Re: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE

From: Anthony Quinlan <boofq_at_wn.com.au>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:02:10 +0800
DE?
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From: "Mike Benton" <compost_at_mweb.co.za>
To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE


> OOPS yes Kirk I did me to say water.In my rush to get everything done I
had
> a bit of brain fade :}
> On diffussers,I also started with drilled pvc about 3 years ago and with
big
> holes ,then I got inside the unit while it was running,goggles and snorkel
> time,luckly this was in summer..There I realised that smaller was
> better.This meant drilling about 2000 holes af about 1mm or 1/25".Hmmm
less
> than funny.I have been interesed in waste water treatment for a while.I
> found rubber diffusers thru the net in the USA but the costs where too
> high.So I started making them locally.This allowed me to change the size
of
> the slash that let the air out.As for durabilty I have only had one
customer
> with damage to the sleeves and he has a triple 1200 lt set ,running if one
> big blower and at times I suspect the his workers are putting all the air
> thru one tank and stressing the sleeves to much.As for cleaning being
> difficult,I can not agree ,less than 10 minutes turn around time.
> Bending PVC is easy enough.Use glycerene heated up to 110/120 C if I
> remember right.?Or was that210C Icant remember..
> I did a fish oil brew and this time the oil formed an emulsion on the top
of
> the water.There was still foam ,so I added a teaspoon of cooking
> oil.[Veg}Made great  tea even the fishy smell was reduced.
> Anyone using DE in their tea ?If so why?
> Regards
> Mike Benton
> Compost Technologies
> mike_at_composttea.co.za      mobile 0823345371
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