CraigG
10-24-2008, 05:28 PM
So I have a reef ready 75 with a sump. With Plants, Discus and other fish as well.
Powering my sump is an Aqua Rio 2100 Plus (output 692 GPH). So i'm trying to slow down the flow. I have a ball valve on it but I'm not sure if having it turned down for a long period of time is going to put stress on the pump.
So I'd like to make my own spary bar to try and spread out the water so its not as strong of a current.
I already tried making my own spray bar. I bought a 5ft piece of PVC. Cut it so that it was across the whole back of my tank from the return pipe. I drilled holes every inch.
It worked except that it was too noisy since it was splashing into the tank. With the overflow the PVC wasn't in the tank so it splashed down.
Well I came up with a new idea not sure if anyone has tried it to give me pointers or let me know if this would work.
Use the same length PVC that I had but this time put it onto my table saw and cut a 1/8 inch line all the way through one side with a cap at the end (think of it "C" with a cap at the end).
Would this spray across or would it just trickle into the tank?
I currently don't have anything visible in my tank other then Plants,Discus and driftwood and am trying to keep it this way.
Everything is in the sump, or overflow box.
The picture is my current setup on the output.
Powering my sump is an Aqua Rio 2100 Plus (output 692 GPH). So i'm trying to slow down the flow. I have a ball valve on it but I'm not sure if having it turned down for a long period of time is going to put stress on the pump.
So I'd like to make my own spary bar to try and spread out the water so its not as strong of a current.
I already tried making my own spray bar. I bought a 5ft piece of PVC. Cut it so that it was across the whole back of my tank from the return pipe. I drilled holes every inch.
It worked except that it was too noisy since it was splashing into the tank. With the overflow the PVC wasn't in the tank so it splashed down.
Well I came up with a new idea not sure if anyone has tried it to give me pointers or let me know if this would work.
Use the same length PVC that I had but this time put it onto my table saw and cut a 1/8 inch line all the way through one side with a cap at the end (think of it "C" with a cap at the end).
Would this spray across or would it just trickle into the tank?
I currently don't have anything visible in my tank other then Plants,Discus and driftwood and am trying to keep it this way.
Everything is in the sump, or overflow box.
The picture is my current setup on the output.