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| Retail
Fish Systems - Impress Your Customers with
Healthy Fish! |
Designing
a functional and profitable retail fish system requires
a commercial approach, meaning that the system must
be capable of successfully achieving important filtration
requirements. A retail fish system is not a backyard
pond, but rather an intensely stocked fish holding system
intended to show customers large numbers of fish in
a small area. These systems must be designed with optimal
solid waste removal and biological filtering capabilities.
This requires specialized filters and husbandry not
commonly associated with backyard ponds.
Whether
you design a retail fish system of your own or purchase
one of ours, the same filtration rules apply. Solid
waste must be removed on a routine basis, and biological
filters must operate clean and free of oxygen starving
solid waste. The objective is to design a system that
addresses water circulation, using it to suspend solid
waste and remove it with the mechanical filter. The
biological filter must not be allowed to accumulate
solid waste; it must be fed solids-free water, so that
it operates clean, continuously and undisturbed.
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diagram below illustrates recommended water circulation and
plumbing. Our simple, gravity overflow recirculating system
provides optimal circulation combined with effective filtration.
It's also easy to assemble and maintain. The number and size
of the system's holding tanks establishes our plumbing, turnover
rate, and required filtration. Feel free to contact us with
any questions. E-mail
Questions Here or call 610-970-0440. |
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Retail Fish System Water Flow & Plumbing Requirements
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| Total
System Volume |
Desired
Turnover Rate Total Volume per Hour |
Circulation
Capacity GPM/GPH |
Drain
Pipe Size Diameter (In.) |
Return
Pipe Size Diameter (In.) |
| 1,500
Gallons |
3
times per hour |
60
gpm/4,500 gph |
4" |
2" |
| 3,000
Gallons |
2
times per hour |
100
gpm/6,000 gph |
6" |
2" |
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| Plumbing
Notes: |
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Plumbing, including both surface overflow and
bottom drain, allows easy removal of surface pollutants
and bottom solids.
Drain
Pipe Manifold accepts individual tank plumbing,
delivering dirty water to the sump for filtering. The
drain manifold, elevated at the point that it enters
the sump, establishes a constant water level in the
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Clean Water Return Manifold brings water,
which has passed through the SMART HO UV, back to the
tanks. The two-inch diameter manifold is equipped with
valves, one per tank, to control the amount of water entering
the tank. Clean water entering the tank is directed downward
toward the tank bottom, using the exiting water to suspend
solids. |
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| Retail
Filtration Systems |
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Impress Your Customers with Healthy Fish!
Our Retail Filter System is designed for commercial applications.
It's not a collection of pond filters plumbed together,
but rather a system designed to filter water for retailers
holding large numbers of ornamental fish with multiple
fish holding tanks. Our system provides adequate water
circulation, efficient solids capture, and exceptional
biological filtering potential combined with efficient
UV sterilization. The system's maximum filtering capacity
is 3,000 gallons, with a turnover rate of 6,000 gallons
per hour. We've designed this system to be expandable.
Start with ten 150 gallon tanks and ad more tanks later!
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Retail
Filter System Packages include a complete, commercially
designed filtration system with plumbing components (valves
and PVC fittings) for five or ten 150-gallon fish holding
tanks (tanks and PVC pipe not included). Each system comes
with complete instillation instructions and tank purchasing
information.
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1.
Sump
The polypropylene sump serves as a central filtering station,
with dirty water from the fish tanks flowing into the sump by
gravity for filtering.
2. Filter Bags
Dirty water from the fish tanks enters the sump, flowing through
the filter bags, where solid waste is trapped and held until
cleaned. We recommend using 200-micron filter bags. Filter bags
are cleaned biweekly and reused, lasting four to six months.
3. Bee Cell Skimmer-Bio Filter
The Bee Cell Skimmer-Bio Filter is a dual-function filter; first
biologically filtering and then separating dissolved waste.
Water enters the filter through an air venturi injector that
joins fine air bubbles, creating oxygen-rich water as it enters
the vessel. Once inside, the water circulates through the neutrally
buoyant Bee Cell Media Bed. The Bee Cell Media creates a moving
biological bed. It is self-cleaning and delivers a huge surface
area, creating optimal conditions for healthy colonies of nitrifying
bacteria. Once biologically filtered, the water and air mixture
creates a "foam head" containing dissolved organic contaminates
that collect at the top of the filter where they are separated
and removed from the water.
4. SMART HO UV Sterilizer
The SMART HO UV is matched precisely to the pump's flow capacity,
exposing waterborne bacteria and algae to 30,000 UV microwatts.
This exceeds the required UV exposure rate for waterborne algae
and harmful bacteria.
5. Sequence Pump
A high quality Sequence Pump operates the system, supplying
water to the Bio-Skim Filter and SMART UV, then back to the
fish tanks. |
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