fish room question

[dwilson74]

Ok me and tim are doing a fish room I was wandering how big of a blower would we need to operate about 45 tanks with spongefilters

[Mission Man]

I've got approx. 45 tanks and I am using a "linear air pump" mainly because it is really quiet, and blowers are louder and are meant for hatcheries or pet stores.

The one I have is the "LPH60".  Talk to "John" at Jehmco.  He will spend as much time with you as you need and help you decide what's best for you.

http://jehmco.com/html/central_air_pumps.html

[Regalblue]

Agreed.... go with a linear air pump. I'd suggest one that'll run 100 outlets,  as it'll give you room to expand & let you run multiple sponges in the bigger tanks.

[Ron]

45 tanks ... what size?

45 5 gallon tanks would be vastly different from 45 90 gallon tanks.

A better way to evaluate your situation is how many "drops" (airline outlets into the tanks) do you want/need and at what depth?

If you're thinking 2 drops/sponges per tank and most of the drops are 18" or less, you'd be better off with a linear piston pump IMO. Especially if the air source is going to reside in the same room since linear piston pumps are much quieter than blowers. A LPH100 from Jehmco would be a good fit in that case: http://www.jehmco.com/html/lph100.html

If you have deeper tanks, you can cheat the pressure problem a bit by raising your sponges in-tank.

If you have deep tanks, need 120+ drops, a blower would be better. As already mentioned, talk to John at Jehmco and he can get you setup with the right equipment.

[Regalblue]

45 tanks ... what size?

45 5 gallon tanks would be vastly different from 45 90 gallon tanks.

A better way to evaluate your situation is how many "drops" (airline outlets into the tanks) do you want/need and at what depth?

http://michigancichlid.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=4148.0

[dwilson74]

We will have a 90 , 75 , two 55's, nine 20's ,eighteen  10's, and fourteen 5's

[jcunningham0295]

I would go with a linear pump.  Ken's Fish has alta linear on sale.  I run an AL-120 and AL-80 with my tanks and am very happy with them.

[dwilson74]

Does the linear pumps throw of heat we was kind of looking at the blowers for the extra heat they kick of to help heat the room

[djlamonica]

The linear air pumps don't generate that much heat from my experience.

[Regalblue]

Does the linear pumps throw of heat we was kind of looking at the blowers for the extra heat they kick of to help heat the room

Neither is going to put off enough heat to be a reliable heat source.

[danielratti]

space heaters kick off good heat. or a wood stove dry the air right out as well.

[Ron]

space heaters kick off good heat. or a wood stove dry the air right out as well.

Regulating the heat from a woodstove would be a problem.

[dwilson74]

We have an electric heater out their right now was just thinking maybe the blower would help so the heater didnt run as much looking into a different heater but trying to reseach them to find out what the best kind would be

[djlamonica]

Oil filled electric is what I use I noticed a large drop in my electric bill when I switched from heating each tank.

[Mission Man]

Oil filled electric is what I use I noticed a large drop in my electric bill when I switched from heating each tank.

Would this work in a basement area?  Is this type of space heater special or can you get it at Lowes or Home Depot?