How to Share 1 Air Pump with Multiple Fish Tanks [DIY]

[@AquariumCoop]

Link to the air valves we sell that were used in this video: www.aquariumcoop.com/products/ziss-premium-air-valve

[@annethornton9938]

Thanks so much to you, Dean, for doing this. Appreciate so much being able to learn from a long-experienced expert like yourself, aided by Corey's great approach to broadening aquarium education to everyone. Please can you guys address how best to calculate what kind/power level of air pump when setting up a fish wall/fishroom? Always good to leave room for some growth, but then there's other considerations such as wear on the pump, etc. Thanks again!

[@jamiestamand4840]

Might try this on my African cichlid tank. Valuable knowledge. Thank you guys

[@GekoPrime]

The drill bit is mentioned in the video is 13/64ths

[@fishbreeding1019]

I don’t understand how you say in the beginning that 1.50$ is a lot for the valves but then sell them for the same price?

[@ВикторНовов]

Ссупер

[@nakedcityaquatics8567]

Dean is an extremely valuable contributor to this hobby.

[@blakejohnson8367]

I would love to see a video that explains what size air pumps you should use for multiple tanks in a system like this

[@tankem1186]

I agree Blake Johnson that would be great

[@mangala666]

That’s a good idea for sure. I can imagine someone trying to run this with like a whisper air pump from petco or something...

[@blakejohnson8367]

Yeah I have five tanks right now and I have already miscalculated air pump size to run more than one or two on one pump

[@JohnHodgkins]

Absolutely agreed!

[@tankem1186]

Alyssa Bentley lol

[@Laurakicksbackside]

Dean videos are my favorite!! Hes so good at explaining the little things that make life easier. And the look on his face about the knot is the best thing I've seen all day!!

[@sschmid5223]

New aquarist: Loved this! I am making a fish wall and this helped answer all the questions I had. Short story..My husband built a set of stairs for his mother to get in and out of our above ground pool. We sold the pool and he recycled the stairs into a plant shelf/planter table for his mom but she didn't like the height. Soooo in I walk with my project for him to build me a fish rack to hold twelve 10 gallon tanks and he briefly mentioned the plant shelf/planter table outside and how perfect it would be but it is only two shelves and 8 feet long instead of the three shelves high. After looking at the monstrosity sitting outside under our patio realized it was actually perfect for my project because it was not tall but long (great for us shorties), built to support a tank and not talking about aquariums but the army kind. I think I can actually fit more tanks if I wanted and already has a built in air pump shelf. Win-win!

[@annethornton9938]

LOVE THIS! Am in the beginning stages of converting our old dining room into a fish room (coralling many of the aquariums scattered through our house). Saw a video of Rachel O'Leary's airline setup, but this goes into more detail and will save me a bit more money--so long as I can track down those Ziss valves at a reasonable price here in Canada. I'd love to learn more about this, Dean & Corey, especially how to judge just how powerful of an air pump I should pick up. For now, looking at seting up 2x 20 gallon tanks, 1x 25 gallon, 1x 30 gallon, and 1x 38 gallon (a mishmash, I know), and add in several ten gallon tanks down the road. Rachel's video made me realize I'll have to figure depth of the aquariums, and not just guess from the gallonage I'm dealing with, but not sure how to go about doing the calculations. I certainly want to get rid of the mishmash of cheap, small rated air pumps I've got now, and go for a central system, or maybe a bunch of the great little SILENT USB air pumps (thanks again for highlighting those, Corey! Wish I could buy them direct from you, though happy enough you've got Easy Green available to us northern neighbours, now).

[@dlcsaquaterra66]

Great Instruction and Dean is so relaxed in his tutoring. If you could give us more of an idea on what style air pumps you would use for these systems that would be great. I have done a similar set up in my room running 24 tanks and I found that I had to go to a much large pump, but the good news was that it was only one pump and not a lot of noise. Thanks Dean and Cory.....Good job!!!!

