Hi guys ,
To night I decided I want to add more flow to my tank to see if I can drive the ph lower without increasing the co2 injection rate.
I am only getting a ph drop of .6 after 3 hours of injection.
I have a 800 PLH power head and I wanted to make a spray bar so this is what I came up with , cost very cheap and looks a lot better then my non diy spray bar .
People may not like it but I think it's brilliant .
I had some clear 13mm flexible pipe amongst my aladdins cave of aqurium gear, you can get this for 50p per meter from any diy shop
As you can see is not very straight hahha so I had some off cuts of plastic/ wood and made a channel for the pipe to fit into to help keep it straight. Anything can be used for this.
I then poured boiling water down over the pipe to mold it straight , then I poured cold water over it and left in for 10 mins ( i had some food)
As you can see now I have a nice straight pipe
I then placed it back into the channel and marked on the wood the distance of each hole .
2mm holes drilled every 30mm , then carefully drilled the holes avoiding going through the other side.
I attached all the suction cups, I had some Spare but I think I got 20 for 99pence (fleabay)
I washed it out and took a bung off a black spray bar and pushed that into the end, but anything can be used for this .
Now it's in the tank and looks better then my main spray bar
I didn't plan this I just made it up as I went along and thought I would share ,
So I think for less then a £1 you have a full length spray bar that works and looks like a professional made one IMO
Cheers
To night I decided I want to add more flow to my tank to see if I can drive the ph lower without increasing the co2 injection rate.
I am only getting a ph drop of .6 after 3 hours of injection.
I have a 800 PLH power head and I wanted to make a spray bar so this is what I came up with , cost very cheap and looks a lot better then my non diy spray bar .
People may not like it but I think it's brilliant .
I had some clear 13mm flexible pipe amongst my aladdins cave of aqurium gear, you can get this for 50p per meter from any diy shop
As you can see is not very straight hahha so I had some off cuts of plastic/ wood and made a channel for the pipe to fit into to help keep it straight. Anything can be used for this.
I then poured boiling water down over the pipe to mold it straight , then I poured cold water over it and left in for 10 mins ( i had some food)
As you can see now I have a nice straight pipe
I then placed it back into the channel and marked on the wood the distance of each hole .
2mm holes drilled every 30mm , then carefully drilled the holes avoiding going through the other side.
I attached all the suction cups, I had some Spare but I think I got 20 for 99pence (fleabay)
I washed it out and took a bung off a black spray bar and pushed that into the end, but anything can be used for this .
Now it's in the tank and looks better then my main spray bar
I didn't plan this I just made it up as I went along and thought I would share ,
So I think for less then a £1 you have a full length spray bar that works and looks like a professional made one IMO
Cheers