sizing air tubing - 06/09/16 07:10 PM
I'm trying out an experiment, to grow shrimp and tilapia at 5000' elevation in Idaho, using daytime aeration to warm up the ponds, comparing conventional and a novel feeding method, and will post progress and results to a previous thread, http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=424112
I am trying to set up 2 Pondmaster AP-100 air pumps (each of which put out about 5 CFM - instructions don't provide a performance curve - but max water depth listed at 11.5 feet) for 2 immediately adjacent ponds, approx 1/10 acre each (I know, overkill?) I will probably have diffusers at about 8 feet.
My question is this - it lists the tubing size as needing a 3/4" ID - which would fit the size of the barb on the airpump - but given what's out there for sale, it seems like this is on the high range. And, given I'll have a few 50 foot (i.e. short) runs from air pumps to diffusers, it may just be easier to bite the bullet and get 100 feet of 3/4" sinking air tubing. But it looked like other pump/tubing/diffuse packages would use 3/8" sinking tubing with a 1/2" barb?
I'm assuming that, for that volume, I'd want to use a single double-membrane diffuser for each pond?
Thanks for any opinions!