Ordered a few
What exactly am I trying to achieve with the valves?
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The steady control of very fine bubble production... this requires air volume control while maintaining pressure internal to the wooden air diffuser.Ordered a few
What exactly am I trying to achieve with the valves?
I will be using this one. It has very fine control. The other ones drive me crazy as they are hard to get fine control.Which needle valves are you buying?
Guess I need two
Getting some spray at the top of the tank
Very very nice!I will be using this one. It has very fine control. The other ones drive me crazy as they are hard to get fine control.
How are the bubbles? Easier to control the bubble density as well?I started using two of those flow valves on my tisbe pod culture and it is SO much easier to control.
For my Tisbe culture it is alot easier. I just installed this needle valve on my bubbler. I have two air stones and separate needle valves on each. One airstone was easy to control the bubble size. The other airstone, not so. So I now need to try airstones other than the Lees.How are the bubbles? Easier to control the bubble density as well?
Yes, we use Oceanic, Sanders, and some custom ones done by some friends.For my Tisbe culture it is alot easier. I just installed this needle valve on my bubbler. I have two air stones and separate needle valves on each. One airstone was easy to control the bubble size. The other airstone, not so. So I now need to try airstones other than the Lees.
Suggestions for airstones? I've seen others mention Oceanic.?
What are the foam prefilters on the return pumps supposed to filter out?I have a foam prefilter on the front of my return pump, would this stop the bubbles and make this not effective, otherwise i can try the in tank on vortech method. If i were to do that do you guys suggest zip ties to hold it to the vortech? thanks
Where are you drawing in fresh air to the air pump?Does using this method tend to reduce pH? I started this process a couple of weeks ago and my pH runs below 8. Doesn't seem to affect the tank. Just curious.
Just so i dont have pieces of cheato sucked up into my return and into reactors. I have my return T off to 3 reactors (carbo, gfo, purigen) also, not sure if the bubbles with have negative effects if they get into the chambers.What are the foam prefilters on the return pumps supposed to filter out?
Earlier in this thread and many others in other bubblung threads, there were others with reactors and they have removed their prefoam bubble blockers with no issues.Just so i dont have pieces of cheato sucked up into my return and into reactors. I have my return T off to 3 reactors (carbo, gfo, purigen) also, not sure if the bubbles with have negative effects if they get into the chambers.
With low co2 air, and an Alk @ 8.8, you should see your pH @ around 8.2 to 8.4Does using this method tend to reduce pH? I started this process a couple of weeks ago and my pH runs below 8. Doesn't seem to affect the tank. Just curious.
So I finally got some of that poret foam from Swiss tropicals. Cut it to length, and placed it between my baffles, and turn the air pump on. I instantly saw that many more bubbles were getting pulled into the return pump. Checked the display, and there were good amount of tiny bubbles. So I turned off the air pump and came back a few hours later to an overflowing skimmer. Something in the foam caused my skimmer to not skim at all. I have since removed the foam and my skimmer is now back to normal function.That is the premise and that is the correct assumption...
When you narrow a channel (reduce the cross sectional area of a channel), the velocity of the fluid increases.
Be aware that the level will slightly increase in the previous section (skimmer or refugium) but as water pressure increases with height, it will stabilize with the increase in flow based on pressure differential.
You just needed to give it a little time to break in again.So I finally got some of that poret foam from Swiss tropicals. Cut it to length, and placed it between my baffles, and turn the air pump on. I instantly saw that many more bubbles were getting pulled into the return pump. Checked the display, and there were good amount of tiny bubbles. So I turned off the air pump and came back a few hours later to an overflowing skimmer. Something in the foam caused my skimmer to not skim at all. I have since removed the foam and my skimmer is now back to normal function.
So at this point I have no idea what to do.