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Orion · 07-28-2006, 08:51 AM

Since Pure drug up this thread from another one, I figured I'd go ahead and update since he saved me the trouble of going and looking for it

I never have got around to trying my idea above, and don't think that I will. I'm sure that it would work great, but I just don't want to take the time to do something like that right now.

I've not done a whole lot in the past little bit. I added the 90degree elbows to the container, and while that really helps with getting the tubeing in the right place, it killed the flow rate from the small pump. Another problem with the small pump on the inside of the container I was having is that it wanted to pump water out of the container faster than it could suck water in. I'm sure that it wasn't leaking anywhere and letting air in, because I can watch a vacum form because it sucks the sides of the container in. Eh, go figure.

Last weekend I tried an external pump to see how that worked. All I did was hook up the motor from a duetto filter to the intake hose, and put the motor in water. This worked great. Flow rate was really improved because of the more powerfull pump. I would say it was going somewhere (just to guess) close to around 60-70 gph. So by the time I added any media it might be around 40-60, which is right where I would want it.

Now my issue is how to situate the pump in the tank without sucking up small shrimp. A while back I took another duetto filter and made it a power sponge filter. All I did was take the small pipes that held the sponges, and drilled two holes in the filter box of the duetto. Here are the pipes that I used (stolen from the first post):
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...0012Medium.jpg
Then just took a piece of plexi, heated it up to bend around where the intake used to be on the filter box and siliconed it water tight to force it to draw water from the sponge pipes. Works great.

But, this looks bulky in the 10 gallon tank that I'm useing it in, so I know it would look very bulky in a 5 gallon. So this is my impass. Tring to figure out how to get a pump, that is shrimp safe, on the inside of the tank without taking up too much room.

Since it's supposed to be rainy and dreary all weekend, I may have to take the time to play with this somemore and see what I can't come up with.

07-28-2006, 08:51 AM	#23 (permalink)
Orion Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,649	Since Pure drug up this thread from another one, I figured I'd go ahead and update since he saved me the trouble of going and looking for it I never have got around to trying my idea above, and don't think that I will. I'm sure that it would work great, but I just don't want to take the time to do something like that right now. I've not done a whole lot in the past little bit. I added the 90degree elbows to the container, and while that really helps with getting the tubeing in the right place, it killed the flow rate from the small pump. Another problem with the small pump on the inside of the container I was having is that it wanted to pump water out of the container faster than it could suck water in. I'm sure that it wasn't leaking anywhere and letting air in, because I can watch a vacum form because it sucks the sides of the container in. Eh, go figure. Last weekend I tried an external pump to see how that worked. All I did was hook up the motor from a duetto filter to the intake hose, and put the motor in water. This worked great. Flow rate was really improved because of the more powerfull pump. I would say it was going somewhere (just to guess) close to around 60-70 gph. So by the time I added any media it might be around 40-60, which is right where I would want it. Now my issue is how to situate the pump in the tank without sucking up small shrimp. A while back I took another duetto filter and made it a power sponge filter. All I did was take the small pipes that held the sponges, and drilled two holes in the filter box of the duetto. Here are the pipes that I used (stolen from the first post): http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...0012Medium.jpg Then just took a piece of plexi, heated it up to bend around where the intake used to be on the filter box and siliconed it water tight to force it to draw water from the sponge pipes. Works great. But, this looks bulky in the 10 gallon tank that I'm useing it in, so I know it would look very bulky in a 5 gallon. So this is my impass. Tring to figure out how to get a pump, that is shrimp safe, on the inside of the tank without taking up too much room. Since it's supposed to be rainy and dreary all weekend, I may have to take the time to play with this somemore and see what I can't come up with. __________________ I am Species 5618: Coffee Based life form Join us in the MFT.net chatroom!