Filtration Pic Thread
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waiting to see moreAt some point I'll get a pick up of my 4 heavy-duty whole house filter setup. Talk about some crazy-custom DIY. I took a very different approach then you guys, just because I had never seen before the types of designs you guys are using. I wish I had found this place before I got started- would have saved me a lot of work reinventing the wheel.
okey here is mine , is ist' fancy in anyway its ' just simple.
it is for an 2.5 meters tank 70cm 70cm
the sump is 2m 50-50cm
and has an pond pump wich is quite powerful wich exits in 2 places in the tank.
it is for an 2.5 meters tank 70cm 70cm
the sump is 2m 50-50cm
and has an pond pump wich is quite powerful wich exits in 2 places in the tank.
1) it starts with an overflow in white wool , then biobals big one's ( made at my friends work ) why big becouse it woud brake up the water and mix it good with oxygen then big filtration mats ansd then in the pipe to the sump
2) the pipe runs to the other side for cooling reasons ( my water is alway's 27-29 degrees celcius ) so it loses about 1-1.5 degree for better growth of bacteria , and it take oxygen along = longer pipe more time the oxygen stays with the water , the oxygen is forced with the water in the sump making the water move alot, for again oxygen .
3) a)the sump starts with again white wool = lots of bateria then 4 kinds of filtration mat's .
b)then biobals and in that there is an pump ( smal one ) that moves the biobal geltly around and making the water move at the surface (oxygen)
c) kind of very very thin perforated hard filtration stiks
d) then turf with patatoe bags the the pump and some withe wool for some exra biofiltration
4) then the pipe from the pump goes to 2 seperate pipes and so i have 2 exit's so more flow al around the tank and on the bottom ( they exit both at the surface but one is pionted toward the glas and puches water to the bottem so it wil cirkulate )
so that's it , quite simpel , but it works.
il answer any ?
ps i live in belgium at the time writing it is 0.30 at night so i need the sleep , work .il answer wen il get back from work greets
2) the pipe runs to the other side for cooling reasons ( my water is alway's 27-29 degrees celcius ) so it loses about 1-1.5 degree for better growth of bacteria , and it take oxygen along = longer pipe more time the oxygen stays with the water , the oxygen is forced with the water in the sump making the water move alot, for again oxygen .
3) a)the sump starts with again white wool = lots of bateria then 4 kinds of filtration mat's .
b)then biobals and in that there is an pump ( smal one ) that moves the biobal geltly around and making the water move at the surface (oxygen)
c) kind of very very thin perforated hard filtration stiks
d) then turf with patatoe bags the the pump and some withe wool for some exra biofiltration
4) then the pipe from the pump goes to 2 seperate pipes and so i have 2 exit's so more flow al around the tank and on the bottom ( they exit both at the surface but one is pionted toward the glas and puches water to the bottem so it wil cirkulate )
so that's it , quite simpel , but it works.
il answer any ?
ps i live in belgium at the time writing it is 0.30 at night so i need the sleep , work .il answer wen il get back from work greets
