litigator666 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Just getting some feedback on how i can improve the design. Ive got an acrylic tube 10cm diameter 70cm high. Capped it off with a drain type round cap from bunnings drilled with airholes on both ends of the caps. Added about 4lts of k1 leaving a space of about 15cm for the k1 to tumble. It sits under water by 2-3cm on the waterline. My problem now is the top section is still not tumbling. Is there a designe flaw? Too tall? Should be lowered to the water level? Air is good so i cant fault it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 To much k1 to start off with. Start with smaller amount and slowly add more. And possibly not enough air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Total volume of that cylinder is 5.8l, starting off with 4l is too much. Maybe start with 2l and add half a litre weekly untill u reach the amount your after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tech Den Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Nice design [MENTION=916]litigator666[/MENTION] I normally work on about 30% to get a nice tumbling motion and would probably just start with a liter IMO to get it up and running quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 thank you. i'll try to take off some k1. anybody have a space acrylic tube that you want to get rid? I'm thinking of building another one on the other side to match this one. still have a spare unitilised line on my pump for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unheatedtank Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I drilled another hole in the middle and sticked an extra airline in, then got great rotation (noisy too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mq_camo Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 It'd almost be worth putting a sump in man to get rid of all the filter contraptions out of the tank. Would look much tidier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) The k1 is more of a feature on each corner rather than a filter purpose. Im also adding a led spotlight inside the tube to highlight the movement. With these on each corner it will still look neat. Sump is good but it may not be for me. I still have 2 spare 2080 (will make it 5 pro3 xl) that im thinking of adding just need to plan where to hide the tubes. Also looking at running it in series but still evaluating if i can do it. Tank is an ongoing work in progress. Edited November 20, 2013 by litigator666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizen088 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) This is my latest K1 option. Simple $5 cake container and an air stone.. http://youtu.be/Yj_b5QJK-Qs Edited November 20, 2013 by Kaizen088 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I'll be in dizzy land with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 that female superspot is MASSIVE! and pretty lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
