Nic;2605733; said:
That does seem like a good idea. I'll have to look around for inexpensive battery backups. Nothing fancy, just enough to keep it running until I get home from work/school.
Fiberglass Tanks for Rays
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That does seem like a good idea. I'll have to look around for inexpensive battery backups. Nothing fancy, just enough to keep it running until I get home from work/school.
ashleysomething;2609623; said:lol. the fiberglass tanks won't fit into the room we had planned for them. i'm not crazy about the idea of having two blue (8x4x2.5) 523-gallon tanks in the middle of the living room, haha. i might could handle one.
we'll see what happens. matt might still convince me that we desperately need both of them and that living room furniture is terribly over-rated. lol.
Morning foot massages > sticks of wood glued/nailed together. That and, of course, RAYS!!!
Love you babe!
rvrrays;2608802; said:
Wow, I've never heard of someone having a problem with a 45 liner before. It might be a good idea to double it up, then.
About the FBF, that's what I keep hearing. Miles keeps recommending them to us, and he's a pretty sharp guy when it comes to this stuff. I'll try them out when the get here.
vamptrev;2609047; said:
Never heard of those before. It is time for me to bed down (well past, actually...) so I'll just do a really quick search on it. Thanks!
vamptrev;2609911; said:
Ok, good stuff. I wish I had a pair of tanks that were of equal size so that I could find the measurable differences between the two types of filtration (bioreactor and FBF).
I had a bit of trouble finding a commercial source of that type of bioreactor. I'm not looking into purchasing one just yet, but I did want to at least see what was out there.
Thanks for the info; I'm sure it will come in handy in the future, especially when we get around to making a real ray habitat.
I got the FBF's in today, and tried one of them.
I tried the FBF and it started fluidizing, but the level went too high so I had to shut it off. Every subsequent attempt at it has failed miserably.
It simply leaks a little bit of water through the "out" tube, but nothing is getting through the sand. I see that a little bit of sand (~3") is backed up into the small secondary chamber in the tower. Is this the problem? If so, how do I fix it?
I tried gently rocking it, as well as everything else I can think of (draining the water and trying again, etc). Any help would be greatly appreciated! I want to get it going so that it can cycle as I add rays, when the time comes.
I tried the FBF and it started fluidizing, but the level went too high so I had to shut it off. Every subsequent attempt at it has failed miserably.
It simply leaks a little bit of water through the "out" tube, but nothing is getting through the sand. I see that a little bit of sand (~3") is backed up into the small secondary chamber in the tower. Is this the problem? If so, how do I fix it?
I tried gently rocking it, as well as everything else I can think of (draining the water and trying again, etc). Any help would be greatly appreciated! I want to get it going so that it can cycle as I add rays, when the time comes.
abortedsoul;2626728; said:I got the FBF's in today, and tried one of them.
I tried the FBF and it started fluidizing, but the level went too high so I had to shut it off. Every subsequent attempt at it has failed miserably.
It simply leaks a little bit of water through the "out" tube, but nothing is getting through the sand. I see that a little bit of sand (~3") is backed up into the small secondary chamber in the tower. Is this the problem? If so, how do I fix it?
I tried gently rocking it, as well as everything else I can think of (draining the water and trying again, etc). Any help would be greatly appreciated! I want to get it going so that it can cycle as I add rays, when the time comes.
The solution to this is rocking it back and forth, pretty much. (That and whacking it with a screwdriver .)
Thanks Neoprodigy, for the help.The Fiberglass tanks are coming in soon; I'm thinking about buying a few hundred pounds of fine river gravel. Any thoughts?
