What factors should you consider when selecting a lacrosse head. How does your playing position affect your choice of lacrosse head. Which lacrosse heads are popular among attackmen, midfielders, and defensemen. How does the price of a lacrosse head relate to its quality and features. What role do stringing holes, offset, and sidewall design play in lacrosse head performance.
Understanding the Basics of Lacrosse Head Selection
Selecting the right lacrosse head is crucial for optimal performance on the field. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player looking to try something new, understanding the key factors that influence your choice can make a significant difference in your game. This comprehensive guide will explore various aspects of lacrosse head selection, helping you make an informed decision based on your position, playing style, and preferences.
Key Factors in Choosing a Lacrosse Head
When selecting a lacrosse head, several factors come into play:
- Price and quality
- Position-specific features
- Head shape and pinch
- Stringing hole layout
- Offset design
- Sidewall construction
Each of these elements contributes to the overall performance and suitability of a lacrosse head for individual players. Let’s delve deeper into these factors to help you make the best choice for your needs.
The Relationship Between Price and Quality in Lacrosse Heads
Is a higher-priced lacrosse head always better? Not necessarily. While higher prices often correlate with advanced technology and features, they don’t guarantee superior performance for every player. More expensive heads may offer:
- Enhanced plastic molds (e.g., c-channel technology)
- Improved plastic compounds
- Research and development input from professional athletes
However, it’s important to note that personal preference and skill level play significant roles in determining the best head for an individual player. For instance, some high-level players may prefer simpler, less expensive models that suit their playing style perfectly.
Position-Specific Lacrosse Head Preferences
Different positions on the lacrosse field require varying head characteristics to optimize performance. Understanding these position-specific preferences can help you narrow down your options and choose a head that complements your role on the team.
Attackmen: Precision and Ball Control
What do attackmen look for in a lacrosse head? Attackmen typically prefer:
- Tightly pinched heads for enhanced ball protection
- Lightweight construction for quick maneuverability
- Heads that offer a better feel of the ball in the pocket
Popular choices for attackmen include models known for their precision and ball control capabilities.
Midfielders: Versatility and Durability
How do midfielders’ preferences differ from attackmen? Midfielders often seek a balance between offensive and defensive characteristics:
- Moderately pinched heads
- Stiffer construction to withstand more physical play
- Versatile designs suitable for both offense and defense
Midfielders may opt for heads that offer a compromise between ball control and durability, allowing them to excel in various aspects of the game.
Defensemen: Width and Stiffness
What features are crucial for defensemen? Defensive players typically prioritize:
- Wider heads for easier interception of passes and shots
- Stiffer construction to maximize check impact
- Designs that facilitate quick ground ball pickups
These characteristics allow defensemen to effectively disrupt offensive plays and gain possession of the ball.
The Importance of Stringing Hole Layout in Lacrosse Heads
Why are stringing holes crucial in a lacrosse head? The layout and quantity of stringing holes along the bottom sidewall rail play a significant role in pocket customization and performance. More stringing holes offer several advantages:
- Greater variety of pocket configurations
- Easier fine-tuning of pocket placement
- Precise positioning of locks and double knots
A head with ample stringing options allows players to create the perfect pocket for their playing style, enhancing ball control and shooting accuracy.
Understanding Offset Design in Lacrosse Heads
What is offset in a lacrosse head, and why does it matter? Offset refers to the downward angle of the head where it connects to the shaft. This design feature offers several benefits:
- Improved ball feel and control
- Enhanced ball retention during cradling
- Increased accuracy in passing and shooting
The offset design helps players maintain better control of the ball, leading to improved overall performance on the field.
The Impact of Sidewall Design on Lacrosse Head Performance
How does sidewall design affect a lacrosse head’s performance? The location of the widest part of the sidewall structure can significantly influence a player’s style and effectiveness. Manufacturers like Maverik have developed systems to categorize these designs:
- Level 2 sidewall: Widest part near the throat, ideal for mid to low pockets
- Level 5 sidewall: Widest part closer to the scoop, suitable for high pockets
Understanding these sidewall designs can help players choose a head that complements their preferred pocket placement and playing style.
