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08-24-2005, 07:46 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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|  Rebuild/Ich recovery
Well it has been 5 weeks now since I put all my fish in hospital. No more losses and no more ich 
Now it's time to rebuild. My first project was a spray bar for sump return. I wanted a corner feed, but when I built it, the loose end sank to the bottom as weighted object will  I thought about using fishing line, but then had an idea. I drilled a hole in the endcap just a little smaller than the mounting button for a suction cup. Pressed the suction cup into the hole and then to the glass. Voila! (see pictures below).  
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
2 Percula Clowns, Scissortail Goby, Black Birdwrasse, Keyhole angel, Lawnmower Blenny,
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08-24-2005, 08:08 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
Hey, that works! Drill more holes...IMHO  What size pump will you be using? _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch | |
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08-25-2005, 03:30 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: italy
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
what does a spray bar do exactly?
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55 gallon, prizm HOB skimmer, 48" PC Formosa DX - JG3 2 x day, 2 antic, some powerheads, around 24 pnds LR, 3 clowns, 2 tangs, anenome's. RO water | |
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08-25-2005, 04:58 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
It gets some flow behind the rockwork and (in my case) across the sandbed. I have mine teed off in the center, and did not glue these 2 side pieces so I can adjust the flow up or down more as needed | |
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08-25-2005, 06:04 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
Thanks BL
I probably will drill more holes. Actually this one was a test made with 1/2" pipe I had laying around (Cost about $1.12 to get the elbows) and the holes I have match the area of the pipe diameter. And the pump I have is only about 110 GPH. I have a via-Aqua 2600 (720GPH) pump on order so will probably make the next one out of 3/4" I figure even with about 3' head, I will still need to throttle back to accomodate my 600GPH overflow. | |
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08-25-2005, 06:51 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
I've been really interested in "spray bars" when I first saw something mentioned about them, but haven't found a whole lot about them yet.. Do these create bubbles like a bubble wall would?
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46gal Oceanic BF, 80lbs LR 2Lbs LS, 2 true percula, 1 six lined wrasse, 1 powder blue tang, crocea clam, green star polyps, torch coral, purple mushrooms, RBTA, Purple Condy, Nudibranch (Chromodoris lochi), Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, blood red fire shrimp, 10 nassarius snails, 8 margarita snails, 5 crown top snails, 12 burgundy, scarlet and blue legged hermits. 15H sump/refugium 2lb LR and ball-o-cheatomorpha. | |
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08-25-2005, 07:12 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: italy
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
i c, thanks bl | |
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08-25-2005, 08:16 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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| Re: Rebuild/Ich recovery
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Originally Posted by boostenmkiv I've been really interested in "spray bars" when I first saw something mentioned about them, but haven't found a whole lot about them yet.. Do these create bubbles like a bubble wall would? | No, boost, no air bubbles. You are pumping water from your sump to the spray bar. The idea is to ciruculate water evenly across the entire length of the tank. I my case having the bar about 3" above the sand and from back to front creates an even current through my live rock. Essential for when I start getting corals in the tank.
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09-02-2006, 08:58 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: maryland Age: 21
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I know that this thread has been dead for a long time now but i was browseing and stumbled opon this.....did this spray bar work out....any opinions on this ideal???? I am really interested in this and may use it, seems like a great ideal to me!!!! | |
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09-03-2006, 04:49 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn
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I was to lazy to make a spray bar so I bought one by eheim. I have the holes on each bar aiming in different directions.
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55 gallon. PC lights 12K/Actinic/Moon, Chiller, Powerhead, Prizm Skimmer, Fluval, Eheim Pro2 | |
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