Re: 60 PSI wash down pump!
Good luck. Anything to make changes easier. At the risk of cutting down your suction off the bottom, you might consider adding a strainer to the end of your hose, like the ones from the end of a filter intake tube, just as a precaution.
Re: 60 PSI wash down pump!
Thanks Steve, something I mean to do once shops reopen from Easter, cheers
Re: 60 PSI wash down pump!
Like Steve said, I'd add a big strainer to the end. I've lost discus when doing water changes by walking away from the tanks while they were gravity draining, only to return to find a small discus sucked against the drain strainer. Suction from a big pump would make the water change faster, but any fish within 6" of the intake might get sucked against it.
-Leland
Re: 60 PSI wash down pump!
Thanks Leland, not an issue now. My glee at working out a new system has now changed to....bugger.....sand must've got through the filter of the wash down pump and the pump is no longer working. Back to ye old manual gravity hose gravel cleaner. Oh well, was good while it lasted....two water changes, lol.