Surge Tanks

[danz]

I stumbled across this system and thought it was a fantastic idea to be used in mini growout ponds. Power is always a big concern and any grow out systems and with this design the pump will not run 24x7 but only long enough to fill the surge tank and is shut off by a float valve. You could run air/sponge filters in each level and then surge every hour to circulate the water around help get any debris out. I would make screens at every level to catch it but is this a crazy idea?

http://coralfarms.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acmuXnvv2-k[/yt]



Green - Float Valve on pump
Blue - high power sump pump
Orange - electric valve

 

[Pharaoh]

It would be good for removing debris every now and then, but I would wonder about the efficiency vs cost. Sponge filters or a standard sump do pretty well to compete with this.

BTW, That is one awesome setup.

 

[danz]

[YT]acmuXnvv2-k[/YT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acmuXnvv2-kMessed up the youtube video, I was at work so couldnt verify it


I guess the big question is this more efficient then running smaller pumps continuous vs. 1 large pump intermittently and prob the only way to answer is building a model and testing it...

 

[Finalfire9]

Cool video of them surgeing Ive seen ones go in circles that overflow like that at my petsmart

 

[DonVitto123]

should look nice