+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: water not draining quick enough into container

  1. #1

    water not draining quick enough into container

    i have 1 x 22mm pipe draining water from my tank to a container below my tank which i am setting up as an algae scrubber, my tank has about 500L of actual water, i made the screen out of a tank sepetator and 8" wide x 12" deep, i cut the slot in my 22mm pipe about 2mm wide, however i am finding that not enough water is flowing out the slot into the container to keep the return pump going with water,

    what can i do to get more water flow out of my pipe and into the container ?

  2. #2

    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Canterbury, UK
    Posts
    426

    Re: water not draining quick enough into container

    Hey mystic bertie!
    Try cutting 1" cuts at 90 degrees to the main cut, about 1 inch apart from each other, be warned that these have a tendancy to get clogged as I've found, so put something to shield the light from the cuts so the algae doesn't grow right at the top and clog things up.
    This should help a lot with the flow problems, if it's still happening, you could always put a bypass on the end of the tube to let the rest of the water go into the container

  3. #3

    Re: water not draining quick enough into container

    Quote Originally Posted by worley
    Hey mystic bertie!
    Try cutting 1" cuts at 90 degrees to the main cut, about 1 inch apart from each other, be warned that these have a tendancy to get clogged as I've found, so put something to shield the light from the cuts so the algae doesn't grow right at the top and clog things up.
    This should help a lot with the flow problems, if it's still happening, you could always put a bypass on the end of the tube to let the rest of the water go into the container
    cheers mate, will these cuts still allow the water to flow down the screen ? i would have thought they would let the water fall and miss the screen.

  4. #4

    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Canterbury, UK
    Posts
    426

    Re: water not draining quick enough into container

    As long as the flow isn't too high, and the cross-cuts too wide, then the water will go down the screen (but as mentioned before, they have a tendancy to clog/grow algae if exposed to the light and then the water spurts out sideways a bit, but fixed by covering them so the light doesn't reach the cuts)

  5. #5

    Re: water not draining quick enough into container

    Quote Originally Posted by worley
    As long as the flow isn't too high, and the cross-cuts too wide, then the water will go down the screen (but as mentioned before, they have a tendancy to clog/grow algae if exposed to the light and then the water spurts out sideways a bit, but fixed by covering them so the light doesn't reach the cuts)
    ok thanks worley, ill give this a try and see how it performs, cheers

+ Reply to Thread

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts