Durso strainer after 2 years

[Anonymous]

I noticed that the water level in my tank was way too high and that it didn't used to be too high. There also seemed to be flushing going on which never happened before.

I pulled out the DIY strainers and found an amazing sight

They used to look like this:

Now they look like the attached photo.

I had to clean each slot with a screwdriver and it wasn't easy. Totally calcified!

 

[Anonymous]

Dude

You are supposed to check up on that stuff every once in a while

Now you look like me :lol:

 

[LA-Lawman]

wow.... drop that baby in your fuge and build a new strainer...... you have built your own mini reef! they should hire you to rebuild reefs....

 

[KevinATran]

Righty,
I have some "stupid" questions for you. What was your purpose of having a durso strainer in your overflow ? Reduce noise ? How does this work ? Where does the the other end of vertical pipe go (I know the bottom end goes to your refugium) ? Will this affect the flow rate of overflow?

Thanks,

Kevin Tran

 

[Anonymous]

Kevin,

http://www.dursostandpipes.com/

If you don't have enough room in your overflow for a durso, you need a stockman.

 

[Anonymous]

That thing looks like it could cut you up pretty bad if you weren't wearing gloves.

Pour some muratic acid on it and soak it for a while. Add some water to the muratic acid to weaken it. I'd say 20% acid and 80% water. That puppy will be like brand new in a matter of hours.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

2 minutes of scraping made it good as new!

I haven't been checking it because the tank has supposed to have been down for a new floor in the room every month for the last 8 months. It looks like it is actually happening in Jan!

Kevin,

The strainer is to stop anything big from clogging the standpipe. Even if a big sheet of algae gets into the overflow, there should still be enough open strainer to prevent a flood. The rest of your questions should be answered at Durso's site, but let us know if they aren't!

To the rest of you --- pffffft! :mrgreen:

 

[Anonymous]

Righty, I have 1/4" holes instead of slits for my Stockman. You think holes would be less likely to clog due to tubeworm buildup?

Have you ever seen the behind the scenes video at the Monterey Bay Aquarium where they send a pig through their big pipes in order to clear out the stuff that's built up on the inside? It's pretty impressive to see all this cloudy water coming out of a pipe from the stuff the pig has scraped off, then the pig which makes a big plop on the ground, and then clear water. I've noticed some calcium buildup on the inside of my 3/4" flex pvc pipe for my return, so it's a problem that also has to be addressed in a home aquarium.

 

[Anonymous]

I think all the holes have the same potential for clogging over time.

I have actually seen that pig in action - cool. It can be a problem in home aquaria, which is one of the reasons I like to use vinyl tubing for anything under 1.5 inches - you can easily clean or replace it.

 

[KevinATran]

Thanks Righty and Reefkeeper1.........I have SO MUCH to learn....

 

[Anonymous]

BTW,

:welcome:

If you gots questions, RDO has answers (or opinions! )

 

[Len]

I decided to drill a bunch of irregularly sized holes for my strainer. There's at least 50 holes so I think I'm fairly safe from blockage for a while ... at least hopefully.

 

[Anonymous]

Does that mean you drilled holes of sizes such as 11/32 and 7/16?

Or that you drilled a number of different size holes?

Did you drill a 15/32" hole? Cause that is the most irregular sized hole yet....

 

[Anonymous]

I can't believe Len never answered my question....



I thought it was a right good irregular question, don't you?


:lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Len got tied up!

 

[hfmann]

Now come on! a PIG? Surely that's an acronym for something - not a live pork chop?

Is that video online?
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[Len]

knucklehead, oops I drilled holes of different sizes ranging from 3/16 to 3/8"

 

[Anonymous]

knucklehead, oops I drilled holes of different sizes ranging from 3/16 to 3/8"

:lol:


I really didn't think you would go to the trouble of procuring a 13/34" drill bit....

:lol:

And when are you going to grace us with new pics of your tank I may ask?

 

[Len]

um .... "soon"

 

[Anonymous]

>...I really didn't think you would go to the trouble of procuring a 13/34" drill bit....

I use a continous diameter drill bit so that I can drill holes with irrational diameter, such as pi/10 inch and sqrt(3)/2 inch.