Re: [Killietalk] Fishroom open

[FAR EAST Dental Labs <ronwill at starhub_net.sg>]

> From: "Lorraine" <overall077 at lycos_com>
> The mini ball valves are threaded and I bought them from HYPERLINK
> "http://jehmco.com/"http://jehmco.com
Lorraine,
Thanks for the link, I'll go through the product list and see if I can
work out a group order with the folks back home.

> The 3 way connection is a T connector with a ball valve on the drain. Water
> can flow up to the tanks or if the ball valve is open it will take the path
> of least resistance and exit at the drain.
> 
> The sumps will drain themselves but the tanks won?t, they will only drain to
> the bottom of the bulkhead fitting.
If the volume in the sump is ample for water change, I can see the logic
but most would drain from the tanks, won't they?  Sounds like the right
time to bring out the siphon too.

> If you can imagine the tank feed line as a loop, the water flows up to the
> highest point then zigzags back down to the sump, the ball valve allows me
> to control the pressure and bleed excess water back into the sump. I have
> attached one of my flow diagrams; sorry it can only be viewed with Microsoft
> publisher.
I'm subbed to Digest mode and that's probably why I don't see any
attachment.
Still not very clear about the flow, so would it be possible for you to
do the following;
Open your document with Publisher and scroll to the diagram.
Hit 'Print Screen' to do a screen capture.
Open MS Paint o/e and 'paste' the screen image.
'Save As' in JPEG format.
Repeat as need for other diagrams.
Crop/resize the images with a editing software and you're done.

That way, I think everyone will be clear

For the IOS/Spraybar, evaporation was intended so that some heat can
disperse from the system.  It averages 31ºC now and the killies won't
like it. [When the tank warms up, none of my breeders throw viable eggs]

To increase evaporative cooling, I intend to install Henri deBryun
filters that doubles as partial cover, without having the lights get in
the way.

> How did you do with all the eggs I sent last year?
If you recall earlier correspondence, I had some problems identifying
bags with rubbed-off labels, but continued to raise whatever that did
hatch.  I now have a nice group of A. ahli 'Kribi' and 2 pairs of ELB
N'tui, which means that the A. cyanostictum, A. alpha 'Cape Santa Clara'
and Pseudomugil signifer 'Townsville' didn't make it.  The A. AUS Orange
became sub-adults fairly quickly and I've handed them over to Au to
further propagate the line.

The N'tui are 3cm now and despite having tried different setups; pH,
media, etc (except temperature), I'm drawing a blank.  These are
beautiful fishes and I hope to establish a stable local population, so
any advise in spawning them would be appreciated.

I intend to try again with the cyanostictum, and other Diapterons, but
only if I can get the water cool enough.  A few of us are working on
peltier-based chillers and hopefully it works as expected.

Best regards,
Ronnie Lee
Singapore


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