hi, would this work? its going to be standing 1200mm (4 foot or so) high and be adjustable at the neck. sorry for the crappy drawing
diy filter design, will it work?
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Im not an expert on dit filters by any means but Im thinking that water might not be able to flow out might be better if the power head was blowing the water out not sucking in.But like I said im no expert so im sure someone with more experience will chime in.
I'm not the go-to guy when it comes to skimmers, but I think you will have issues with media being suspended in the water column while you are trying to build the bubbles for the skimmer. Do you have something holding the media in place? That would change my opinion. I would also be concered with the scale of this vs using a powerhead.
The issue is that you're trying to combine a pressurized system (canister) with a non-pressurized system (skimmer), The force necessary to push water up through your outlet would fill the skimmer cup with water. Switching your inlet outlet to work more like this would:
1. Make better use of gravity
2. Require a lower powered water pump (the head loss in your design is massive)
3. Put water through the skimmer before putting it through the filter media (which is not going to be fun to change in your system)
But then you have more problems like:
1. Water moving to fast to make use of the UV (or passes right by it all together).
2. Putting micro bubbles into the display tank.
3. Finding a water return pump to match overflow flow rate.
4. Finding a waterpump that is okay with not being submerged.
1. Make better use of gravity
2. Require a lower powered water pump (the head loss in your design is massive)
3. Put water through the skimmer before putting it through the filter media (which is not going to be fun to change in your system)
But then you have more problems like:
1. Water moving to fast to make use of the UV (or passes right by it all together).
2. Putting micro bubbles into the display tank.
3. Finding a water return pump to match overflow flow rate.
4. Finding a waterpump that is okay with not being submerged.
What is going to make the water go through the UV sterilizer? What will keep all the air bubbles from going out the outlet and filling the tank with microbubbles? Once the tank has microbubbles, they will enter the filtration system and slow down the water flow causing your water pump to cavitate.
I know squat about skimmers and their flow rates, but the powerhead is going to be horribly inefficient pointing perpendicular to the design of the skimmer like that. If it gives the rate you need then it works but it seems like a lot of flow will just be killed right off the bat