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Showing posts with label infrastructure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infrastructure. Show all posts

Saturday, March 1, 2014

A good haul

Bought these on Craigslist from a reefer.  

Not what you think, while these are hydroponic sumps, commonly used in growing pot, the reef keepers use them to grow corals.  There are eight 120 gallon 4x4x1 foot sumps. 

Unfortunately, the six custom made 4x2x1 foot, 60 gallon acrylic flat tanks are painted white to increase illumination for the corals. That will take some effort to remove. 

This totals 176 square feet of surface area, all one foot deep for 1,320 gallons capacity. Going to need to build another greenhouse. 



Sunday, July 21, 2013

Pump station

This is the mobile sump pump station I use to move fish water around. In this case old daphnia cultures were siphoned to the garbage can, with a 125 micron bag on the end to capture any remaining daphnia biomass. The water was them pumped on to my bamboo grove and to the duck pond.



Friday, November 23, 2012

Aquabead 4 cubic foot bead filter

Craig's list score! Like new. Delivered from Pasco Washington. Took two months to arrange. The housing and about one cubic foot of beads had slight signs of use but the multiport valvle and blower are brand new.





















Monday, August 27, 2012

Nitramax 2,000 bio cell bead filter

Found this Nitramax 2,000 bio cell bead filter on Craig's list 4 hours after it was posted. Like new with very little use, 2007 model 01790. Took a 2 hour drive to pick it up last night.  The media looks to be: WaterTek MB3 instead of bee cell. This will run the 500 gallon fiberglass pond.








NitraMAX pressurized pond filters were developed specifically for koi ponds; to deliver efficient filtering with minimum labor. Each NitraMAX filter features our exclusive Bee-Cell 2000 Moving Bed biofilter media that borrows natures perfect design.
NitraMAX pressurized pond filters were developed specifically for koi ponds; efficient filtering with minimum required maintenance. NitraMAX filters are extremely durable, easy to install, and are available in several sizes for water features up to 30,000 gallons.

NitraMAX Filter Tank
NitraMAX filter tanks, 15" through 26" diameters, feature a heavy-duty plastic shell. Models with 30" and 36" diameters feature strong commercial grade fiberglass construction with a smooth exterior gel-coat finish.
NitraMAX Servicing
Each NitraMAX comes with a six-way filter valve that allows easy servicing (15" through 26" diameter filters feature top mount valves, while 30" and 36" diameter filters feature side mount valves.) Do not turn valve while the filter and pump is operating.

NitraMAX Performance
Our patented 360 degree "full flow" filter internals promote optimum circulation during both the filtering and backwash cycles.

Filter Cycle
During the filtering cycle, the Bio Cell media creates a stable filter bed; surrounding the filter internals at the bottom of the tank. The Bee Cell media, after a short operating time accumulates a sticky bio flocculent material that holds the solid waste until it is backwashed.

Backwash Cycle
The reverse flow backwash cycle expands the Bio Cell media bed up into the filter tank, allowing circulating backwash water to knock off solid waste from both the outside and the inside of the Bio Cell media, then sending it out of the filter to waste. Highly effective cleaning cycle.

Remote Operating Location Capability
Because NitraMAX filters are pressurized they can be installed in a remote location and easily hidden away from the pond.


NitraMAX "Bio Cell" Moving Bed Media
Each Bio Cell 2000 unit is a specific size that combines self-cleaning characteristics with a highly protected surface area. The key to Bio Cell media performance is a protected surface area that provides a large enough space to allow captured solid waste to be flushed out, rather than trapped during the backwash cycle. The result, robust biofiltration combined with optimum solid waste backwashing.
Bio Cell biofilter media is constructed of "high impact" polystyrene offering 10,222 units per cubic foot at a specific surface area of 198 square feet or 2.79 cubic inches per unit.




Sunday, July 22, 2012

300 gallon water aging tank


300 gallon water change aging tank. Swapped out the 1.5 inch bulkhead for a 2 inch bulkhead and installed a gate valve. Has a 1 foot Airstone and a float valve for automatic refill.

The tool was dry fit PVC to get the bulkhead into the hole without having to climb in to the tank.






Monday, May 28, 2012

Hayward Sand Filter S144T

Got this little guy for $30. May use for polishing post uv as a sand filter or convert to a bead filter.


Monday, October 10, 2011

Blue Tubs Removed

Draining the system.  A nice batch of Bristol (Parker) Spawn 2 came out of this tub.

Itoh and Hattori in the corner.

Blue Egg Phoenix and Bristol mutants in the left tank.

Moving out.

Site resurfaced with 1/4" #10 gravel.  Two Large Laguna tubs will move back in here.