making a time release for air stones
- Thread starter DooSPX
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Well you can and a timer to the air pimp, but that would be on off that may not be what you want. Not sure if they make inexpensive ones in that small of a timed cycle though.
Another option is just to throttle it way back with a gang valve.
Another option is just to throttle it way back with a gang valve.
Yep, definitely no cheap option. For the right money, you can find it, but it won't be cheap. It's like a wave maker, but faster.
I don't want to sound negative, but I think you're out of luck.
I don't want to sound negative, but I think you're out of luck.
Just get a valve that only activates with a certain amount of pressure build up. Like the ones on the plastic decorations that release big bubbles but only in a certain interval. You could possibly just buy one of those and just take all the inner workings out and just plug it into your airstone.
If there's a hollow spot in the dec. where air can build up, then release (something has to move to allow this) - that's a good way, otherwise the same effect may be doable w/ a very fine diffuser (wood or scintered glass type commonly used for CO2), maybe w/ a 2-3 foot long section of some wider bore silastic (stretchy) tubing between the pump and the diffuser, you would get build-up, release cycling.