Tech Talk
At Aquatic Equipment and Design, our expertise goes far beyond supplying equipment—we're your partners in building and maintaining successful aquatic systems. With decades of hands-on experience, we help you design, set up, and troubleshoot systems tailored to your unique operation. Our Tech Talks are built to share practical insights, answer common questions, and help you get the most out of your equipment—because we don’t just sell parts, we help you make them perform.
Friction Smiction….. Water pressure and friction loss, a big waste of money…..
Over the last year or so we have been focusing on both specific products and inputs to systems. Our hope is to bring out some of the lesser known details on how things work. An important detail that is often ignored is pipe sizing. In many cases, the end user will choose to use the same size pipe as the inlet or outlet of the pump or blower that they are installing. The thought process is often along the lines of “well if it needed a bigger pipe, wouldn’t the manufacturer make the inlet or outlet bigger?” The answer is generally no.
Ultra Violet Filtration - Aquaculture Systems by Amy Riedel-Stone
When it comes to disinfection in fish systems there are a couple of approaches designers and engineers use.
Aquatic Chillers and Heat Pumps
Chillers and heat pumps are not always necessary in aquaculture, but they are needed when consistent temperatures are critical to animal growth. With an increase in the number of recirculating systems being built, they are becoming a necessity for growth control. Both work on similar refrigeration principles but this article will address them separately.