my new tank

@f-fish




got the hover bit. what i was asking how many pours per square inch? you did say get the right PPI, so i take it you know?
doug

 

The blue stuff in the picture is what I imported way back ..

I use the 10 ppi on HOB and canister intakes
20 ppi on HMF filters
and the 30 ppi as replacement for some internal filters.

BTW the boyu 550 has a +_ 10 ppi block as the first filter stage.

Pitty I did not get extra stock but who knew the rand would be so weak over the last 3 years ...

 

Why not use sheets of batting? While you hunt for a local supplier of sponge, I recall a big breeding setup that had sheets of filter foam but a truck load of batting at the top as the initial filter media.

 

@f-fish




sorry for the dork spelling "Pore" look i have some time on my hands +- month. so any idea on that pore size.
going to use batting layer on top but want the sponge under it. use batting in my jebo works great

 

give sondor a ring and see what / if they have some in stock and what ppi it is ... I do remember the more dense the sponge the higher the price ..

 

@f-fish

not sure how i missed this post

right got you!
doug

 

LOL - all good, but do let us all know if you track a supplier and what the price is. In Feb 2011 Imported Poret was around R750 - R900 per m2 - 50 mm 30 ppi


I remember checking with these guys EMW South Africa - filters and The Filter Warehouse but back then they could not assist me, maybe they have stock now.

 

@f-fish
can see who are the early risers
im going to be making the call today as soon as the (sane people or insane? havent work it out yet :cheesy wake up.
ill be sure to let every one know

 

@f-fish

thanx for the heads up! went down there spoke to the sales guy, guess what he has a fish tank! any way we looked at fish pictures happy days
they will make me for me 2m x 1.5 m 0.4 =R650
that will give me 6 layers
cheers doug

 

@f-fish

oh and it ill be 20 PPI
doug

 

very cool .. glad you got sorted

 

here is my egg crateing 87cm L 49cm W. its made out of hardr plastic, i cut it with side cutters. cleand up the edge with a stanley blade. so how will it help me? you can see in the second pic how its in the large chamber in the sump. it sits on glass strips, they are 4cm off the bottom. the crate is going to hold up my filter media. water is going to go through the media and crate then enter the last chamber. the space under the crate is also ideal for putting an air stone that will be conected to my back up system for thoes eishkom days
one more step to the finished project

cheer doug

 

Coming together nicely dude. I think I would battle to stop grinning everytime I looked at a setup like this :bigsmile:

 

funniest so far is the look on a few friends faces when they come round. holy c@#p! hahaha
going to fill it with formaldehyde, when i die through me in then the wife can flook my beyond the gave. be like a chairman meow! whooo hahaha even crack myself up! yep lotta smiles
doug

 

there is a little update. gave sondor industries the the green light on my quote for 2mL x 1.5mW x0.4H 20 ppi filter foam on friday 1 march. got an email yesterday to say that they had made my order and it was ready to collect wednesday 6 march. i would say that as far as speady service were they actualy made the foam from scratch, and as far as a small order it was the smallest piece they can make and there was no prob.
cheers doug