Hiya's,
I have numerous pumps laying around, and an unused 100 litre plastic water butt, as far as i can find out the plastic is ok for aquatic use
Anyways, for filtration in my 6x2x2 i have an fx5 and an allpondsolutions 2000ef, also a 24w blagdon uv
Anyways i was thinking and got to testing an overflow for a sump
Thought and quickly tested the overflow with the water butt
Worked fine so it seemed
But to the crunch question
With so many here that have made their own filters, would it be better to have the butt as a kind of open top cannister filter setup or rather have a lower res of water so more like a drip filter (if this makes sense)
I thought without any real checking that if i have the overflow from the tank going into the butt through a filter sock setup with a level of water covering the top of any media, A it would be somewhat quieter and B maybe easier for a diy filter maker like myself as a first time attempt
Anyone have any input on either options ??
Would love a standard sump layout but with lack of access to store a sump under the tank i am left with a 2x2 area each side of the tank (in reality really only left side as we have a 2 door opening and if i totally block that off the missus will throw a wobbly for sure lol)
I had thought about piping up along the wall through the loft and down to a spare bedroom and using a standard shaped sump but again the missus would have a wobbly (though next year that room's getting a 8" or 9" tank built in it
)
If no one has any input i'm leaning towards the media being fully submerged
Any thoughts please chime in
Cheers
Tony
I have numerous pumps laying around, and an unused 100 litre plastic water butt, as far as i can find out the plastic is ok for aquatic use
Anyways, for filtration in my 6x2x2 i have an fx5 and an allpondsolutions 2000ef, also a 24w blagdon uv
Anyways i was thinking and got to testing an overflow for a sump
Thought and quickly tested the overflow with the water butt
Worked fine so it seemed
But to the crunch question
With so many here that have made their own filters, would it be better to have the butt as a kind of open top cannister filter setup or rather have a lower res of water so more like a drip filter (if this makes sense)
I thought without any real checking that if i have the overflow from the tank going into the butt through a filter sock setup with a level of water covering the top of any media, A it would be somewhat quieter and B maybe easier for a diy filter maker like myself as a first time attempt
Anyone have any input on either options ??
Would love a standard sump layout but with lack of access to store a sump under the tank i am left with a 2x2 area each side of the tank (in reality really only left side as we have a 2 door opening and if i totally block that off the missus will throw a wobbly for sure lol)
I had thought about piping up along the wall through the loft and down to a spare bedroom and using a standard shaped sump but again the missus would have a wobbly (though next year that room's getting a 8" or 9" tank built in it
)If no one has any input i'm leaning towards the media being fully submerged
Any thoughts please chime in
Cheers
Tony
) it's deffo made from PP (polypropylene) so all's well
hehe