3D background + filtration plumbing.
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3D background + filtration plumbing.
I just wanted to share this design. i do not take any credit.
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protocl- Contributing Member
- Join date : 2010-05-18
Location : Highlands.
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
I would never spend that much time on a 3d Background.. So much time had to have gone into that... What size tank was it made for?
Doza- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2010-06-27
Age : 35
Location : Port angeles
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Doza wrote:I would never spend that much time on a 3d Background.. So much time had to have gone into that... What size tank was it made for?
4x2x2.
protocl- Contributing Member
- Join date : 2010-05-18
Location : Highlands.
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Ive made a couple different backgrounds..... that thing is just gorgeous hands down.... they really dont take too much time to make doza.... maybe about a week or so.
sandnuka- Admin
- Join date : 2010-04-30
Age : 43
Location : Marysville, Wa
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
yea.. but all this would be in my front room.. no garage and its not that nice out now.. plus the effed up schedule i work it would take 3x as long to finish..
Doza- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2010-06-27
Age : 35
Location : Port angeles
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
I have all the stuff in my garage, but have not cut the first piece yet... been waay to busy.
Paintguy- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2010-06-21
Age : 55
Location : Renton - Issaquah
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
dam that's nice! want to make one but i have no time lol
FishSticks- FishBox Regular
- Join date : 2010-09-13
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
I'm looking into doing something like this, just need to find the styrofoam for it.
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Anyone know where I can get some big pieces of styrofoam for this project?
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
At Home Depot or Lowe's or a home improvement store like those. There are usually large sheets of it in different thicknesses in the insulation area.
Betty- Contributing Member
- Join date : 2010-07-05
Age : 65
Location : McKenna
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Thanks, I'll have to check them out.
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Here's a pic of the one I just installed last weekend, got a smoking deal on it.
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JimA- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-04-28
Age : 62
Location : Bellingham
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Resurrecting an old thread as it pertains to my plans!
Here hopefully soon we'll be moving out of my In-laws place and into an apartment again. (Wife and kid came back from their 6 month vacation in Ohio). Once we get settled in I plan on working on getting my 120 set up finally. I'm planning on doing something similar to this with my filtration pipes inside the background, kinda like this:
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What I'm not sure about, is routing an airline into the return pipe from the filter. I would assume the flow out from the filter should be more than sufficient to prevent air bubbles from going into the filter. I'm also planning on having the return pipes set at a 45 degree angle from the back ground pointing in towards the middle of the tank. I figure a piece of plastic canvas should be enough to discourage any explorers.
Thoughts?
Here hopefully soon we'll be moving out of my In-laws place and into an apartment again. (Wife and kid came back from their 6 month vacation in Ohio). Once we get settled in I plan on working on getting my 120 set up finally. I'm planning on doing something similar to this with my filtration pipes inside the background, kinda like this:
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What I'm not sure about, is routing an airline into the return pipe from the filter. I would assume the flow out from the filter should be more than sufficient to prevent air bubbles from going into the filter. I'm also planning on having the return pipes set at a 45 degree angle from the back ground pointing in towards the middle of the tank. I figure a piece of plastic canvas should be enough to discourage any explorers.
Thoughts?
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
The deeper your return line the more pressure it takes to move air down through it.
censeoflife- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2010-05-11
Location : Mountlake Terrace
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Well, I'm not planning on hooking the air hose into the return line until the last horizontal stretch, and probably around an inch, inch and a half behind the end of the return pipe. What I was fearing is the possibility of bubbles escaping up the return pipe against the flow. Thinking about it now, it shouldn't be a problem providing I keep the end of the return pipe parallel to the bottom, or at a slight up incline to keep the path of least resistance going out the end.
I shouldn't have any problems having the return flow from my filter coming right out of the pipe instead of using a spray bar right?
I shouldn't have any problems having the return flow from my filter coming right out of the pipe instead of using a spray bar right?
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
I wouldn't think so. A spraybar spreads out the pressure. so if your working with higher pressure you may want to spread it out.
Since the outlets face each other they could blow bubbles toward the inlets, but it looks like you have the inlets lower than the exhaust.
are you running pressurized air into the exhuast? I thought you where using a vacuum, letting the water pressuer pull air through the tube.
Even with pressurized air, the force of the water will prevent it from backing down the pipe into the filter.
Since the outlets face each other they could blow bubbles toward the inlets, but it looks like you have the inlets lower than the exhaust.
are you running pressurized air into the exhuast? I thought you where using a vacuum, letting the water pressuer pull air through the tube.
Even with pressurized air, the force of the water will prevent it from backing down the pipe into the filter.
censeoflife- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2010-05-11
Location : Mountlake Terrace
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
I'm not sure what size air pump I'll be using, I haven't gotten that far
I plan on angling the outlets at a 45 degree angle away from the back of the tank, so they're not blowing at the intake pipes. I figure on doing this as a means of getting some circulation inside the tank without having to use power heads. I wasn't sure if having the return flow into the tank with out a spray bar would cause a problem or not.
I plan on angling the outlets at a 45 degree angle away from the back of the tank, so they're not blowing at the intake pipes. I figure on doing this as a means of getting some circulation inside the tank without having to use power heads. I wasn't sure if having the return flow into the tank with out a spray bar would cause a problem or not.
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
i use them that way. the catfish love it.
censeoflife- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2010-05-11
Location : Mountlake Terrace
Re: 3D background + filtration plumbing.
Awesome. This will be set up in my 120, and I've been trying to think of ways of getting water flow lower in the tank than I would get from having a vertical spray bar at the top of the water. I figure by adding the air line into the outlets it'll help keep the water oxygenated and hopefully the water flowing in the lower portions of the tank. I'm going to make the outlets look like pipes sticking out of the background, with a larger cave like pipe sitting in the middle. Also trying to make a mario style pipe bubbler.
Gryphon- Lifetime Member
- Join date : 2011-05-06
Age : 42
Location : Federal Way
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