Dream Tank

[MadScientist]

Any photos? You using the silver foil and insulation foam combination?

[BELL]

@madscientist i dont quite get what you mean... pictures when i have time..

[MadScientist]

Those air con insulation foam. Those silver looking duct lining

[BELL]

Sand bed was IN yesterday after getting my nsw from Ah beng.

Some pictures

Last week's arrival

Requested Close up of the IOS

where the water flows in...

Added a Clock above, hope it doesnt RUST!

My DOG!

Power point set up, the interior of my cabinet

With my Maxspect G2 lightings! Perfect!

Sand In

Water cleared up within 5 hours..

White and Blue light effect

Blue only...

Thats all.. CF currently got no stocks for LRs untill this weekend.

Will post picts once i get my rocks!

Bye!

[Admiraltian]

Simple and neat.

[BELL]

hey Thanks Admiraltian!

[JeffL]

G2! so envy!

Ah beng sent the NSW to you or you self collect?

[MadScientist]

bell, may I seek your advise in regards to the noise and vibration levels of your cl-280?

[BELL]

@JeffL Self collect

@Madscientist apparently its less than a week old. so everything is good. no noise.

[MadScientist]

brand new?

[braincoral]

If u close the cabinet door,

Then ok for ur chiller ?

[netviper]

Should place the chiller outside.

If u close the door, the chiller can't suck in air from the front.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

[BELL]

Yes, its a brand new one.

& I would prefer having my chiller inside the cabinet ( which is open space at the back )with a Fan blowing it.

[tropic]

Chiller will still need fresh air to take in from front. No ventilation provided it may just recycle the hot air from back again. Just monitor and see first..

[MadScientist]

Chiller will still need fresh air to take in from front. No ventilation provided it may just recycle the hot air from back again. Just monitor and see first..

bell mentioned there's a fan blowing it, I presume it supplies air to chiller? it would be better to punch a hole at the side (most people wouldn't want a hole in front) where the chiller is in order to form a convection stream of air.

bell, do you monitor the kicking in and out periods? if you do, mind sharing?

[kaykay]

Nice and tidy.

Btw is this the final position of your wavemaker?

I'm thinking most reefers wouldn't want to show the backside of an equipment in the display tank at the front ya..

It'll also mar your FTS when showcasing the tank.

My 2 cents.

[MadScientist]

Nice and tidy.

Btw is this the final position of your wavemaker?

I'm thinking most reefers wouldn't want to show the backside of an equipment in the display tank at the front ya..

It'll also mar your FTS when showcasing the tank.

My 2 cents.

mar your FTS? looks like 1 UFO, cool looking, haha. one's tank must have one's style and signature. that's unique

[kaykay]

UFO? Haha.. Perhaps I'm too traditionalist, always think that FTS has to be an unobstructed view of the entire tank from the front. Lol..

[MadScientist]

FTS is? the more obstructions the better, for me that is, can use less livestock to fill the tank scape up, haha. wallet too shallow

[kaykay]

Ohh, Full Tank Shot..

[BELL]

No. the wavemaker is there for cycling period as it pushes water to the IOS faster... I do not like putting it there as well. it is just temporary

[kaykay]

Does it really work this way? I somehow reckon the amt of water flowing out to the ios is determined by the flow rate of the return pump only.

If the wavemaker pushes more water than the pump rate, disequilibrium occurs and flooding in the ios will occur. But it doesn't.

The wavemaker should ensure all corners of within the tank is properly turned over. Thus I feel you should aim the wavemaker somewhere else. I always like to create chaos flow in the main tank by opposing the general flow from the return outlet.

[MadScientist]

Does it really work this way? I somehow reckon the amt of water flowing out to the ios is determined by the flow rate of the return pump only.

If the wavemaker pushes more water than the pump rate, disequilibrium occurs and flooding in the ios will occur. But it doesn't.

The wavemaker should ensure all corners of within the tank is properly turned over. Thus I feel you should aim the wavemaker somewhere else. I always like to create chaos flow in the main tank by opposing the general flow from the return outlet.

Ios, if input more than output, will flood the ios (depending on design). End up flood goes back to tank.Do you know how do set up laminar flow?

[kaykay]

For flood to go back tank, water in ios will have to rise pretty high, so as to clear the entire height of the ios partition to display tank.

We hardly see this happening. Instead, display tank water level is always constant. So equilibrium is always maintained, meaning out rate is always same as return rate.

Laminar flow is?

[MadScientist]

For flood to go back tank, water in ios will have to rise pretty high, so as to clear the entire height of the ios partition to display tank.

We hardly see this happening. Instead, display tank water level is always constant. So equilibrium is always maintained, meaning out rate is always same as return rate.

Laminar flow is?

Interesting.

Laminar flow, sometimes known as streamline flow, occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers.  At low velocities the fluid tends to flow without lateral mixing, and adjacent layers slide past one another like playing cards. There are no cross currents perpendicular to the direction of flow, nor eddies or swirls of fluids.  In laminar flow the motion of the particles of fluid is very orderly with all particles moving in straight lines parallel to the pipe walls.  In fluid dynamics , laminar flow is a flow regime characterized by high momentum diffusion  and low momentum convection . When a fluid is flowing through a closed channel such as a pipe or between two flat plates, either of two types of flow may occur depending on the velocity of the fluid: laminar flow or turbulent flow . Laminar flow is the opposite of turbulent flow which occurs at higher velocities where eddies  or small packets of fluid particles form leading to lateral mixing. In nonscientific terms laminar flow is "smooth", while turbulent flow is "rough."

- extracted from wikipedia