From Bryan’s old dissolved float tank business, we have this jewel: High quality water sanitation system I built myself, leftover from my dissolved business building float tanks (sensory deprivation tanks) 1/2 hp Hayward SuperPump w/upgraded seal 50 sqft Pentair cartridge filter Aqua UV 25 watt Ultraviolet Sterilizers, two units, 50 watts total Del Ozone generator, […]
Category: Pump and Filter
The pump plays 2 roles in a tank – filtration and circulation
The pump should be on a timer and circulate regularly. The circulation moves the heat from the bottom to the top and from one side of the tank to another. I’ve witnessed cases where the bottom of the tank was over 100 degrees but the top of the water was significantly coder. I have a […]
DFT used a tidalwave bluewave pump
DIY Float Tank (wordpress.com) used a Tidalwave Blue wave pump from https://bluewaveproducts.com/
Water Sterilization – let me count the ways
A recent thread spurred me to catalog all the ways that float tank water can be sterilized. So let’s do it:
Choosing a pump
If your UV is triggered by a certain amount of pressure, then your pump must be matched to it. If this is not a concern, then the following links may be of use: Pump recommendations : r/FloatTank (reddit.com)
How powerful does a pump for a DIY float tank have to be?
For a home setup you don’t need a high powered filtration, but you should use either a magnetic drive pump or mechanical pump that can maintain roughly 20 gallons per minute (45-80 GPM for commercial setups). Generally 110v 1/8HP is enough to stir the water, (I’ve used as low as 3/32nd HP and as high […]
Filtration with Pond products
Submersible pond products are easier to setup and use and are designed for large volumes of water. The Pond Guy has a UV & SolidFlo Combo that has easy setup: the lifegard aquatics UV terrified me: I returned it.
Iwaki MD15RLT Water Pump
since it is mag-drive, we presume it does not have a rubber seal that can rot due to salt. It is being used in a refurbished Zen Float Tent.