THE START OF MY Q.T

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:25 pm

Hi Dan,

So what you been doing all this time mate where is the water and all the other goodies

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:50 pm

Hi,
Like to say ive been busy but that would be a LIE,
No ive needed to focus some time else where for a while but i think im back on track now

A few pics of new filter , bargin

couldnt let it pass little to juicy mind, dont think that will be on for long

http://www.koivista.com/display_series.php? ... =0&id=256l

Bob Hart · Post by **Bob Hart** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:01 pm

Bargain filter and a forune in watts!

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:13 pm

Bob,

Trust me that pump wont probably go on

DAN

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:54 pm

Hi,
Been a while i know but its finally got water in

The story as follows, Aquadyne 1.1 was put on main pond for about 2 months now i suppose(2nd hand)just to keep the beads mature ,

Pond was then filled using metered/purifered water to obtain gallonage (1000 gallons), water in qt after filling was 11c so was left full with medo 45 bubbling away, temps slowy started to rise, upto about 16c, put the air line on rad which then took temp upto about 19c

(room stat runs at 22c ).

After water upto 20c i then pumped roughly 500 galls into main pond then pumped 500 galls back, ( done this 4 times ), i then took the aquadyne1.1 off and plumed it into qt, this was done as fast as possible

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Qt pump then turned on and in therory it should be seeing the same water as it had been for the last couple of months IE no NPS/matureing to do , oh yeah ,a few mutts also thrown in

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The pump im using is my old wave 1 which is using 270 watts and is flowing 2700 gph (bucket tested).
So far all is working , no leaks & the fish seem fine and water prams are the same as main pond

The qt also holds 20c whilist the room stat holds 22c so working as i hoped and none of that dam condinsation

Just need some growers now

http://www.koivista.com/display_series.php? ... =0&id=256l

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:55 pm

Hi Danny,

great news i suppose not bad for a fast build lol

Seriously thats a great size system with lots space so you will be getting some nice fish growing on in there....next questions is....

What are you going to grow on

jason-m · Post by **jason-m** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:04 pm

You mention condensation Dan ( or the lack of it ) I used to get loads, so much that i had to leave the door open which in turn meant that i was using more electric on the heater....

when i join my QT up to the filter house i am going to add some sort of extraction this time...

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:13 pm

Gazza,

not sure yet mate

i,ll leave the mutts in for a while then sort work out & then have a look at a few

Post by **B.Scott** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:35 pm

Jason,
I used to have the walls of my shed dripping when the QT was running. Now I have made a little tent of transparent plastic that I drape over the top. This is hooked up to a tiny 5 watt extractor fan which blows the air outside. Now none of the vapour gets into the room as the tent is under negitive pressure. Everything stays dry as a bone (unless I forget to shut off the water and flood the floor... again

)
The plasic tent is just pulled aside like a cutain and takes just a couple of minutes to make.

B.Scott

James Pond · Post by **James Pond** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:17 pm

B.Scott wrote:Jason,
I used to have the walls of my shed dripping when the QT was running. Now I have made a little tent of transparent plastic that I drape over the top. This is hooked up to a tiny 5 watt extractor fan which blows the air outside. Now none of the vapour gets into the room as the tent is under negitive pressure. Everything stays dry as a bone (unless I forget to shut off the water and flood the floor... again )
The plasic tent is just pulled aside like a cutain and takes just a couple of minutes to make.

B.Scott

Sounds just what I need, my shed gets soaking and I have to leave a window open, good job it's a brick shed really, if it was wooden it would have rotted by now!

tomc · Post by **tomc** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:25 pm

Heh Danny.... looking. Now just get that Internet connection in there, satellite feed, and a sofa and you'll have a ready made retreat.

Tom

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:59 pm

jason-m wrote:You mention condensation Dan ( or the lack of it ) I used to get loads, so much that i had to leave the door open which in turn meant that i was using more electric on the heater....
when i join my QT up to the filter house i am going to add some sort of extraction this time...

Jason,

I seem to of read that if the air temp is 2c warmer than the water temp then there will be no issue with condensation,
Its deffo working as i have none at all

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:01 pm

Could this me to do with the Due-Point

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:52 pm

Gazza wrote:Could this me to do with the Due-Point

Post by **B.Scott** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:53 pm

Dany,
Gaz is suffering from alcohol induced dyslexia from last night. What he meant to write was Dew-point
This is the temperature at which a given saturation of water vapour in a body of air will condense at a constant air pressure. Like droplets that form on a cold glass of beer.

In other words if you have a warm room with a QT in it along with moist air, the cold outer wall of the room and window pane it contains are going to start getting quite wet allowing us to breed spontaneous mushrooms in a short space of time!

B.Scott