I made a FBF ...

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buddah101

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I made a FBF out of some spare parts and pool filter sand. It seems to work rather well, but it's not going to stay in this tank. I just wanted to see if it would work. Who knows, maybe I'll build a bigger one for a 55 thats giving me the shi*'s! LOL
The Aqua Clear powerhead powers a marineland pro 30 Bio~wheel and a little 606 mini jet (thats hidden on the back wall behind the AC) powers the Internal FBF. I put the airline (from ACPH) in the FBF because it was pushing water up it and so I utilized the water pressure from that also. Pretty clever huh?... :hitting:
DIYIFBF

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buddah101

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fluidized bed filter. This ia real basic one. They are awesome for bio filtration but can rob water of oxygen. I was just tinkering with some spare parts and came up with this. Just thought I'd share.
 
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You have it in the tank?...

I thought it was supposed to chill outside the tank.

That's where it's at, at work. :newbie:

I mean, honestly I don't know the last thing about basic filtering and whatnot DIU style.

I'd love to learn more though.

Someone TEACH ME.:)

I'll pay good money....


or not.

Anyway it seems pretty nifty, whatever you have going there. :naughty:
 
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guesswho2005

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iheartfishies said:
You have it in the tank?...

I thought it was supposed to chill outside the tank.

That's where it's at, at work. :newbie:

I mean, honestly I don't know the last thing about basic filtering and whatnot DIU style.

I'd love to learn more though.

Someone TEACH ME.:)

I'll pay good money....


or not.


Anyway it seems pretty nifty, whatever you have going there. :naughty:
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I have a design that you can build with PVC pipe. Let me know if you want it. I can put together a drawing. I did see a similar one on one on the DIY site not sure what thread.
 
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guesswho2005

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buddah101 said:
I made a FBF out of some spare parts and pool filter sand. It seems to work rather well, but it's not going to stay in this tank. I just wanted to see if it would work. Who knows, maybe I'll build a bigger one for a 55 thats giving me the shi*'s! LOL
The Aqua Clear powerhead powers a marineland pro 30 Bio~wheel and a little 606 mini jet (thats hidden on the back wall behind the AC) powers the Internal FBF. I put the airline (from ACPH) in the FBF because it was pushing water up it and so I utilized the water pressure from that also. Pretty clever huh?... :hitting:
DIYIFBF

:feedback:
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You could add 3 inches of gravel at the bottom to reduce sand blowing out. But all in all I like it. Does the return water flow out the top of the bottle.
 
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looks cool

might try
 
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its just a water bottle with airline hose attached to where the air goes into the powerhead

and fill the bollte with sand?
 
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buddah101

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rayman45 said:
its just a water bottle with airline hose attached to where the air goes into the powerhead

and fill the bollte with sand?
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The "airline" was pushin' water up it because I completely diverted the flow to a Marineland biowheel so I just utilized the extra flow. There is a 606 mini jet powerhead behind the Aquaclear Ph. (wider tube)
 
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