This is my BOOM STICK !!
- Thread starter sazhar
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Cool rig. Looks kinda like the one I put together cuz I got tired of getting my pits wet and my hands bitten in my tall tanks. The clear tube is 24". The rest is basically like your design. Overall, the washer is 40".
I added a 2" PVC sleeve to the end of the acrylic tube to allow for the installation of the fish guard screen. The cap assembly also strengthens the acrylic tube thereby preventing splitting of the clear tube.
I added a 2" PVC sleeve to the end of the acrylic tube to allow for the installation of the fish guard screen. The cap assembly also strengthens the acrylic tube thereby preventing splitting of the clear tube.
Hey Oddball i was gonna make one this weekend but really like your fish guard screen on the end, did you make that or buy it ?? If you bought it where ??
Oddball;4280983; said:
Oddball, one would think that after 45+ years of being the Einstein of Icthyologists, you would have been able to train and muzzle your aquatic friends by now (Jk).
It is evident that your fish guard screen is quite effective, otherwise you would have figured out an alternative application for your washer. With this in mind, logic would dictate that having a larger diameter (say possibly 2.5 inches - 3+ inches) of clear tube and guard screen would decrease the vaccuming force to have an effective washer. Am I correct in this thinking? On the opposite end of the spectrum, a diameter of 1.5 inches to 1 inch would create to much of a vortex, thus being ineffective in cleaning, by pulling in more water than waste from the substrate? So overall, a 2" diameter is ideal for this type of device do to it's functionality?
2" was the tested 'best fit' for the majority of aquarium owners. You can achieve the same amount of vacuum force with a 3" ot 4" hose. Just be sure to also increase the diameter of the drain hose. The key is to maintain the same ratio between the diameters of the pickup tube and the drain hose.
