Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Reducing flow levels on a external filter ?
I was wondering is there a way to restrict the flow of water from an external filter?
I want to keep Angels and believe the flow would be to strong for them as it is.
Any tips would be appreciated
Please Log in to join the conversation.
If you read the tread properly you will realise that he wants to reduce the flow in the tank
Adrian, do you mean me or Mark or both? If you mean me... Yes I can and did read the thread properly!!!
If you have, say a 1200LPH filter and you increase the size of the holes in the spray bar the flow rate will still be... 1200LPH!
The flow will be less concentrated on one point but it will be no less.
However, if you restrict the flow by the use of an inline tap (or any constriction of the pipe) the flow rate (LPH) will be decreased.
That is the answer to the poster's question.
Please Log in to join the conversation.
arabu1973 wrote:
If you read the tread properly you will realise that he wants to reduce the flow in the tank
Adrian, do you mean me or Mark or both? If you mean me... Yes I can and did read the thread properly!!!
If you have, say a 1200LPH filter and you increase the size of the holes in the spray bar the flow rate will still be... 1200LPH!
The flow will be less concentrated on one point but it will be no less.
However, if you restrict the flow by the use of an inline tap (or any constriction of the pipe) the flow rate (LPH) will be decreased.
That is the answer to the poster's question.
Agree, it is the flow from the filter needing reduction, although the desired effect is a reduced current in the tank. Arguments for both I'd say:)
Mark
Location D.11
Please Log in to join the conversation.
The original post mentions 'strong', hence are we talking about a control of a scalar or control of a vector?
x litres per hour is a scalar unless we give it a direction. But strong or strength would be interpreted as having a direction eg a force or a power or pressure and that means the flow rate over a given area in a given direction and not just the flow rate.
Anyway, some external filters have a flow control built in.
Goodness, discussions on definitions and reading words within a thread!! what are ya like?
it's too near xmas for all that.ian
Irish Tropical Fish Society (ITFS) Member.
Please Log in to join the conversation.