Tidepool Grant in Oregon

[oregonanenome]

Hi people,
I am a teacher in Oregon. I run a reef tank in my classroom and am interested in starting a second coldwater tide pool tank. I wrote a grant to get funds for with a local foundation. Local donors wre not interested. Perhaps someone out there would take interst and help out our classroom. Much of my classroom reef tank is funded by me.

Here is the link to find out more about my idea. If you do want to donate follow the links to help us out.
http://www.eeflane.org/grants2006/2006details2.asp?ID=72


BTW If you have ideas on tide pool plumbing let me know. I have read about some diy surge setupps, but I'd like to lower water 40 percent to create a negative tide effect. Any ideas?
Thanks for your interest.

 

[Randall_James]

You can achieve the negative tide effect by using a large enough surge tank. IE 100G display with a 60G surge tank all running on 100G of water.

A local LFS here has a 1000G rock pool with an 100G surge tank that is elevated 8' above the pool. Tank cycles about every 15 minutes. The system runs on a simple U tube in the surge tank.

Tube comes in bottom of tank rises to within 10" of top and then plunges back to bottom. As water rises it finally covers the entire U pipe and starts a siphon and runs till tank is empty..

 

[billsreef]

For low tide, I'd suggest a low water standpipe controlled by a solenoid valve. Valve on low standpipe opens, tide goes down. Valve closes, tide goes up

 

[GreshamH]

Re: Tidepool Grant in Oregon

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8540799#post8540799 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by oregonanenome
Hi people,
I am a teacher in Oregon. I run a reef tank in my classroom and am interested in starting a second coldwater tide pool tank. I wrote a grant to get funds for with a local foundation. Local donors wre not interested. Perhaps someone out there would take interst and help out our classroom. Much of my classroom reef tank is funded by me.

Here is the link to find out more about my idea. If you do want to donate follow the links to help us out.
http://www.eeflane.org/grants2006/2006details2.asp?ID=72


BTW If you have ideas on tide pool plumbing let me know. I have read about some diy surge setupps, but I'd like to lower water 40 percent to create a negative tide effect. Any ideas?
Thanks for your interest.

I can help you with some critters and food for the tank. PM me, we're always down to support schools

 

[Randall_James]

here is a brief outline of the "no moving parts" surge tank they have. The only moving part is the actual pump that fills the tank

 

[oregonanenome]

Thanks for the ideas on the surge tanks. It sounds like it is not as complex as I thought it might be. I'll have to try to sketch a few plans from your ideas this weekend. In the meantime, back to grading!!!

 

[Randall_James]

there is also an easy one that uses a simple toilet flapper setup. Just juse the entire bowl assy from a toilet tank, attach the float ball to the flapper valve and as the wate rises it opens the float valve.