Advanced Considerations for Lacrosse Head Selection
Beyond the basic factors, what other elements should players consider when choosing a lacrosse head? As you refine your search, keep in mind:
- League and level-specific regulations
- Personal playing style and techniques
- Climate and field conditions in your region
- Long-term durability and maintenance requirements
These additional considerations can help you find a lacrosse head that not only meets your immediate needs but also serves you well throughout your playing career.
Staying Informed About Lacrosse Head Innovations
How can players keep up with the latest advancements in lacrosse head technology? To stay informed about new developments and innovations in lacrosse head design:
- Follow reputable lacrosse equipment manufacturers on social media
- Read reviews and articles from experienced players and coaches
- Attend lacrosse equipment expos and demonstrations when possible
- Consult with knowledgeable staff at specialized lacrosse retailers
By staying up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies, you can make more informed decisions when it’s time to upgrade your lacrosse head.
Choosing the right lacrosse head is a crucial decision that can significantly impact your performance on the field. By considering factors such as your position, playing style, and specific preferences, you can narrow down your options and find the perfect head to elevate your game. Remember that personal experience and comfort are essential, so don’t hesitate to try different models before making your final decision. With the right lacrosse head in your hands, you’ll be well-equipped to face any challenge on the field and take your skills to the next level.
The Stylin’ Strings Buyer’s Guide to Choosing an Lacrosse Head
The most frequent questions we hear from our customers are “What is the best head?” and “What head should I buy?” We are here to help, whether you’re buying your first head, or you’re experienced and looking to try something new.
These rules of thumb will help you weigh different aspects that come into consideration when selecting a new lacrosse stick. Before we dive into the selection criteria, we would like to explain that there might be subsequent letters and/or numbers given in the head model’s name that denote what level of play is intended for the product. Each head is listed on our website with full disclosure regarding the legalities of individual items, so feel free to review this material on your own.
One of the first main factors that must be taken into account is price. Accordingly, a high price doesn’t necessarily translate into a better product. Higher prices will, however, broaden your selection to include heads that offer advanced technology, such as enhanced plastic molds like c-channel technology, better plastic compounds, and R&D by professional athletes. To offer a personal example, while one of us attended Lynchburg College, one of the All-American midfielders would use nothing but an AV8, STX’s staple beginner level head. He went on to play for the Philadelphia Wings and occasionally saw pictures of him still using an AV8.
Players of the same positions tend to prefer the same features when selecting a head. Attackmen tend to be the most picky and lean toward the tightest pinched heads to offer the most ball protection for cradling one handed. They also value lightweight heads to be able to quickly avoid checks by defensemen and offer more of a feel of the ball when seated in the pocket. Popular choices for these players include:
Midfielders tend to use heads falling in between the characteristics of predominantly offensive or defensive products. A head with a moderate pinch and a stiffer construction are favored due to enduring more abusive play than would be encountered at the attackman position. Popular choices for these players include all heads listed above in the attackman section, plus:
Defensively, wider heads dominate because the position is extremely reactionary, where wider heads allow passes or shots to be picked off and knocked down easier. A wider head also helps make quick ground ball pickups smoother. Stiffness is also an important factor for defensemen because stiffer heads transfer more of a check’s energy to the opposition, offering the greatest opportunity to dislodge the ball, or leave a nice welt. Popular choices for these players include:
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Other characteristics to consider are the layout and quantity of stringing holes along the bottom sidewall rail, the head’s offset, and the location of the widest part of the sidewall structure.
More stringing holes allow for a greater number of pocket configurations and stringing the perfect pocket becomes less of a chore. Locks and double knots can be placed in the exact position for the pocket style being created.
The offset of the head refers to the dropping down of a head where the shaft is inserted into the head, also referred to as the throat area of the head. This innovation gives players a more precise feel of the ball and better ball retention while cradling as well as increased accuracy and precision when passing and shooting.
Lastly, each head has a portion of the sidewall that is wider than the rest, and some portions are longer than others. Maverik has done a great job explaining this feature with their newest line of heads:
The Optik head features what Maverik calls a “Level 2” sidewall, meaning that the widest part of the sidewall construction is close to the throat of the stick. This adds protection and precision to players who use mid to low placed pockets.
