Any of you guys DIYed your own filters. I need to filter my water a little better than just the skimmer, and I was thinking of useing a pump to push water through a one foot long chamber made from 3 inch pvc filled with floss to polish the water. Plans to make it a HOB unit. Any thoughts?:squigglemouth:
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Troylee
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IMO the theroy sounds great but man it's alot of work that floss would have to be changed almost everyday or the flow would just die and it would cause a nitrate factory.... If anything I would just buy a cheap canister filter and run carbon and floss but then again it needs to be changed every other day or so... I like to keep it simple there for running a carbon reactor and skimmer polishes the water really nice and I only got to play once a week or so... I do thou however put floss in my sump between the baffles when I blow all the rocks off with a turkey Bastet or ph and after a hour when the water is clear again I remove it and discard the floss... Hth.
All good ideas troylee, but no sump on this tank, so i guess im limited to a hob style and run some carbon pads.
Im not wanting to build anything to run constantly so Im thinking the chamber with floss might work for me.
I have a pcx30 pump that I can plumb into the chamber, and just run it for a couple days till the water clears up.
Im thinking the problem is an algea bloom cause i switched from a 15w walmart aquarium hood to a 400w 20k halide...lol more light for sure.
I just want to trap as much crap as I can till the water clears up. I can gate the return from the chamber down so the 1000gph dont make a tsunami in the tank.
Thoughts?
Im not wanting to build anything to run constantly so Im thinking the chamber with floss might work for me.
I have a pcx30 pump that I can plumb into the chamber, and just run it for a couple days till the water clears up.
Im thinking the problem is an algea bloom cause i switched from a 15w walmart aquarium hood to a 400w 20k halide...lol more light for sure.
I just want to trap as much crap as I can till the water clears up. I can gate the return from the chamber down so the 1000gph dont make a tsunami in the tank.
Thoughts?
I built a HOB style PVC chamber filter for a project in school. To make it short, it SUCKED! They get clogged super fast and the flow drops tremendously quickly. It really isn't worth the time. Manual removal through siphoning is your best bet. The nutrients causing your algae bloom will either be consumed soon or you need to stop the input of excess nutrients.
Ill do a water change today, and clean up the tank good. I know some food has not been getting eaten. I was a dip and didnt turn off my pumps when I fed oops...Noob mistake.
Do you think itll help to run carbon or should I just stick to the water change and let this thing run its course?
Do you think itll help to run carbon or should I just stick to the water change and let this thing run its course?
Maybe careless feeding, moreso than overfeeding. Most tanks are underfed with skinny fish, but might have parameter issues due to careless feeding or inadequate nutrient export.
We want to ensure that (almost) every piece of food going into the tank is consumed by a fish or coral. We should see hardly any food rolling around on the substrate. Take your time while feeding, do it over a period of fifteen to twenty minutes at least and feed tiny amounts at a time. For me, feeding is my favorite part of reefkeeping anf you get to truly enjoy your fish and "spend quality time" with them
We want to ensure that (almost) every piece of food going into the tank is consumed by a fish or coral. We should see hardly any food rolling around on the substrate. Take your time while feeding, do it over a period of fifteen to twenty minutes at least and feed tiny amounts at a time. For me, feeding is my favorite part of reefkeeping anf you get to truly enjoy your fish and "spend quality time" with them
