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Re: AIR PUMPS

        I always hang my pumps (regular Hagen Maximas and other small types
because I can't afford a linnear pump and pvc system yet) with rubber bands
or elastic cord.  This always results in less noise because much vibration
is absorbed by the elastic and there is no reverberation from the solid
surface.  It also has the added advantage of not needing a check valve in
case of power failure because the pump is above the tanks.

Jay Moylan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Jablinski" <jablinsk at trinity_udayton.edu>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: AIR PUMPS


> Thanks RJ,
>    Two weeks ago I built a nursery for my fry.  Since wood is very
> expensive here, I only built a wooden frame and put 3/4 inch
> styrofoam around it and over this, I put a plastic sheeting.  My front
> door of this thing is made from styrofoam with plastic sheeting
> around it.  I thought my $6. pump would be quiet behind all this,
> but it wasn't.  I have ringing in the ears for some time now and the
> hum didn't help it.  I wanted to hatch my bbs in the nursery giving a
> gentle flow of air around the nursery.  I put a heater in a two liter
> container of sand - heat for the winter months - I don't like sleeping
> in a warm room in winter - and the fry seem to grow better in a
> warmer climate.
>    The next time I'm in the store I'll check the whisper pumps out.
> Thanks.
>    And now I can use my air conditioning unit without bothering the
> fry.  I often wondered how killie keepers heated such small
> containers of fry, and now I know.  This whole thing cost me about
> 50 dollars, but a couple of Sundays ago I sold that amount of killies
> in Cincinnati, so I'm ok.
>    Right now I have about 1000 fry in a number of sizes.  When they
> get too big for the nursery, I put them into plastic shoe boxes.
>    I'm thinking of cutting back on some of my aquariums this year.
> I made about 15 - 3gallon aquariums a couple of years ago.  I'm
> thinking of selling 7 of them this month to our new university
> students who will be coming here in a couple of weeks for school.
> What do you think would be a fair price?  They are very clean and
> clear except for a water line that I can't get out.  I even thought of
> including a pair of killies with each one.
>    I would appreciate your imput,
>    Bro. Paul
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