So long story short, I've wanted to do a high-flow tank for quite some time but never bit the bullet and did it. I guess the reason is even though I know it's OK I've never been comfortable with the intakes on the manifolds I've seen online. I truly do want to reduce the possible eddies on the end glass by the intakes. SOooo, I think I finally have some ideas.
1) I have an old Little Giant 3MDQX-SC sitting around doing nothing and I think using it as a closed loop would work best. No difference you say, here's the difference
. I recently had black Cor-x (corrigated plastic sheets) become available to me, a 4x8 sheet for a 6 pack of beer... good price IMO lol. So what I'm thinking of doing is piercing 1/4" holes on 3/4" centers covering the whole surface. Then put one of these sheets on both ends of a 22 gal with the intake and outlet manifolds behind them. The hope is that it will add an extra level of diffusion to the current and suction.
2) The other thing I was thinking of instead is inspired by an artical I read about a Tsunami "Cloak" researchers are trying to develop. It would basically be teardrop shaped rods vertically on each end with the points facing in the direction of the flow. With enough rows of rods (say 3 minimum?) you can "hide" the end of the tank but still allow free flow of water around the rods. Again, the theory is all about diffusion.
For anyone who's made it this far here's the question. What do you think would be more effective? Looking for anything here questions, comments, ideas, gut feelings, remarks on me being insane... whatever . The only thing I'm TRULY looking for is actual linear flow, after that... everything is fair game.
Chris
1) I have an old Little Giant 3MDQX-SC sitting around doing nothing and I think using it as a closed loop would work best. No difference you say, here's the difference
. I recently had black Cor-x (corrigated plastic sheets) become available to me, a 4x8 sheet for a 6 pack of beer... good price IMO lol. So what I'm thinking of doing is piercing 1/4" holes on 3/4" centers covering the whole surface. Then put one of these sheets on both ends of a 22 gal with the intake and outlet manifolds behind them. The hope is that it will add an extra level of diffusion to the current and suction. 2) The other thing I was thinking of instead is inspired by an artical I read about a Tsunami "Cloak" researchers are trying to develop. It would basically be teardrop shaped rods vertically on each end with the points facing in the direction of the flow. With enough rows of rods (say 3 minimum?) you can "hide" the end of the tank but still allow free flow of water around the rods. Again, the theory is all about diffusion.
For anyone who's made it this far
here's the question. What do you think would be more effective? Looking for anything here questions, comments, ideas, gut feelings, remarks on me being insane... whatever . The only thing I'm TRULY looking for is actual linear flow, after that... everything is fair game. Chris