[@jengsaquatics689]

I would really like to learn about pump size requirements for "X" number of filters (various sizes for various sized tanks) and how to figure out what pump you need to purchase. Does hose length/distance matter (I know that sounds suggestive...let's keep on track with aquariums shall we lol)

[@rentblop8070]

Great video. I like Dean and his very relaxed way of teaching stuff :)

[@Faustcoolio]

Yes, he must be a great teacher.

[@rickfromthecape3135]

Love Dean's beans of wisdom!

[@nozr1383]

Loving the table top Tuesday!

[@hlaurenl]

No better DIY Duo than Dean and Cory.

[@matthewfought8427]

love how dean explains things

[@WowCoolHorse]

I love all the videos with Dean lol

[@ourfamilyoutdoors7331]

I was just looking for a diy aquarium air pump manifold the other day with no luck. I’m just using T splitters and air valves now and I’m having pressure distribution problems, this should help fix that. Great video

[@Pokeepogo]

I love all these tips from Dean and this is definitely something I’ve been needing to optimize and make more efficient

[@christianshipley7472]

SHOUT OUT TO HARBOR FREIGHT👍 love these table tops with Dean. I don't think there's anything this man hasn't thought of in the aquarium hobby. You found a gold mine of knowledge for us Cory and can't thank you enough for sharing him with us all.

[@Cory_Dora]

I just recently did this closed loop system on my rack and without this video that broke it down, I would still be running several air pumps instead of the one. i have to say, I’m thrilled with this system! It’s limitless! I’m already dreaming up expansions because I have to take advantage of this air pump that’s not taxed at all by what I have so I have to expand! My next project is a 100g tank, I hope, with some new plants I havent tried yet and, of course, new fish! Thanks Dean and Cory for breaking it down easy. 😍.

[@dyoung083]

Dean is a national treasure!

[@annethornton9938]

International, I'd say :)

[@ezaquatics8991]

I would have never thought to build a manifold like that... I've been joining air line together with tee's and putting a valve in line with the filter at each tank. For what it's worth, I have a Whisper 40 running 6x10 Gallons and I feel like I could maybe push it to 8. I'll have to give this a try!

[@quinmallory]

Dean, Cory you guys are awesome. I always catch myself watching these videos even though I already know how to make whatever you're making

[@josephmangiafico7008]

Nice touch with the green Dean!

[@nunomassa215]

You two are the best! You are an inspiration every time!

[@PoseidonsPets]

Deans such a goofball, I love it! Another good video Dean and Cory!

[@cindym2340]

Excellent I love it I'm building a 20 x 20 Fish Room awesome.

[@stephenhill06]

Thanks Dean for this video. The end result looks much more efficient and tight than a lot of the gang valves on the market. The advice about the size of the drill bits was very helpful.

[@sixteenstone007]

I love Dean and his neatness

[@lightningdt1]

I love the tabletop Tuesday DIY’s I want to see the next one

[@VincentVader]

This is the kind of content I first subscribed for back 3 years ago. Hope you do more in the future.

[@mjh00124o]

"Let's tie a knot in the air line" it's a good job Dean is here😂 I have used one of those worm cones I did not like it will be interesting to see what you have planned 🤔

[@carlholmberg7303]

MikeJ H you could actually push the end of the airline tubing on the inside over a smaller tube or a cut off piece of a T or a valve. This way the tubing would be thicker on the inside stopping it from being pulled out.

[@el3g3le]

Or push the tubing farther in, use a small zip tie to snug it, and pull the excess slack back out.

[@morganjeanne9262]

Dean is so cheerful! Great explanation!

[@kasperaquatics]

Thank you guys for this video. An easy solution to what I was wanting to set up. Absolutely loving the Table Top Tuesday videos. Keep them coming. 😍

[@Telkana806]

Love this series. Dean is the best!

[@Nilssons]

Dean videos are Gold

[@brad823]

Not that I'm OCD or anything, but you drove me nuts you did not use a tape measure to space out distance between valves. LOL!! Fun video.

[@JCsFishShrimp]

Right. It's just Total length / (Number of valves - 1).

