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Waste Pick-up Pipes

I have 2 - 1,300 gallon tanks for Trout. I only have a few Trout left after selling off about 600 in each tank. I have drained the tanks into my pond and cleaned them before re-filling them getting ready for another 600 - 1 pound Trout in each tank.

This is a photo of the spiral slotted 2inch PVC Sch. 40 waste pick-up pipes that I use in each tank. The waste line is both horizontal across the bottom of the tank and vertical up the side of the tank. At the top of the vertical pipe is a ''horse shoe'' over the edge of the tank to hold it in place.

Spiral slotting is done with a chop saw or miter saw.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Fisk on October 25, 2012 at 7:22pm

Hey Phil, Good topic. I found that the air stone creates such an up stream that it tends to draw the waste toward the stone so I mounted the 12" stones on top of the waste tubes and it really helps.

Permalink Reply by Phil Slaton on October 25, 2012 at 7:41pm

Great idea Jim. Also it keeps your air stones from floating in the return water current. You gave me a great idea to keep the air stones from floating due to the current from the inflow of water back into the tank. I am dropping a couple pipes vertically next to the wall of the tank with the air stones tied to the pipe. Then I am securing the pipes to the lip at the top of the tank with the same kind of PVC horse shoe that I have on the top of my waste pipe.