Advanced Aquarist
Fish Fanatic
I'll start this thread with some pictures that don't appear to be related to fish keeping at all but their significance will be apparent later on . . .
scrap sheets of acrylic, 12mm thick, it looks like glass because it's actually glass effect acrylic (don't ask me why). I bought it four years ago because the acrylic fabricator were forced to move premises due to rising rent, so they decided to liquidate the old stock of plastic they had in storage and they had these green tinted sheets that their customers never used in their projects, so it went for cheap. I decided to obtain them, asking them to cut it down to 58cm x 40 cm sheets for easy storage. Even so, these are pretty heavy, and I've been meaning to use them but never got round to it. They were originally meant for a sump I've been meaning to make.
I took some of the sheets back to the fabricator and got them to cut them down again to dimensions I wanted.
process of gluing with hole already cut, will be apparent later on.
plumbing parts for the filter under construction
My favourite rotating spray bar. Made by Deltec for use in one of their filters. Bought it as a spare part. With proper use these rotating spray bars do NOT stop. The two nylon rings comprise the hydrostatic bearings, so when in operation they create a thin lubrication of water between them. Very clever design. I use two of these on my wet/dry filter for the 6' tank, and they've been running since 2008 and have not stopped spinning.
That's it for now. . .
scrap sheets of acrylic, 12mm thick, it looks like glass because it's actually glass effect acrylic (don't ask me why). I bought it four years ago because the acrylic fabricator were forced to move premises due to rising rent, so they decided to liquidate the old stock of plastic they had in storage and they had these green tinted sheets that their customers never used in their projects, so it went for cheap. I decided to obtain them, asking them to cut it down to 58cm x 40 cm sheets for easy storage. Even so, these are pretty heavy, and I've been meaning to use them but never got round to it. They were originally meant for a sump I've been meaning to make.
I took some of the sheets back to the fabricator and got them to cut them down again to dimensions I wanted.
process of gluing with hole already cut, will be apparent later on.
plumbing parts for the filter under construction
My favourite rotating spray bar. Made by Deltec for use in one of their filters. Bought it as a spare part. With proper use these rotating spray bars do NOT stop. The two nylon rings comprise the hydrostatic bearings, so when in operation they create a thin lubrication of water between them. Very clever design. I use two of these on my wet/dry filter for the 6' tank, and they've been running since 2008 and have not stopped spinning.
That's it for now. . .