New Product Fauna Marin Zeomatic

[C. Schuhmacher]

Hi

Our latest product is now available , more pictures and Videos soon

http://www.faunamarin.de/downloads/Zoematic_auto.zip


The Fauna Marin Zeomatic incl. following things

A complete Ultralithfilter with plunge, complete build in Acrylic
and it can be run also under pressure.
It is for internal or external use

The Zeomatic included

Ultralith Start Set , complete with 2 Liter Ultralith and the complete Basic System.

Ultralith Filter Zeomatic with new version aquabee 2000 pump and
Flowcontrol with underwater outlet

A special air valve and silicone hose

A strong quality pressure Air Pump with flow control

A time clock to control the cleaning times

We give the system to the international patent office

So you can let the Filter cleaned by self
Every 7 - 14 days you shake one oder two times with the Plunge then in can run again this time.
The airbubbles take the bacteria film from the rocks and cleaned them very
fast.

The Airpump on the Video is a smaller one that we use in the market version
but it works also good enough

Greets Claude

[TandN]

is this avail in the us ?

[C. Schuhmacher]

HI

We started the production last week so it can be available
in US in some days .

Greets

[Adamc1303]

Is this available yet? How do I order?

[tjh]

i love automated equipment. would this work as a carbon reactor? thanks

[hahnmeister]

So why the air pump to tumble the rocks rather than a high-flow pump? Im curious... did it just mean less plumbing (flow control during the surge) or something, or is the air better for some reason?

[Adamc1303]

For the filtration part you need slow flow. For shaking the rocks to remove the build up you need something way stronger. I don't think a water pump can shake them unless its like 1200 GPH or more. The air pump stirs them right up.

If a water pump would be used, besides the surge it would have to be adjusted manually every time you need to shake the zeoliths which is twice daily on ultralith. On Zeovit I believe it 4 times a day or more.

[hahnmeister]

Why would you have to adjust it manually?

I have seen some DIYs on zeovit where the reactor just has dual pumps with a three-way valve. The small pump runs 24/7, and the large one is on a timer to come on 1-2 times a day. The outlet is a two stager with a guard to keep the stones from getting out, but thats it. The rocks actually tumble...

[Adamc1303]

I guess there is always a way to DIY.

[hahnmeister]

I suppose I just wonder why using a very expensive linear air pump was picked in this case over a simple 900-1500gph pump.

[Adamc1303]

Well the air pump was not chosed by Fauna Marin. It doesn't come with the reactor. You get your own pump. As far as the aquabee they used for the water, I guess it's up their but not that expensive and it's pretty small.

[hahnmeister]

Well right... a linear air pump (what you would need to run that thing it seems), is almost $300. The aquabee... whoopie. Or one could use a maxi-jet or something (only 100-200gph is what most reactor feed pumps usually do). But the 'surge system' seems much more costly than some other solutions. For $300 one could simply design a waterproof solenoid & plunger system to go on the top that would stir the rocks like normal, just mechanized. Seems to me that a larger water pump on a timer is the cheaper method here. I get that the air bubbles might be more 'gentle' when tumbling rather than 'blasting' the rocks with water... or is it? Flow is flow after all... so the right amount of water, as long as its not on for too long, would be the same effect as manually tumbling the rocks (moving water back and forth across the rocks fast).

[Adamc1303]

I used an $80.00 dolphin air pump and it work great.

[C. Schuhmacher]

Hi Hahn

The reason why i use the air is that the bubbles cleans the rocks much better then every water pump.
The air bubbles create a very flow over the rocks and
clean the surface much better then a very strong waterflow.

Greets Claude

[hahnmeister]

Ahhh, so there is a method to the madness... is it better than the manual 'pump' method?

[C. Schuhmacher]

HI

Yes but all 2 weeks you must pump manual.
If you pump manual during the aircleaning works the cleaning ist the best
Greets

[Adamc1303]

The air cleaning with the dolphin pump works great! It makes the rock tumobe so much sometimes 1 or 2 escape in the drain of the reactor. I was actualy thinking of throttling back the air pump a bit.

[hahnmeister]

I bet there is another way to regulate the 'blast' with a water pump so its not as intense... just a matter of the reactor's shape and distribution... I mean, flow is flow... liquid or air... its just a matter of flow and pressure regulation/distribution. I was pondering this throughout the afternoon... 'would air be different for some reason?' as in 'more gentle', and really.... no. Gas and liquids are really one and the same. The 'bouyancy' that air lends to lifting the rocks without as much flow doesnt work unless the rocks can actually capture the air somehow... as in finer media or something... but large rocks... they wouldnt even notice... the air's lower viscosity means it can flow around the easier without moving the rocks if anything. Unless thats the point... move the mulm w/o moving the rocks... Still, is there some sort of detrimental effect to using a water surge to stir the media?

[C. Schuhmacher]

hi hahn

My biggest problem is that i can explain this in german very easy but my english is not as good enough to explain in the correct words.

Air moves different over a surface then water and this is the difference between both things. it depends on the power between the airbubble and the Water when the flow over the rocks

We test this more then 1 year and it will work

Greets Claude