[@jeffreyboster6899]

Thanks Dean. I enjoy listening to you. I almost forgot I love your shirt.

[@rebecca1207]

I just want to say I absolutely Love Dean!! The best in the hobby

[@_imapiece]

Love these quick tutorials videos! Thank you!

[@joshuaadam6022]

Thank you cory and thank you dean! You guys are awesome.

[@Max-hq2jm]

Love Dean! On pins and needles waiting for worm cone idea...

[@Steve-u3t1h]

I live in southern California where there are plenty of places to get drip irrigation parts. Off of a single 1/2 inch pvc stem riser you can attach an outlet manifold which contains up to 6 or 8 adjustable outlets. Fairly simple.

[@DanielGonzalez-gd3dx]

Hi cory and dean I love that idea I’m going to have to try it for my tanks. Please guys keep doing videos like this love them.

[@jerrymartin4047]

Love this kind of content. DIY is the bomb for the hobby.

[@gabugabugabu]

Dean is the coolest teacher!

[@willhamilton2680]

Great video super useful, what size air pump for this?

[@cccourtz273]

Very smart cory the people want Dean, so you have been giving them more Dean smart man

[@FishEZ]

Dean's the best! Keep the great wealth of knowledge coming. Hulk effect was so apropos. Seems like I'm always straining to get those non-glued PVC parts apart. The more I watch Dean the more I relate. I too for some reason hate to show the markings in my fish room. I'm forever trying to hide that text.

[@candicefuino9956]

I like the table top Tuesday concept!

[@calebwatson3023]

I literally needed to increase my air output for all my sponge filters. Then I seen this helpful video. Thank you for covering this DIY project.

[@sailfinaquatics]

Very useful DIY video, thanks for sharing

[@mariaking7944]

Dean is the best! I’m curious about the worm cone....

[@edstaart8548]

The Hulk of DIY

[@bradsmithstudios8881]

This video is incredibly useful. I’d love to see more DIY projects like this.

[@vampgaia]

Y’all read my mind! I’ve been wondering how to do something like that. Now I know and I will be making it this weekend. Thanks! I’ve got two of those worm thingies. I’d love to know what Dean does with them.

[@aljanecko]

I Love these videos, and great Hulk effect on Dean.

[@andrewspeedyatkinson]

Grate video guys love watching you work and if I ever get a fish room I will defo be using this I dear keep up the grate work love from the uk 🇬🇧

[@3Styx9]

And yes! Show us the secrets of the worm cone :D

[@alexnederndude7117]

I was not able to sleep last night because I couldn't stop thinking about how i was going run/make my air loop on my new rack of tanks. This is really great timing! :)

[@rickfromthecape3135]

Actually it would have been great timing if it was out yesterday......just sayin', right?

[@alexnederndude7117]

Nah, im more of a fan of problemsolving by my self before i seek out help :) It does often hurt my sleep, but ill just take a nap in the middle of the day then haha :D

[@eduardoracoma5275]

I love your team!

[@kasperaquatics]

Thanks guys for the fantastic ideas.

[@acutler4745]

I love you guys, I literally was just talking to my LFS guy about this!

[@fishinglifev2]

nicely done guys ... i use silicone to glue everything leak-free and could theoretically be disassembled later

[@janecourtenay3676]

I learn so much from these videos ... many thanks 🤗🌸

[@MJayeG]

Very good. I was struggling to figure this out. U guys rock.

[@JoseMejia-fj2ng]

This is a really good diy... 👍👍👍

[@thaitichi]

Can't think of a more dynamic duo than Cory and Dean. How about a DIY tank stand build, or the fish wall that you referenced in the video. I've made my own and I'm sure people would appreciate knowing how to build one for themselves.

[@andrewlipic8414]

How do we gage what size of air pump to use for length of the overall system or amount of valves we use? Not sure which affects the airflow more...

[@miguelarias5000]

Bigger is better, but just guesstimate, like depends on how many systems yous running, but you can always lower/raise the flow w the valves.

