Mist King Installation and Evaluation

[MikeM670]

Don,

Very nice work on putting this together. Now I want to see your real setup with all this stuff attached.

[DonLisk]

Don,

Very nice work on putting this together. Now I want to see your real setup with all this stuff attached.

Thanks Mike. I will as soon as I get that drill bit to drill the glass top. I'll also do some more diagrams of other ways to route to multiple tanks.

I'm using the Monsoon nozzles right now since I am either going to drill that top or make a larger screen section for the top and put the nozzles through that.

[Marty]

Nice write up. If you need any info, let me know.

I noticed on the first page, you say that the hole in the reservoir should be drilled with a 3/4" bit. That's for the advanced 3/8" tubing bulkhead, the bulkhead you have pictured is the smaller (Value Bulkhead) for 1/4" tubing.

For the Value bulkhead, I recommend drilling with a 9/16" bit. The hole will be slightly undersized and you'll need a bit of force to jam the bulkhead in. Given that most of the people drill in plastic, then that's not too difficult. Once it's in, it will sit nice and very tight. You could also get away with 5/8" bit and if you're installing into something hard (glass, metal, etc) I recommend 5/8" since it will be harder to jam the bulkhead in.

Here's a PDF for your reference.

Marty

[clownonfire]

Marty,

Thank you for the precisions.

Don, I think I will change my Monsoon units to the Mist King. For new readers, some of us on this board had written our experiences with the Monsoon. We all experienced similar issues with the units, most related with quality control: defective nozzles, off timers, ect.

I personally had a great customer experience with Hagen when it was time to replace the defective nozzle. But this weekend, timers on my units started being off. Both tops were filled with water (Don, have you checked yours lately?) and one of the Monsoon now mists each minute, no matter what setting I put it on. And the other one, more erratically.

I agree with Don that the Monsoon looks great and may seem practical and more user friendly than the Mist King on first view. But at this point here I think I am going to go towards quality and efficiency. That is of course, when budget will allow. And when I do so, I'll write up my own review on the Mist King.

Eric

[Marty]

Eric, yet the Monsoon is very pretty, but I think MistKing is even prettier when you tuck it away and never look at it. Ha Ha

[DonLisk]

I parked the Monsoon once the Mist King was set up. I runs flawlessly and once I mounted down the hoses its super quiet.

Since it has so much preasure, the hoses will slap around, but thats what you get when you get real preasure heading to the nozzles.

Marty, Thanks for the clarifications on the drill bit sizes.
I'll probably be trying out the premium nozzles later on but with how good the system is working, I might hold off and enjoy the viv for a bit.

[bshmerlie]

With every system there are some glitches. I just set up my Mist King this weekend and one of my T connectors is leaking and floods the tank. Don is trying to get me a new one before Thursday before I go to frog day. Thanks Don. Wouldn't it be funny if I came home and the house was flooded? Yikes!

[Marty]

Cheri, can you email me a picture of the faulty connector ? Take a flash light and look inside. See if the o-ring is sitting in properly. Sometimes it can get dislodged. Send a pic to marty[at ]mistking{ dot}com

Don, the premium nozzle will be a bit higher end, but the mist will be identical.

[DonLisk]

With every system there are some glitches. I just set up my Mist King this weekend and one of my T connectors is leaking and floods the tank. Don is trying to get me a new one before Thursday before I go to frog day. Thanks Don. Wouldn't it be funny if I came home and the house was flooded? Yikes!

I had this happen and was laying on the floor getting to watch the whole thing play out.

Was filling an extra large garbage can for mixing up some salt water for the reef tank when while in my livingroom, my back went out and as I lay there on the floor not able to move, got to watch my kitchen fill, then the livingroom and eventually go out the open front door.

Only took about 30 minutes to eventually get myself up and make it to the hose shutoff. Luckily it was a nice sunny day, so the carpet was taken outside by some neighbors and they gave me some help cleaning up. My dog at the time enjoyed the mini tubby we had and I was pretty relieved I didn't get to add the salt before the flooding started.