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Old 10-12-2008, 01:59 PM
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Thinking about building a spraybar for my filter return. Any ideas. Top or bottom, hole size, pipe size. Its for a 60 gallon that I just got set up. Here is a pic
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Old 10-12-2008, 02:02 PM
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see similar threads.

When reading those threads scroll down an you usually have more threads on the same subject. Combine those with links people put in there posts sometimes you can come up with a lot of info!
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Old 10-12-2008, 03:32 PM
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In Elliots thread below I saw he mentioned he was gonna post some pics but I couldnt find them, Did you get to post them or do you still have them to see?
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Old 10-12-2008, 03:38 PM
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Uhhh....well.....it all didnt work out as I had planned. I had to scrap the idea. I was gonna make it as my return, but my pump didnt have enough umph.
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Old 10-12-2008, 03:50 PM
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ah that sucks..... well at least ya tried. I would imagine that on the inflow end of the bar you oculd start out with a little bit smaller holes and then work your way bigger at the other end.....might be something to toy around with. Can always go bigger but cant go back haha
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It kind of funny because I kept the spray bar in my tank because it got covered in coralline algae. It is still in there now. No pump though. When I get my 90g tank I will add a spray bar, maybe a closed loop.
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Im goin with the idea Hosser has with going from small holes to bigger ones on the way out for my 120.... I use a reeflo dart and the out inlet for the pump is 2" the outlet is 1.5" .... so i have a 1.5" that goes to a y split and makes to 3/4"... and which point it goes over into the tank and has its different oulets .. later im planning on putting loclines in... we will see.once it gets to the horizontal the real umph required is reduces significantly depending on how big the holes are .. im still gonna use koralia 4 power heads in there anyhow ..... i just want to spread my fresh clean water out evenly in the tank just trying to reduce stagnant water areas.....
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As long as you understand I have never used one, built one or even tried one .... its just a logical thing that popped in to my head....let me know how it works out.
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yeah i built most of it a long time ago ... just low funding heh expensive hobby....
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Old 10-13-2008, 07:28 PM
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I finished it today! It works great. Here are some pics
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