing as of today...

I've put it next to the Tunze Rat at one of my fav LFS's... let it run I say and I'll make sure there are no bugs when it goes out for release...

To be honest it's the same motor on the 1" Rat, 1.5" Super-Rat, Tunze Rat and the SEIO Rat... it seems to be working a lot harder on the Tunze Rat (2245 gph) compared to the SEIO Rat (1500 gph)... but then again I'm waiting for the SEIO 2600...

That should be an interesting contest... it'll be in Tunze flow territory.. Anybody at TAAM want to send me a pump to accelerate this project???

Will post when I have some further info... for now... wet-testing is on and underway...

 

[Ereefic]

Are you drawing vortex's into the pump with the depth at which you have it mounted? From the pic it doesn't look that far below water.

 

[DaveC]

http://reef-rat.cjb.cc/


For those who are asking, including myself who have no idea what they are talking about when referring to reef rat ??

DaveC

 

[ReefVan]

Yep ... it's drawing air every once in a while... my Tunze 6080 doesn't do it due to the blank section in the grill at the top of the pump intake grill...

The T-Rat is at the same depth... 4.5" from tank rim to centerline of pump exhaust... doesn't draw any air though...

Don't kid yourself the folks at Tunze figured this out a while ago... too bad those at TAAM didn't pay it any attention...

Although I read about the problem here on RC I wanted to see for myself... now I'll take a thin strip of pvc and form it with a hair-dryer to match the SEIO intake grill contour... after I bond it in place and get back to you with the results... :thumbsup:

I'll try and get some water pics this week at the LFS..

 

[ericandrew]

Any idea on a price?

 

[reefwonders]

I'm interested in the 1 1/2" Rat for my new 300 thats coming. Could I get a price PLEASE:rollface:

 

[jeffreylam1132]

Any price? Very interested in one this rat.

 

[DRZL-sauras]

Any pics?

 

[Fishysan]

Very cool Van! Nice work! Glad to see you are still pumpin' out the models like crazy.

Now if only you could make a SMALL tunze/SEIO instead of using theirs. *grin*

 

[ReefVan]

Will take pics on the week-end... it's running great!

Thanks Sean.... I won't get into the pump business.... yet!

This Rat runs real well.... it's in the LFS sps tank and doing super :thumbsup:

 

[Diesel3443]

Great to see def would be in to buying one

 

[zapata41]

any updates here ??

 

[ReefVan]

Still running great.... no news is good news I'd say... Wating on some part to make the mounting brackets...

 

[zapata41]

how bout some pics of it running , everyone likes pics ou know

Tim

 

[Steven M]

nice work! Can we see a pic with the top off?