[@jeremycurtiss8579]

Can’t wait to see what you do with the cones.

[@wrxnfx127]

Thanks for the video

[@stevendunn264]

Hi Dean, A little alcohol or PVC Cleaner takes the printing off the PVC.

[@shanushanid5635]

I am from India, i am a guppy fish breeder.. its a very helpful video.. Tq sir

[@sethf2258]

Thanks for that tip on liquid teflon and the air valves going to try them on my brine shrimp

[@cjyota32]

Tie a knot... 😂😂 Cory... you’re the best buddy 🤙🏻

[@cadeee406]

So if you tied a knot in your airline. . .😂 Thanks for all the vids Cory

[@bk2pla]

Awesome instructional video! But of course! From Dean the awesome instructor!! Thanks!

[@darrylgretton6255]

I'd watch dean iron his socks. I bet he has a really satisfying method that eliminates any creases.

[@ryanglade6467]

Dean is starting to get the hang of this KZbin business!

[@kevywilliams3304]

Love how you trigger his knowledge Cory :) so cute !!! Hard to be filmed . That way he feels like it’s a conversation with you !!!! We love this ❤️ can I have a HOME MADE FISH FOOD RECIPE FOR GUPPIES!!!!

[@henryramos1612]

Dean thank you.

[@anthonybrown8158]

I used the tape trick after that video to make my spray bar. Works great .

[@mannyvaldes1101]

I love the air pvc line thanks

[@gardenmatic8178]

Hey Dean ! Thanks for another super cool idea. Love how your doing more videos with the COOP!! 👑 Omg he's also the Hulkster!💪 Lol

[@robincounts119]

Thank you. I love these videos.

[@RyoWatanabee]

Loved this video :) Super interesting learning this stuff!

[@soarer282]

Black Poly Irrigation Tube and taps are my preference. pvc costs more and is less flexible for larger installations.

[@vonniebunch6464]

Love when Dean’s on!!

[@vincentmarceau2249]

Nice i needed this video right now!

[@jrcyberpastor122]

Thanks guys!

[@mikegrawvunder6346]

Love watching these videos with you and Dean. You two seem to have a very close and good relationship. Are you related?

[@geofishdude9488]

Great content, can't wait to see what you do with the worm cone

[@kimgilbertsen8216]

Great video gentlemen! Cory the only thing I would say to make it better would be… When Dean is giving a “seminar“, let him do the talking. There’s not a great reason for the moderator to cut in every three seconds with additional info. We already know you’re a great guy! 😉

[@htc148]

what pump are yall running for that? also how do you decide what pump to get if its more or less valves

[@JaKeMaRtiN-lh3xr]

thanks you guys this video was extremely helpful

[@smeallo]

Great howto guys! I'm moving into new flat in couple of months, with a separate fishroom/home office/man cave and I'm already excited to make the air setup like this. However, do you think I can connect 2 of the biggest tetra pumps I already have, eight outputs all together, into one system like this? Counting in that I'd release the possible back pressure with one of the valves, ofc? Thanks

[@anthonybrown8158]

I have said before. I would enjoy to watch and listen to dean all day. The tips and tricks he come up with.

[@Tobias611]

With all those DIY tricks for a fish room/fish wall how about you make a video on what to look out for in a fish room, some tips, and tricks on how to make life easier for those that plan it? Not sure if I've just missed those videos... If so I'm sorry!

[@uncleknife9887]

Love it, 🐟 the Aquarium Co-Op Channel is a comprehensive and invaluable tool for any aquarium/pond enthusiast. It looks like yet another part of my system will soon be a "Cory-um co-opolized". Thanks for all the Aqua-knowledge, GOD bless You! 🎅🏿✝🎄

[@gregorymcbeam798]

Interesting guys thanks. I learnt something 👍

[@dennisbrackman2872]

love the video and the advise, would like a video proving out Dean's statement about the water tightness of the ziss valve to be used in a water system.

[@leyiagrifarm359]

I do enjoy how you explain your project .good day to sir.....