Alternatively, the Maverik Tank features a “Level 5” sidewall, meaning the widest part of the sidewall construction is closer to the scoop of the head, giving immediate control to those who like their pocket to sit higher up.
Please note that this is a separate characteristic of heads, one that is different than the pinch of the head when looking at the face.
There are many factors that go into selecting the most appropriate head and this is a broad overview of where to start your search. We will expand on this article in the future to cover this subject in more detail, so be sure to check back soon. As always, if you have any questions we are more than happy to assist you over the phone at 717-846-0800 or by email at [email protected].
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Raising Clownfish from Eggs – How to Raise Baby Clownfish
A selection of baby clownfish raised by the author.
Congratulations! Your clownfish are laying eggs and you’re thinking to yourself, “Hmmm, wonder if I can raise some baby clownfish?”
Why, yes… yes you can.
However, it’s not as easy as it might seem. There’s a lot of setup that goes into successfully hatching clownfish eggs and a lot more into raising the fry. At the same time, clownfish are one of the few salt water species that amateur fish breeders have had a lot of success in.
Collecting Clownfish Eggs
As mentioned in our How to Breed Clownfish article, you can either let the pair breed in your display tank or you can set up a separate breeding tank for them to spawn in.
If you have a separate breeding system, then the best option from those below is number 1, where you remove the eggs before they hatch. If that isn’t possible for whatever reason, then number 2 could work as well.
If you plan to let your clownfish breed in the display (or if they already have), here are the options.
- You can try to remove the eggs before they hatch. Sometimes they’ll lay on a rock or something that can be taken out of the tank. In this case you’re in luck! Just take it out of the tank to hatch the eggs. Otherwise, you can try to put something in the place that they lay the eggs in hopes that next time they’ll lay it on the pot or tile or rock that you put in place. Small 4×4 or 6×6 inch tiles work pretty well for this.
- You could let the eggs hatch in the tank. The biggest drawback here is that it’s extremely difficult to collect the larvae once they’ve hatched. You need to be there when they do and you need to turn off all the pumps so they don’t immediately get killed by powerheads or pulled into the filtration system. From this point there are a couple of options.
- The eggs will hatch within a couple of hours of the lights going out at night. So you would need to wait until the lights are off, then turn off the filtration and wait for them to hatch (be careful not to leave everything off too long or you could do damage to your tank!). Once they begin hatching you need to try to gather the larvae in one area of the tank using a flashlight. Hold it right against the glass near the surface of the water. Once you get some larvae gathered here, gently scoop them using a bowl or some sort of container. Do not try to use a net! Then move them to the growout tank, which you should have previously set up.
- You can use a device such as a Vossen Larval Trap. This ingenious device safely captures the larvae after they’ve hatched so that they can be moved to a rearing tank. See it in action below:
When Will the Eggs Hatch?
Once clownfish begin laying eggs they’ll typically stick to a schedule. After the eggs are laid, they will be ready to hatch in about 6 to 8 days. The time it takes to hatch depends on a number of factors, including temperature of the water and species.
The best way to know when they will hatch is to keep track with a calendar. As long as the environment stays stable, the eggs will always hatch on the same day. So if you get a first clutch of eggs and by keeping careful track of the progress, find that they hatch on day 7 after being laid, then you can be sure that the eggs will always hatch on day 7. Again, this assumes that everything else remains the same.
If you aren’t sure exactly when the nest was laid it can be more difficult to determine when the eggs will hatch. However, on hatch day, the eggs will look very silver. This is because the egg itself becomes almost completely translucent and you can see the clownfish larvae clearly inside. If the vast majority of the eggs are silver and you can see their eyes inside the eggs, then they will likely hatch that evening.
Before the hatch
Prior to even thinking of raising clownfish from eggs, you must have live food for the larvae. In the wild clownfish larvae will eat plankton and other nearly microscopic plants and animals. In captivity, by far the most readily available food for clownfish larvae is rotifers. They will not eat dry food for at least the first few days of their lives and will not survive without rotifers.
Reed Mariculture has a good article on culturing rotifers. If you can’t culture and maintain the rotifers then your efforts at raising baby clownfish are doomed.
