DIY air lift OHF

[onlyyouknow]

Finally managed to complete this project of mine. I am always thinking of how to use air bubbles for filtration instead of relying on pumps.

This is what I came up with:






The flow rate is not very high but it does provide some mechanical filtration.

[Vitor]

Wat u did might as well get a small pump and run it, the bubble doesn't help making water more oxygen.nunless u got a high power pump , got extra output not to waste.

Else I dun see more benefit.

[canopy]

Small pump will have more benefits? First time I heard of pump can give u benefits.

[bettachamp]

increase the airflow input or lower the height of the water output might help ..

[thee_boss]

very nice. am planning to do the same.

vitor, such set up have certain key benefits in certain situation.
location of electric point is one. although u don't see the bubbles, active oxygenation is actually achieve.

ts, mind sharing the max level of the setup from the water level and the pump of choice?

[onlyyouknow]

Actually it works better when the depth of water is higher. As I have said, the purpose is to use air lift instead of pump. With this arrangement, I can just use a hiblow and run many of these and use less electricity than many pumps.

[onlyyouknow]

Originally Posted by thee_boss

ts, mind sharing the max level of the setup from the water level and the pump of choice?

I'm actually use a hiblow xp80 because I am using piping. I am supplying air to the tanks and also to a cement pond. The water level in that tank is about 40cm.

[onlyyouknow]

Took a video, finally found out how to upload from iphone and to youtube.

YouTube Video

[wei_yuan86]

Great idea for small/low maintenance set ups
Great spirit in DIY-ing bro!

ps: the flow of water is actually more than what i expected. Definitely won't be able to achieve this result with a normal air pump.

[washywashy]

Same concept like those SUDO Satellite isolation boxes. Don't think would be feasible for high bioloads right bro?