The content of aquarium fish is not such a simple matter, as it seems at first glance. For full-fledged fish care, it will be necessary to create conditions as close as possible to natural. For example, to saturate water with air and its constant mixing it is necessary to install a compressor. Moreover, it can be made independently and save a significant amount of funds.
Create all the conditions for water inhabitants can be used without installing additional equipment. However, it is quite difficult to choose the right to create an environmental environment for non-professional aquarists and will take a considerable amount of time. The installation of the compressor will solve these problems and can be performed without the help of professionals.
To build a compressor for aquarium with your own hands you will need the following tools and devices:
- small electric motor;
- Eccentric;
- water pump.
Sequencing
The compressor for the aquarium is made in several different ways. Consider the easiest and most common.
To create a compressor, you must perform the following actions:
- Take a small electrical engine and connect it to the power. It is recommended to use a voltage engine no more than 12 volts so that in the case of a long shutdown, the electricity supply remains the ability to power it from the battery for the car.
- Next, an eccentric is fixed on the surface of the electric motor, due to which a small pump is driven.
The considered option will be most appropriate in that situation if it is necessary to make a compressor for the aquarium silent. If noise is not the main criterion for you, then you can apply another method to create a compressor:
- It is necessary to find an electromagnet as an additional equipment. For example, you can use a small magnetic starter, which functions with a frequency of 50 Hz from voltage 220 volts.
- Then it is necessary to attach a small pump to an electromagnet, the membrane of which will start moving from side to the side with a similar frequency of 50 Hz. It is due to this movement of the pump pumped air and thus the aeration of water is carried out. Extra noise interference is created due to the work of the electromagnet and for this reason this method is less common.
Alone, the manufactured compressor will be not only cheaper than ready-made analogs, but it may be much more efficient than other devices, and it will also be easier to repair.
Tips and recommendations
In most cases, the aquarium is installed in those rooms where people are constantly being. First of all, it is worth considering that the compressor should function continuously and therefore should not be neglected by the quality of its manufacture. If you have built a compressor using an electromagnet of excessive noise, then such a device can be removed into the closed end. For this purpose, a long air duct will be useful. In addition, the air compressor for aquarium can be installed in the box from the old film, which will contribute to a decrease in the power of the shock wave. And the border of the tree will hide the design from the view and will affect the insulation of the sound.
It is also necessary to know that the homemade compressor for the aquarium must necessarily carry out moderate control of the flow of air supply. It is recommended to pre-calculate the power of the attached engine from the formula 0.5 l / h per liter of water. As mentioned earlier, it is advisable to put a low-voltage compressor into aquarium (no more than 12 volts).
Owners of a round aquarium It is important to remember that in such a type of design, excessively powerful equipment can negatively affect the life of the fish. Their health will be dangerous due to the rapid circulation of water. This is an important criterion for which a low-power device is best suited for a round aquarium.
It is important that the fact that if there is a large number of plants inside the aquarium and in the implementation of oxygen supply, the use of the compressor is not necessarily during the lighting period. Usually in such cases it is included exclusively at night when plants stop separating oxygen and on a par with fish, its consumption begins. In order that when the device is disconnected, the water is not poured into the compressor due to the reverse thrust, it is necessary to install on the tube going towards the sprayer, the check valve.
Acquisition of the compressor in the aquarium
After making the compressor, it is necessary to secure it in the aquarium correctly. This procedure is performed fairly easily and can also be performed independently. Before direct installation, you should select a place in advance where the device will be located. The compressor can be placed either above the surface of the water, or in a small closed space next to the aquarium.
Sprayers and hoses are recommended to fasten at the bottom with the help of a heavy item (shell or a large stone). In the event that the sprayer can float upstairs, the water will be badly saturated with air. The hoses connected to the compressor should be selected from silicone or elastic rubber. If a part of the hose is hardening in the water, it must be replaced with a new one. It is very important that to ensure normal vital activity of the inhabitants of the aquarium, it should be used exclusively special hoses intended for aquariums.
Sprayers may only be needed to reduce the number of bubbles. This element can be handled from special stones. The number of stones is completely dependent on the depth of the sprayer setting. Check whether the oxygen fish in water can be enough, you can observe them for their behavior. Most of the types of aquarium fish prefer to move near the bottom or in the middle of the water space. If all the inhabitants of the aquarium periodically pop up to the surface to stroke oxygen, then mandatory need to be revised the design of the compressor.
