April 2008 Tank Of The Month (weatherson)

[JGoslee]

Welcome to R2R!

Congratulations on TOTM. You have a beautiful tank.

 

[weatherson]

Thanks guys. The beauty part I have to concede to the corals though. I just help them grow.

 

[rdvab]

Hi Joseph ,great set up.How did you do the o2 injection thru the closed loop?I have been a fan of random o2 overload in a system for purification but have not seen a diy system for this.
Thanks Ron

 

[weatherson]

Ron,

Thanks. The air injection is done as shown in the following photo. Note that the controller turns the air pumps on for only a one minute duration but multiple times per day. When the air is turned off, water is pulled through the injection system from the prefilter positioned acrylic cylinder. While this design may appear complex, it's actually simple and done so to prevent the need for electronic valves and for the fact that air can still be pulled through an air pump when in an off state.

Joseph.

 

[KEEPERZ]

That's some real enginuity Joe-trying to understand how the water stops from returning to the air pumps,my brain is not taking in the cylinder concept but I assume some type of check valves could work?? Sorry if it's a dumb question.

 

[weatherson]

Check valves could be used but in my system, once the air pumps turn off, there's no siphon effect. The white, air feed lines which are connected to the acrylic cylinder are routed above the tank so the air in the lines prevent back-siphoning.

 

[rdvab]

Very cool

 

[jc5205]

Very Nice, well done

 

[weatherson]

Thank you.

Joseph.

 

[Tinker]

Congratulations on TOTM Joseph! Absolutely breath taking. WOW! :drool:

 

[revhtree]

Bump For A Beauty!

 

[ficklefins]

Bump For A Beauty!

Thank you Rev, you aren't too harsh on the eyes yourself. :hammer:


What a Month for you Weatherson! Congratulations on the other TOTM as well.

 

[revhtree]

ROFL! Awe shucks....

 

[weatherson]

Thank you very much but it's more a month for my tank and the beauty of the inhabitants. I just give them water and watch 'em grow.

 

[dfurbee]

Awesome tank Joeseph

 

[weatherson]

Thank you very much.

Joseph.

 

[KEEPERZ]

Hey Joe- where do you get the mesh for the top of your tank- I'm tired of my wrasses leaping and I really like your idea.

 

[weatherson]

I got mine from a fellow reef keeper who purchased it from a RC member. Not sure (forget) who that was but you can find something similar, if not identical, from...
http://www.usnetting.com/HTML/bird-netting.html

 

[KEEPERZ]

sweet-thank you, my wrasses thank you