How to build a DIY Carbon Snake (carbon hose)

[fshfrk]

Nice job guys!!!!!!!

[madehtsobi]

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[76dragon]

Setup in the corner rolled up the same 15ft 1.5 spa hose like everyone is doing. Then from run regular water hose from the coiled up hose which you stash in the corner (so you can replace the carbon in the filter once every 2-3 years without pulling it down from the wall) and install 1" pvc pipe as your transport to a center location and T off from there to fill your jars up. I am getting about a 150-175gph filtered water from mine.

I hope this helps
Jesper

How long does it take for you to fill 150G??

[cichlid1409]

video on post #2 :)

[Zulaab]

Great post - got me thinking.
My fish room is 10 x 20' (old garage) and my incoming water is in one corner and I want to set up my betta baracks at the other end of the fish room. If I used a 4" PVC pipe mounted high on the wall and packed with carbon, how long do you think it would last if my flow rate was 50 GPH ??

Setup in the corner rolled up the same 15ft 1.5 spa hose like everyone is doing. Then from run regular water hose from the coiled up hose which you stash in the corner (so you can replace the carbon in the filter once every 2-3 years without pulling it down from the wall) and install 1" pvc pipe as your transport to a center location and T off from there to fill your jars up. I am getting about a 150-175gph filtered water from mine.

I hope this helps
Jesper

[cameracorpus]

wheres the video?? =)

We assembled the hose and shot the video this morning. I used 15.5' of 1.5" hose, since that was the remainder of the spool and they gave me a small break on the price. With the interior volume of 1.5" hose, 10' would be plenty. I also used a 6' washer hose instead of 4'. That way it will let the big hose lay on the floor when I hook up the washer hose to the sink/python.

I've already thought of a way to make a waste/new water supply all in one assembly. It involves using the 2 way splitters you attach to a garden faucet on each end of the carbon snake, and then making a short bypass hose the same length as the carbon snake. You would just turn levers one way or the other depending on if you were filling or draining. The downfall would be weight of the thing for some folks, and also remembering which way to turn the little levers. Still it would eliminate having to disconnect hoses and reconnect them for filling the tanks. Also, Mike is using quick disconnects, which make life much easier too.

Anyway, Mike will be editing the video ASAP and posting it. Preliminary results are good. Testing the tap water showed over +3ppm of chlorine (and we DRINK the stuff???). Testing the water after it went through the snake showed less than .3ppm, and that was on the first use. 1000% decrease. Not bad. Also, that doesn't count all the other heeby-geebies that the carbon is trapping.

Oh, and my total bill was right at $70. That included some fittings for another invention of mine that may or may not show up in the videos, plus more hose than I really needed. So assuming you had some cement and teflon tape on hand, it would be more like a $45 investment. If you use quick-disconnects, you can find some that thread right into the couplings and save the price of the fittings. And if you went to an industrial supply house instead of a home improvement store for the hose, it would probably be even less.

Sorry, I'm a technical writer, so I could go on and on, but I won't. But videos are worth lots and lots of words, so stay tuned.

Michael

[madehtsobi]

caught the footage earlier, coming tonite or tomorrow....

sweet!! cant wait!!

[cichlid1409]

wheres the video?? =)

caught the footage earlier, coming tonite or tomorrow....

[madehtsobi]

wheres the video?? =)

[PhishPhreek]

Great post - got me thinking.
My fish room is 10 x 20' (old garage) and my incoming water is in one corner and I want to set up my betta baracks at the other end of the fish room. If I used a 4" PVC pipe mounted high on the wall and packed with carbon, how long do you think it would last if my flow rate was 50 GPH ??

[fshfrk]

Gene I got about 2 dozen other threads I need you to tpye out and post pics! Great job! thanks.

[Zulaab]

This is where John gets his Carbon from .. they are here in Houston

http://www.5starfilter.com/p-510-activated-virgin-carbon-liquid-phase.aspx

Make sure you get exactly that. It takes about 5-6 lbs to make 1x 15ft 1.5" carbon filter. You have to buy it in bulk so you are looking at 5-6 snakes that can be made from one box.

[cameracorpus]

I'll gather the materials tomorrow and then we'll go from there assuming this Lowe's has everything. I have to work the day job inbetween fish stuff, so I'll give you a holler when I get everything together. It'll be an original Corpus Christi indepentent film maker's video!

[cichlid1409]

cameracorpus said he wanted to make one , i can make the vid and help with putting the carbon in the hose.....

[Gene D]

alright, back on topic.... wheres the video gene? cameracorpus if you want some carbon for that thing, hit me up, i get outta class at 9:30 am tomorrow. maybe me and cameracorpus could make a vid??????

Man you are talking a minimum of 75 bucks to put one together. I am not ballin like Thai I am afraid I will have to leave the video to others. If I had the supplies I could just show a cut down sample but bdiamond and I split the costs and John provided the rest