Your idea is working perfectly for us Kevin, we have it strapped to a floating pontoon style fishing deck. I am playing with the idea of moving the venturi vertical air pipe, 2 metres away from the pump outlet, instead of near the outlet end of pipe, for easier management and removal in the winter months.
After the 2018 very hot summer (lost a lot of fish) I am delighted to find your video. I run a small syndicate of Trout fishers myself, and am in need of this for our fishery.Thank you.
We have lost a lot of fish this year as well, it’s just been too hot and the water temp has killed us as well. If I can been of any help should you make a Venturi just shout. I have used the Venturi to put siltex into the lake very successfully as well. Siltex has made a big improvement to our lake it changes the PH of the bottom silt. Kevin
Many many thanks Kevin, I have bought a 3 inch petrol pump and tracked your venturi parts down (they are on order) have just finished a floating pontoon and trying out blue dye. We are a small syndicate of 30 members, I am trying to keep the subs (£200 per annum, to go when they want) as cheap as I can. Our lake was dug in 1952 and is 450 feet long x 180 feet wide & 16 feet deep with wall to wall Canadian pond weed, crystal clear, but the weed can be a problem in the summer months. Many many thanks again Kevin, you have cheered me up no end, Gerry.
Thanks for the comments, just a quick up date. We had huge problems with the trout fishing lake I run in July 2017 with water temperature going far to high as our lake is not deep. We ran the venturi’s as an emergency source of oxygens. ( I put a boat out board tank on one and made it long running so it ran all night) it was amazing to see just what effect adding oxygen into the lake did. In the oxygenated out put stream all the big trout would come and swim, as if they were in a river. I also used it as a great way of adding/ spreading siltex into the lake to counter act an algae bloom changing the PH of the water and silt. There are clearly a few improvements that could be done but this was always just a cheap and easy design using what I could get hold of from the local farm supplier and car shop.
Video was perfect im literally about to fo this exact same process as the lake i fish has no power and the farmer won't supply any solar for an aerator but I'd be very inclined to see what this would do using a 3 inch pvc tee peice converted I to a venturi
@@ReelForReel yeah it looked really good in certainly gonna pass the idea over to the bailiff not that it will get done so I feel I may as well buy the kit myself . I just thought your version to a venturi tee would be the difference in bubble size. Its deffo needed either way as the lake hasn't been netted or dredged since 86 . Its not to bad condition but the fish just will not feed and people are giving up on it which is a shame
It works fine it looks like. But... wouldn't a smaller diameter middle section work even better? And place it just before the air intake so that as the water expands it draws more air. And did you try an aerator design? Mesh over the inner outlet or gluing in a bunch of small tubes to help disperse the air and avoid large bubbles that reach the surface and are thus lost as far as usefulness? OR, splitting the output into a number of outlet hoses, say garden hoses with sprinkler heads attached to work as aerators?
have you considered using a water tromp we use them in the united states to aerate contaminated mine water in remote arias without power. all you need is a natural water source and somewhere for water to flow. what it consists on is water flowing down a air siphon like what you have here, accept it goes to a small tank buried in the ground where air and water separate. the water flows out an outlet pipe lower down and air travels to a collection pipe at the top of the tank. depending on how deep you burry this system 2 feet per psi you can run an aerator or even small pneumatic tools using natural water flow. note if your using an aerator it need to be higher than the tank is buried but it dosnt nessirarily have to be in the same place as you can pipe the air where its needed.
Eldhose Ouseph it can be done with smaller pumps as well, but the secret is the constriction in the T junction as this increases the pressure/ water speed and the sucking of air down the breather pipe.
Vicente Fabian I would not think so as it is primary designed for aeration, I do throw siltex , which is chalk dust into the aerated flow which has helped with the PH levels of the silt in our lake and has also helped with water clarity.
Yes of course, you must adjust the size though, pumping liquid fertilizer is more difficult than air, the design will also be different, the T junction alone won't work I'm afraid, you'll need a conical reduction right before the junction with your fertilizer inlet... Let's take an example in 1.5", take a 1.5" pipe reduction to 3/4", next a 3/4" T junction 3/4'' - 1/2'' - 3/4'', 1/2'' being your fertilizer inlet then back from 3/4'' to 1.5'' the increase 3/4'' back to 1.5'' will create a depression which will suck the fertilizer providing the water flow fills up the pipes... Here in Thailand we have lots of PVC pipe fittings which do the job... Sorry, my mother tongue is French, so I'm not sure I'm giving a clear explanation...
Your idea is working perfectly for us Kevin, we have it strapped to a floating pontoon style fishing deck. I am playing with the idea of moving the venturi vertical air pipe, 2 metres away from the pump outlet, instead of near the outlet end of pipe, for easier management and removal in the winter months.
After the 2018 very hot summer (lost a lot of fish) I am delighted to find your video. I run a small syndicate of Trout fishers myself, and am in need of this for our fishery.Thank you.
We have lost a lot of fish this year as well, it’s just been too hot and the water temp has killed us as well.