Hatch Timing
Clownfish eggs always hatch at night. When you’re hatching eggs at home, the best bet is to have a separate hatching tank ready for them on hatch night. This should be in a place where you can have completely darkness, so not a busy room where people will be popping in and flipping on the light.
On hatch night, the tiny fry will emerge from the eggs usually within a couple of hours after the lights go out.
Hatch or Rearing Tank Setup
Getting the clownfish to hatch out and through metamorphosis is by far the most difficult part of raising clownfish. And proper tank setup is a crucial step here. There are a couple of different ways that people have had success with this, but I’ll explain what has worked best for me.
Have a ten gallon fish tank ready and cleaned out very well. You should use a bit of bleach to clean the tank then rinse it very well with a bit of vinegar, then with clean water. If it is not cleaned and rinsed well it will kill the fry. You can skip the bleach, but just make sure to use very hot water and clean thoroughly. Do the same with everything that goes into the tank.
You’ll need a heater (100 watts works well), a thermometer, an air stone and a sponge filter to go in the tank. The sponge filter should be seeded for at least a week in the brood tank so it collects some of the beneficial bacteria. This does not need to be cleaned. Have a few so that you can clean between hatches and always have one seeded for the next hatch.
You want to adjust the heater to the same temperature as the brood tank and make sure that it can hold the temperature stable. Also, use black electrical tape to black out the small light that turns on when the heater is on. If not, the fry will be attracted to the light and can die from the heat.
The 10 gallon tank should be blacked out on all sides. This can be done by painting 3 sides (leave one unpainted), with construction paper or cardboard, or as I used, insulated wrap like this. You don’t have to use that, I just did because I thought it would help keep the temperature more stable.
You’ll also need a light source. I used inexpensive LED hoods from WalMart (like these). To adjust the amount of light I simply covered the top of the tank with a piece of the reflective wrap or cardboard and pulled it out until it allowed the correct amount of light into the tank. You can use anything, just make sure that you can adjust the amount of light. When the fry first hatch you want the tank very dim. Too much light can actually cause the fry to die.
For water, I put 3 gallons of freshly made water into the tank, making sure the specific gravity was the same as the brood tank’s. Then I took 2 gallons of water from the brood system and put that in the tank. I did this all on hatch day, giving the water temperature enough time to stabilize before the lights went out.
Hatch Day
On the day that your eggs are scheduled to hatch, have everything ready well before the lights normally go out. Don’t suddenly change the lighting schedule, make sure you’re ready before the normal schedule. Have the water in the tank with the temperature stable and the air bubbler running (the sponge comes later).
About an hour or so before lights out, move the eggs from the brood tank to the hatch tank. Don’t over think this. Just reach in, grab the pot or tile, and quickly move it from one tank to the other.
Once you have the eggs in the hatch tank you need to set up the air bubbler to run over the eggs. If you’re using pots, I found the easiest way was to lay the pot with the eggs at the top. Put the bubble stone at the bottom of the pot and as far back into the pot as I could. That way the air would hit the top of the pot and run out, directly over the eggs. Sometimes the bubbles hit the eggs directly too and I didn’t have a problem when that happened. You just want to make sure as many of the eggs as possible are moving. If you have eggs that aren’t moving you should try to adjust it as much as possible to cover as much of the nest as you can.
Once everything is set in the tank, the air bubbler is running over the eggs and you are otherwise ready, just wait for the time when your brood tank’s lights turn off. At that time, turn off the lights on your hatch tank. Ensure that there is no light getting into the tank, turn off the lights in the room if you can and leave the room so you don’t disturb anything.
There are 2 options at this point. You can check everything in about two hours and set up the tank for all the larvae, or you can wait until morning to do this. The larvae will be able to survive until the morning with the egg sacks, but I usually did everything about two hours after lights out. In that time most of the eggs should have hatched. However, if you see that a lot of eggs didn’t hatch then you might want to wait until morning.
You don’t want to bust into the room and turn all the lights on. You can literally scare the larvae to death if you suddenly turn on lights. It’s best to check with either a very dim flashlight, or if at all possible, a red light or a flashlight covered with red film. When you check, you should see hundreds of tiny larvae swimming freely in the tank!
