help with making a spray bar

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  1. brentburton9

    brentburton9 Plankton

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    Hello everyone, I was wanting to put a spray bar on my mag 7 return pump to my 75, and was just wanting any input on exactly how to construct one.
    any help would be appreciated.
     
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  3. Michaelr5

    Michaelr5 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Here's a link to pictures of the spraybar I made for my tank. Here As Birdlady suggested further down the link I added two more holes between each of the existing holes for better coverage. One important thing to remember if you are doing an open loop (Sump) system is to put a small hole about 1/2 inch or so below the waterline on the vertical riser to break the suction in case of a power failure. Simple to make, the one in the link is made of 1/2" PVC pipe. One trick I did to keep the holes lined up was to put a piece of masking tape from end to end and used the edge of the tape as a guideline for drilling.

    Mike