I really like my sunsun canisters, but its no secret that the spraybar and intake tubes are disappointing
My goal for this project is to make a sturdy pvc spraybar and intake set, incorporate a pair of inline heaters, and spend nearly no money. I've got plenty of old heaters and pvc fittings laying around.
If anyone has a good idea what size heaters I should run please chime in. 2x sunsun 302 canisters 264gph (150-180 with media) on a 40b tank
We're gonna start with the intakes. I've got a pile of old tetra whisper 60 / second nature 4 filter parts. So instead of buying neat little strainers from a reef supply website, I'm getting creative.
I like using grey pvc conduit for intake tubes, if the krylon paint chips off, there isnt glaring white spots on the tubes. Conduit is weaker than sched40 plumbing pvc, but for this application it doesn't matter. Don't plumb your house with conduit. Unless you want to, thats cool too.
The whisper intakes slipped nicely over the 1/2" pvc, I put a dab of silicone in between the two pipes to ensure years of carefree service.
So my main challenge was the inline heater.
I got one of these 1/2" pvc compression unions. The outer diameter of my aqueon glass heaters is about 3/4" and fits snugly with the rubber bushing of the union.
Do some fine machining to get the manufacturing marks off of the butchered union
Next we'll get our happy little dremel out and "machine" (I use the term loosely) a slightly larger hole in this bushing. The bushing is 1.25" to .75" I chose to use 1.25" for the body of the heater because 1.25" is the unsung hero of the pvc world
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My goal for this project is to make a sturdy pvc spraybar and intake set, incorporate a pair of inline heaters, and spend nearly no money. I've got plenty of old heaters and pvc fittings laying around.
If anyone has a good idea what size heaters I should run please chime in. 2x sunsun 302 canisters 264gph (150-180 with media) on a 40b tank
We're gonna start with the intakes. I've got a pile of old tetra whisper 60 / second nature 4 filter parts. So instead of buying neat little strainers from a reef supply website, I'm getting creative.
I like using grey pvc conduit for intake tubes, if the krylon paint chips off, there isnt glaring white spots on the tubes. Conduit is weaker than sched40 plumbing pvc, but for this application it doesn't matter. Don't plumb your house with conduit. Unless you want to, thats cool too.
The whisper intakes slipped nicely over the 1/2" pvc, I put a dab of silicone in between the two pipes to ensure years of carefree service.
So my main challenge was the inline heater.
I got one of these 1/2" pvc compression unions. The outer diameter of my aqueon glass heaters is about 3/4" and fits snugly with the rubber bushing of the union.
Do some fine machining to get the manufacturing marks off of the butchered union
Next we'll get our happy little dremel out and "machine" (I use the term loosely) a slightly larger hole in this bushing. The bushing is 1.25" to .75" I chose to use 1.25" for the body of the heater because 1.25" is the unsung hero of the pvc world
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