If I can been of any help should you make a Venturi just shout. I have used the Venturi to put siltex into the lake very successfully as well. Siltex has made a big improvement to our lake it changes the PH of the bottom silt.
Kevin
Many many thanks Kevin, I have bought a 3 inch petrol pump and tracked your venturi parts down (they are on order) have just finished a floating pontoon and trying out blue dye. We are a small syndicate of 30 members, I am trying to keep the subs (£200 per annum, to go when they want) as cheap as I can. Our lake was dug in 1952 and is 450 feet long x 180 feet wide & 16 feet deep with wall to wall Canadian pond weed, crystal clear, but the weed can be a problem in the summer months. Many many thanks again Kevin, you have cheered me up no end, Gerry.
Thanks for the comments, just a quick up date. We had huge problems with the trout fishing lake I run in July 2017 with water temperature going far to high as our lake is not deep. We ran the venturi’s as an emergency source of oxygens. ( I put a boat out board tank on one and made it long running so it ran all night) it was amazing to see just what effect adding oxygen into the lake did. In the oxygenated out put stream all the big trout would come and swim, as if they were in a river.
I also used it as a great way of adding/ spreading siltex into the lake to counter act an algae bloom changing the PH of the water and silt.
There are clearly a few improvements that could be done but this was always just a cheap and easy design using what I could get hold of from the local farm supplier and car shop.
Simply superb
Video was perfect im literally about to fo this exact same process as the lake i fish has no power and the farmer won't supply any solar for an aerator but I'd be very inclined to see what this would do using a 3 inch pvc tee peice converted I to a venturi
I used the T junction out of ease, but it’s a restriction that’s needed, with the 1 inch pipe cut at an angle works well.
@@ReelForReel yeah it looked really good in certainly gonna pass the idea over to the bailiff not that it will get done so I feel I may as well buy the kit myself . I just thought your version to a venturi tee would be the difference in bubble size. Its deffo needed either way as the lake hasn't been netted or dredged since 86 . Its not to bad condition but the fish just will not feed and people are giving up on it which is a shame
Great Job..
It works fine it looks like. But... wouldn't a smaller diameter middle section work even better? And place it just before the air intake so that as the water expands it draws more air. And did you try an aerator design? Mesh over the inner outlet or gluing in a bunch of small tubes to help disperse the air and avoid large bubbles that reach the surface and are thus lost as far as usefulness? OR, splitting the output into a number of outlet hoses, say garden hoses with sprinkler heads attached to work as aerators?
2,000 views and only 5 likes, wth? I thought the video was great and plan to try something like this with my half acre pond.
have you considered using a water tromp we use them in the united states to aerate contaminated mine water in remote arias without power. all you need is a natural water source and somewhere for water to flow. what it consists on is water flowing down a air siphon like what you have here, accept it goes to a small tank buried in the ground where air and water separate. the water flows out an outlet pipe lower down and air travels to a collection pipe at the top of the tank. depending on how deep you burry this system 2 feet per psi you can run an aerator or even small pneumatic tools using natural water flow. note if your using an aerator it need to be higher than the tank is buried but it dosnt nessirarily have to be in the same place as you can pipe the air where its needed.
Thanks for the demonstration. What is the point of your build though? Whats it for?
An R key _ Circulation and aeration
I thought so. Thanks again!
@@ZsaZsaUmbra Is this effective?
I don't suppose you could tell me what the metal section you bough off ebay is call could you please as I'm struggling to find what we need.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminium-T-Piece-Pipe-Connector-3-Way-Alloy-Joiner-for-Silicone-Rubber-Hose/190895799380?hash=item2c7246bc54:m:mHghs4WLRwCsrNszwBsfrvA
How much pressure we need for this effect?
Eldhose Ouseph it can be done with smaller pumps as well, but the secret is the constriction in the T junction as this increases the pressure/ water speed and the sucking of air down the breather pipe.
Hi, can I use this to pass fertilizer?? Thanks
Vicente Fabian I would not think so as it is primary designed for aeration, I do throw siltex , which is chalk dust into the aerated flow which has helped with the PH levels of the silt in our lake and has also helped with water clarity.
Then it should work, because if there’s suction it will suck the liquid instead of the air.
Vicente Fabian good luck let me know if it works
Yes of course, you must adjust the size though, pumping liquid fertilizer is more difficult than air, the design will also be different, the T junction alone won't work I'm afraid, you'll need a conical reduction right before the junction with your fertilizer inlet...
Let's take an example in 1.5", take a 1.5" pipe reduction to 3/4", next a 3/4" T junction 3/4'' - 1/2'' - 3/4'', 1/2'' being your fertilizer inlet then back from 3/4'' to 1.5'' the increase 3/4'' back to 1.5'' will create a depression which will suck the fertilizer providing the water flow fills up the pipes...
Here in Thailand we have lots of PVC pipe fittings which do the job...
Sorry, my mother tongue is French, so I'm not sure I'm giving a clear explanation...
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