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Those old diatom bags are not easy to repair and I always felt they were a horrible design to begin with. But in the 60s thats all we had as the technology was not there yet. Those diatom filters had a surface area of about two feed. The new design, the larger one I built has an area of I...

Now that I know the "Proof of Concept" and prototype works I designed a much simpler design that anyone can build quickly using the bracket that you can buy for these canisters. I will take these prototypes apart and build them using the new design. Diana these are simple to build. :) I am...

Test is over. I ran it on my 125 with the gravel stirred up and in an hour the water disappeared. The cartridge used was one micron. I think it would be better if I could find a pleated cartridge that I could use with powder. The thing comes right apart for cleaning, all you have to do is loosen...

I am doing a test on my reef. So far no leaks and it seems to be working perfectly. But this model is to small for my 125 gallon tank because I only have a 250 GPH pump on it. My larger model has a 500 GPH pump on it. I think this would work best on a 75 gallon or less tank. I stirred up my...

I just finished it 5 minutes ago. :D Now all I have to do is test the small one. The large one works perfectly. I have a one micron element for the small one but I am not sure how easy I can clean it. I can't seem to find a 5" pleated element in 5 microns. If I can't find one, I will...

Happy New Year. Lets hope 2024 is better than 2023. Today is the day all the tourists go to Times Square. YYYyyaaaaaa. Us New Yorkers know better and wouldn't be caught dead there. But have a Happy and healthy New Year, wherever you are. :)

Happy New Year. Lets hope 2024 is better than 2023. Today is the day all the tourists go to Times Square. YYYyyaaaaaa. Us New Yorkers know better and wouldn't be caught dead there. But have a Happy and healthy New Year, wherever you are. :)

I have the half size diatom filter about half assembled and it is looking snazzy. (thats a word I haven't used since the 50s) I am just short a 1/2" union and a few short stainless steel screws so hopefully it will be completed today. I hope to test it right away. It looks very nice so even...

I just seen it and fixed it. "Hugs" OMG. :confused2:

There is a huge outdoor Mall here with thousands of stores. I think I have been there once in the 5 years I live here. And it is only about 4 miles away. People in there really have no life.

My reef slightly overflowed yesterday. I knew because I put in my magnet glass cleaner and water overflowed down the front glass. I quickly removed 5 gallons of water. I tested the salinity and it was so low that I could keep bullfrogs or Duck Billed Platypuses. It was my fault because I...

Diana I know you read much of this nonsense I post so you may like this...Maybe not. This was from a few years ago and is about gender stores, one for men and one for Women. It is a true story....Sort of. :cool: We really need gender specific stores. because Men, like me have no patience. How...

Malachite Green was for the next day. My wife uses it for permanent eye shadow. :oops: I went to the pain Mgt Doctor yesterday and she got me up on the table. There were two other people in there, one was the guy who aimed the Death Ray, I mean X Ray thing and the other "female" I wasn't...

I have mixed feelings. I actually think it makes the pain worse but that may be because I cranked it up all the way while I had my feet in my tank. Good thing my electric eel went dead. :confused2:

Good Morning. Going to the pain management Doctor today to see if she can get me to walk upright like a normal person. :giggle: After my spine ablation a few weeks ago my sacroiliac joint in my lower back got jealous and froze up and doesn't want me to move. That is a big crack in your pelvis...

I received all the parts to build the small diatom filter. This one will be rather expensive because the "frame, supports and base" will be 1/2" acrylic sheet. One square foot of the stuff is about $25.00 and each filter uses one square foot. This one is just for me to experiment but if I...

Thank you Diana, I hope you and your family had an excellent Christmas. :) :D

I am building a smaller one that doesn't use powder. I should get the rest of the parts today but it will have to wait until after Christmas. Christmas is also my birthday and my Grand Son is a couple of days later. :)

Just now I see I have a dead fish stuck to a powerhead. I almost never see a dead fish. It was a file fish I have for a couple of years. I noticed yesterday that he was very fat. I didn't think he was pregnant because I never had a pregnant filefish although it isn't that odd to have one...