Either way you decide to go, when the eggs are done hatching you are ready for the next step. You can now remove the pot with the hatched eggs. There may be a few that didn’t hatch either because they died or weren’t strong enough. As long as it’s not a significant portion of the eggs there is no need for concern. Most of the time you should get nearly all of the eggs to hatch. The pot can be cleaned for the next clutch now.
Now you need to tint the water and add rotifers to the growout tank. To tint the water, just take some of the liquid algae that you feed your rotifers (such as
Reed Mariculture’s) and put it in the growout tank. I found it best to take a bit of the tank water (be sure not to have any babies in the water) in a separate container, mix the algae really well in there, and quite heavy, then distribute that into the growout tank and mix it gently so it doesn’t just settle to the bottom of the tank.
The final color should be quite green. You want it dark enough so that you can’t see the back of the tank when looking through the front, but you should be able to see several inches into the tank when looking at it.
Once the tank is tinted, add your rotifers.
Now you can turn on the light source. It may take a bit of experimentation to get the lighting just right. To begin, it’s best to have the light at one end of the tank, while the other end is quite dark. This way if the larvae are getting too much light they can move to where there are more comfortable. Having the tank properly tinted with algae will also help, since less light will spread around the entire tank. Even the lit end should not be extremely bright however.
One sign that there is too much light would be if you see the larvae all swimming away from the light and gathering either in corners or edges of the tank. They should swim freely in the water so they can hunt rotifers. If they are avoiding the light then they aren’t eating and will soon die.
If the larvae are happy with the water conditions and the available food, then they will grow quickly and you should have a quite high survival rate. Regular maintenance will help get the larvae through the toughest part of their growth cycle, metamorphosis.
Maintenance
Once you’ve hatched the eggs, tinted the tank and fed the larvae, the real work begins. If you just left things as they were, the larvae would quickly die.
They need a constant supply of food. For the early part of their life, this comes in the form of rotifers. Even though rotifers are tiny, when you have so many in one tank, plus so many clownfish larvae, the water quickly begins to build up with bad chemicals, specifically ammonia from all the waste.
Beginning on day 2 at the very latest (you can start on day 1) you need to begin adding water to the tank. However, the larvae are very sensitive to changes, so for now it’s best to drip water into the tank.
To do this, I used a gallon of freshly mixed salt water in a jug placed on a shelf above the tank with the larvae in it. Then I used standard airline tubing attached to a rigid airline tube from the jug of water to the tank. The rigid end goes into the jug and the flexible end gets suspended just above the tank so that it drips into the tank. Use an air control valve, like these from Amazon, to dial in about 1-2 drips per second to start. Over the next few days you can increase the speed that it drips in. But start slow so you don’t shock the larvae.
Also starting on the 2nd day you’ll want to begin cleaning the tank. I usually did a quick wipe down of each side of the tank and often would have to scrape the bottom with a plastic scraper (an old credit card would work). Then siphon out all the junk from the bottom. Airline tubing with a rigid tube on one end works well for this too. It’s easier to control than a large tube. You don’t want to take out too much at one time and you want to mostly get the junk out. Sometimes you’ll siphon out larvae. They usually survive this just fine, simply scoop them out and put them back in the tank.
Feeding Baby Clownfish
As mentioned, newly hatched larvae need rotifers to survive. In the wild they do not eat rotifers, but they eat the plankton and micro-organisms that occur naturally in the ocean. Since we can’t easily recreate this plankton, we use rotifers.
There is no other easily attainable alternative for clownfish larvae food. They will not eat dry foods when first hatched and other live foods such as freshly hatched brine shrimp are too large for newly hatched clownfish.
The larvae will need to have a constant supply of rotifers for about the first 10 days of their lives. On about day 5 you can begin feeding newly hatched brine shrimp if you desire. However, it isn’t necessary and it’s easier to just go from rotifers to dry food.
The first dry food offered should be TDO – A, which is top-dressed Otohime. This is simply a high-quality fish food from Japan, combined with other ingredients to improve health and color in fish. TDO – A should be offered on or after day 3. You should continue to feed rotifers at first, although you can continue to reduce the concentration of rotifers in the water. When you feed them you will be able to tell if the larvae are eating the TDO or not. Once it’s clear that they are eating the TDO you can stop adding rotifers to the water.
