sea swirl mod

saltycreefer · #1 09/24/2006, 09:13 PM

may have already been done. i was tired of the output of my seaswirl blowing water over the front of my tank, so i cut the bottom threaded half of the elbow off as close as possible and in the bottom of the opening i cut a vee. now the water comes out in a spray from just below the surface to almost 90degrees downward. it almost seems to pulsate and it really improved my overall circulation. hope i explained that ok. i can post pictures in the near future.

dandy7200 · #2 09/25/2006, 08:05 PM

Great Idea! Show us a pic

Roland Jacques · #3 09/25/2006, 09:30 PM

Sounds good, Way to go. pictures Please.

exoticaquatix · #4 10/20/2006, 12:38 AM

anyone else do this and take pics? you ever take and pics saltyc?
id like to see this, im building some DIY SS in the near future.
-nick

GQuinn · #5 10/20/2006, 10:04 PM

I would like to see pictures too. I have been thinking of doing something like this for a while.

dandy7200 · #6 10/21/2006, 12:41 AM

I did it, I will get a pic. I tried several variations. The one that ended up being the best on my 3/4" seswirl was just a 1" 90 elbow with a V cut on the output. Took 30 seconds with the dremel, and improved flow distribution a ton in the lower part of the tank. So simple I cannot believe noone thought of this before! Thanks again for the idea Salty

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GQuinn · #7 10/21/2006, 08:33 PM

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Originally posted by dandy7200
I did it, I will get a pic. I tried several variations. The one that ended up being the best on my 3/4" seswirl was just a 1" 90 elbow with a V cut on the output. Took 30 seconds with the dremel, and improved flow distribution a ton in the lower part of the tank. So simple I cannot believe noone thought of this before! Thanks again for the idea Salty .

Sounds good, can't. wait till we see some pictures.

dandy7200 · #8 10/21/2006, 09:41 PM

exoticaquatix · #9 10/21/2006, 10:34 PM

awesome, thanks man. this seems too simple to make a big difference but you cant argue with results.
-nick

dandy7200 · #10 10/21/2006, 10:47 PM

You could paint the PVC black to add a level of difficultly if you want

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GQuinn · #11 10/23/2006, 06:55 PM

Thanks for the info and the picture. I am going to give this a try.

dandy7200 · #12 10/24/2006, 11:26 AM

Yep I was shocked at what a big differance this makes. It really makes the flow more dispersed throughout the tank, so mush in fact I am considering removing my OM from the closed cloop and letting the outlets run wide open and let the swirl create the waves

. Let me know how this works out for everyone.

bskiba · #13 10/24/2006, 11:43 AM

a local guy here has three sea swirls mounted vertically to where they are pointed straight down and moving left to right. Seams to be working really well.