After about 4 days of TDO – A you can start introducing a mix of the A and TDO – B1. Feed a mixture of both for 3 more days, then feed just the B1 until the fish are about 2 weeks old.
At this point you can begin introducing other foods such as ground flakes and pellets. The best way to do this is to get a mortar and pestle, which are inexpensive and do the job perfectly. These may be available in local pharmacy stores or online on Amazon (like this one).
As they continue to grow you can introduce larger foods, such as more coarsely ground pellets or flakes crushed by your fingers (about 1 month old). There are also fish foods made for babies and TDO – C2 works well too.
Metamorphosis
One of the most amazing things about raising clownfish is the transformation from clownfish larvae to baby clownfish. This process is known as metamorphosis, or meta. It occurs around day 10 of the larvae’s life.
Getting the fry through meta is the most difficult point of raising baby clownfish. Once you get past this point it becomes much easier (in most ways).
The key to getting the larvae through metamorphosis is ensuring that they are strong and healthy beforehand and that you give them a clean, stable tank environment through the meta process.
You need to be sure that the tank is clean before the fish start meta. On day 8 or 9 do a good water change, wiping the inside of the tank and cleaning out as much of the detritus as possible. Drip in some fresh, clean saltwater and make sure that your specific gravity is at a good point and stable.
Once you’ve done this you ideally want to leave everything as it is until the larvae have gone through meta and have become baby clownfish. Don’t do a water change. As necessary, drip in either fresh water or freshly made saltwater to keep the tank as clean as possible without shocking the fry by a big water change.
You will know that they’ve gone through meta when you look in the tank and see clownfish patterns on the majority of the fry. Sometimes it’s easier to see these stripes or patterns when looking from above.
Growout
Now that the babies have gone through meta, you officially have baby clownfish! At about 20 days old they are ready for growout. They should be moved to a larger tank with more room and proper filtration such as a sump with live rock and a protein skimmer.
There is no hard and fast rule for growout tanks. People have had success using everything from bare tanks to full reef setups. The goal is to give the fish room to grow and clean, stable water conditions.
If you’re going to be growing out batch after batch of fish, then tanks with fewer rocks and decorations are generally easier. However, if your goal was to raise a clutch ever y now and again, then it is quite an incredible site to see dozens or hundreds of baby clownfish in a reef environment, especially with host anemones. (Clownfish will generally form the symbiotic relationship with anemones as soon as they are past meta, but not before.)
What to do with them now!
One you get the hang of raising clownfish through meta, you’ll soon find yourself with hundreds of baby clownfish. So what now?
Well, the options are basically do you keep them or sell them? Most people have limited space so you can only keep so many fish at one time. Eventually you will probably want to sell some of them.
If they are normally striped clownfish then your best bet may be to try to trade them or sell them wholesale to local pet stores. Most local stores will welcome healthy, locally bred clownfish babies. But don’t expect to get a whole lot for them. You also may be able to sell some on local online bulletin boards such as Craigslist or local Facebook or reef groups.
Local reef meetings are also a good time to sell a decent quantity of fish at one spot.
If you raise designer type clownfish, such as snowflakes or picassos, you may be able to get a better price for your babies. Again you can try everything mentioned previously. In addition, if you have high-quality fish with no defects you can often sell them online. This is especially true if you’re willing to ship your fish, which is no easy (nor cheap) task.
Is it worth it?
Good question. The answer really depends on your goals and aspirations in breeding clownfish. It is well worth raising eggs if you have the desire, time, equipment and patience to do so, with little expectation for selling thousands of clownfish or making it a business. It’s an excellent school or family project and an outstanding learning experience.
If your goal is to create a business or side-business selling clownfish, then you have a tough road ahead. That’s not to say it’s not possible, but unless you have a way to wholesale your clownfish lined up, you will quickly find yourself with more fish than you can sell.
However, raising highly desirable designer clownfish of excellent quality can definitely be a viable business. Just know that it can take years to have marketable clownfish ready and even then, selling isn’t as simple as posting a picture online.
Shipping can also be a nightmare. Your clownish must be shipped overnight, which is incredibly expensive and ripe with potential problems. This includes shipping delays, weather (too hot, too cold, etc.), regulations on shipping liquids and live animals and so forth.
This isn’t to discourage anyone from trying it. The process alone is a worthy challenge and
the reward of raising baby clownfish from eggs to mature clownfish is absolutely incredible.
Stainless steel brine pumps with seal flushing
For pumping brine, sodium chloride solution, for feeding and pumping table salt, we usually use several types of pumps, which we will discuss below. If the information is not enough, then ask questions on the website or by phone.
For all brine pumping applications, we recommend using a flushed seal whenever possible. Depending on concentration and pH grade, either 316L stainless steel pumps or plastic centrifugal pumps or plastic diaphragm pumps are used.
- The first type of pump is a centrifugal stainless steel 316L with flushed seal. Seal flushing prevents the product from crystallizing in the seal itself and significantly prolongs its life. The centrifugal pump can also be supplied with a casing and leveling feet. On request, the centrifuge can be equipped with a drain hole.
- The second version of the pump for pumping brine, sodium chloride or sodium chloride is a pneumatic diaphragm pump.It does not have seals, can safely handle abrasive products, and has self-priming up to 8 meters. These pumps can be supplied in polypropylene, stainless steel, PVDF and other materials.
- The third option is screw type pumps (auger pumps), made of sturdy 316L stainless steel and have a flushed seal. Moreover, this flushing is not serviced, i.e. once the container is filled with glycerin or another product and this is enough for 6 months.
- And you can also pay attention to the disc pump, which also copes well with crystallizing products.
We do not recommend to use pumps with a magnetic drive and centrifugal pumps without flushing the seals on solutions of brine, salt, sodium chloride.
And the most budgetary option is a pneumatic diaphragm pump, but it has a small ripple.
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The Museum of the World Ocean will host the Night of Geography for the first time!
June 4 from 19.00 to 21.30 The Russian Geographical Society and the Museum of the World Ocean invite you to the Night of Geography. Lectures, films, creative meetings and not boring excursions will tell the most interesting about the nature of Russia, will be transported to distant latitudes along the routes of round-the-world expeditions, will present multitudes …
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The visit to the national park can be paid online
Guests of the “Curonian Spit” got the opportunity to pay for travel and visits via the Internet: on the website https: // kkosa.ru / pay. From the main page of the official website of the national park, you can go to the page of the payment terminal by clicking “pay for a visit”.
Tickets are purchased for …
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Night of Museums at the Museum of the World Ocean: More than a Museum
The annual All-Russian action will be held at the Museum of the World Ocean on May 14 and 15. The museum grounds have prepared a special program: master classes, excursions, photo zones, film broadcasts, dj-sets and a presentation of the possibilities of scientific and technical programs of the Quantorium Marine Children’s Technopark.14 …
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Promotion in “AMD Laboratory”: – 50% for photoepilation
Only until the end of April – 50% for photoepilation. Rid yourself of unnecessary things – have time to do it before the summer.
Photoepilation is the most effective and proven method of combating unwanted vegetation. The flash of light affects the hair follicle and completely destroys it.To achieve the same …
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Applications for the Parks March are still being accepted
On April 17-18, 2021, mass volunteer trips to the Curonian Spit National Park will take place as part of the annual nature conservation campaign “March of Parks”, which this year is held under the motto “Wetlands need protection”.
Applications are accepted from …
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Smugglers’ Treasures Exhibition: You Must See This!
Must see in Kaliningrad: new exhibition “Treasures of smugglers” of the State Darwin Museum and the Museum of the World Ocean!
The project will tell about one of the most profitable types of shadow business – illegal trade in rare animals.According to Interpol, co …
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Concert of the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble “Russian Music 2.0”
Baltic branch of the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin (NCCA Kaliningrad) together with the FGBUK “Museum of the World Ocean” presents the concert program “Russian Music 2.0” of the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music (MASM). MASM is an independent professional team that brings together the best …
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“Day of the barque” Sedov “” at the Museum of the World Ocean
Everyone who is in love with the sea knows his name.The height of its masts from keel to klotik is comparable to the height of a twenty-story building. Its strength makes it possible to set world speed records for sailing ships of this class. And these are just a few words about the barque “Sedov”, which celebrates its centenary in 2021 …
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