DIY FX6/Bucket filter
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2016
- This video is how to build a bucket canister filter. All the parts for this build can be purchased at home depot and the dollar store. You will need 1 inch pvc, 2 90° 1 inch elbows, a 1 inch male and female electrical conduant, a reducing washer 1 1/2 to 1 1/4. 3/4 pvc, 1 90° elbow that is threaded on one side, insert adapter male 3/4 to 1/2. The media is optional. Thanks for watching please subscribe and like.
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awesome job man
really cool
cool design for a filter...... might want to get someone to help you film though as your camera was all over the place.
Dear Brandon sir, this video is so simple, it is beautiful. I have subscribed.
Please see if you can get someone to hold the camera and redo this video, you will certainly help lots of folks.
Blessings, pierre from New Mexico
I'm sea sick. A tripod would be of great help. The information is great.
nice shout out
i demand a remake and better stability on the cam hahaa great job
Jose Perez I tried to tell the producers that I needed a Camara man, but they said it wasn't in the budget sorry man. lol thanks!
I think he's pulling your leg, but some of these effin chumps need to just stfu, its a 10min shaky out of focus, get over it, its INFORMATION we're after, and for that my good sir I thank you. Did it hold up worth a crap or flood your basement?
I can't wait till I can get my inwall aquarium. I can then do all kinds of ugly DIY filter ideas and it would all be hidden. Great concept, I will have to try this out.
NPORT1981 or it can fit under the stand for some people of don’t have an aquarium inside a wall!
Made mine and it works perfectly except that the lid pops off when I switch the pump off due to the pressure of the water hence how I cam across this video.
You mentioned a vent hole. Was thinking the same except the water would keep siphoning the tank. Still thinking 🤔.
Additional note: mine uses internal filter and is under the tank so a little different
Where did you get the reducing washer? I went to Hope Depot and was told they don't carry any rubber washer, I got the same fitting but I need a washer to fit the 1" outlet, what size washer,1" or bigger?
We need to talk about your Mt. Dew problem :)
What camera are you using.. Looks like a good camera
It's just a standard gravity return bucket filter, it's not nearly the same class as Pressurized Canister FX6 filter. This type of filter have been done on the pond and water feature for years.
Its not pressurised...
Was told that lava rock works better as a filter media in an submerged setting like this and you wouldn't have to weigh that down. The plastic pot scrubbies work best in more of a trickle tower/wet-dry type filter.
Blake Williams anything with alot of surface area will work just fine. As long as it's non toxic and doesn't leech anything into your water. I have lava rocks in one of my tanks right now. I have an aquaponics set up on my big 150 African cichlid tank and lava rocks are the base layer for the aquaponics. Then I have the clay pellets that are made for ponics on top of that. They don't need to be any special type of lava rocks either. You can usually find them near the grill area in big bags. The main reason I used pot scrubbers in this set up is because you have to have something to catch all the fish waste. They do a great job at that. Then you just squeeze them out in old fish tank water when you do a water change. Never ending filter.
@@brandongray8121 I use a large floor buffer scrub pad for mechanical, and the rest is Lava. Landscaping places have big chunks of lava that are cheap and easy to break up. A hatchet works best.
Do did the pot scrubbers work out for you, I was always told they didn't work well submerged. Also how many gallons per hour is the pump?
Joe C scrubbers work great either way. I have a whole fishroom that runs off them for like 4 years now with no issues!
Dude get a tripod or small table to set the camera on -- otherwise great info but photography sucks
How often do you clean filter?
What size air pump do I use a have a 50 gallon tank
What pump you are using
if u add a adapter fitting inside were the water lines up at the top it quiets it down a lot... U won't have that woooshing sound lol .. I did that to mine and I can't even hear it anymore
So how is it working when you have to disassemble the filter for cleaning/ maintenance...... Would it not be easier with the screw top Gama seal????
The gammaseal bucket filters (like Joey's) are hit and miss with the gasket.
Do you think lava rock or ceramic would be too heavy for this type?
Nope. I just made two of them yesterday and today. Used only lava rock. 2 big bags also. All that matters is a nice strong stand that the bucket sits on
Nice DIY! This holds way more media than an FX6! How's the filter going? Is it still running?
Uv filter?
Nothing close to fx series filter at all
Sorry man I would never build this, I built joeys and it turn out fantastic, it's kinda of a wast of space since you have to have it above your tank, and that means u have to spend money to build something to set it on. And you could have did better at the parts you got also.
Like goto a hydroponic store and get some of there fittings for the barbed ends. Just a suggestion since for some reason this showed up in my play list
Todd Beal I set my buckets right on top of my tanks with one board going across. Also I was just making this video to try to help people out on a budget. Hydroponics parts are not cheap. You are more then welcome to remake the video with your version. Send me a link to it. Always open for ways to improve.
@@brandongray8121 home depot and lowes parts were more expensive than my local hydroponic store. Bulk heads were 13$..hydro store 2$... But buckets are cheaper at lowes or home depot... But hydroponic store has black ones for I believe 6$ I used lowes since I'm framing around the buckets with stained wood.. I'm uploading my video soon
I have one word for you: tripod!
For real though.
thats gunna b a dirty bucket itll catch plenty of solids
gravity
طريقه فاشله اذا انطفه المطور راح يرجع من الصطل الى الحوض الان تسحب الماء الداجل من صطل ويرجع
Not even close. Nice job though.
Why not skip the process n pull and play fluval fx6 knowing you got the best filter period
ZNgoldenvision 1 I greatly enjoy the DIY projects. I get a sort of pride when I show people that come over the different set ups I have made. I have hundreds of fish. Multiple set ups which only a few have store bought filters on them. I've made all of my stands and hoods except one the is a metal frame. That is part of the fun of fish keeping. Finding what works and what doesn't. I have been running the filter that is in this video since I made with no issues.
I wouldn't use a Home Depot bucket. Just because it's plastic doesn't mean it's aquarium safe. Use only food grade plastic. Food grade plastic buckets are used by bakeries and can be gotten for free. Also used for aquarium sea salt containers.
wow. this is hard to watch. you talk too much, get a tripod, and get rid of the noise.
Setup a bean animal or Durso - get rid of that god awful gurgling noise.
joeashbubemma Yeah I need to update people on it, because I have gotten rid of that noise. Also I have been running this filter on two different tanks for at least a year no with no complaints or issues.
@@brandongray8121 I had gurgling also but noticed when I popped open the lid that I just needed to cut the pvc drain pipe down more.
where is your mechanical filtration? you covered for biological, well sort of, pot scrubbies aren't all that good for that but do work. and everyone chill about it not looking great, its obvious not what you use for a show tank, but in a fish room could work just fine.
The pot scrubbers work as both. But after making this video I did start covering the baskets with filter mat. Just because it takes so much longer to rinse and squeeze each pot scrubber out. This filter is still running to this day. I actually made three more for other tanks. Highly recommend these as long as like you said you are not worried about the looks. Thanks for the comment.
I have an fx6. This is not even close to a fx6 it's not even a canister filter.... This is an overhead filter made out of a 5 gallon bucket. Click bait title.
This can be a canister filter and not overhead filter. This is in its basic form exactly what a canister filter is or even a sump in a bucket so to speak. He's using an external pump but internal pump can be used too with bucket under tank.
copied from Aquarium co-op corys channel
He credited Cory at the end of the video.
Блядь, где вы берете такие ведра ?
funny how you call it a fx6
sdq sdq Works Great! still in use today!
Great idea but you waste a lot of time waffling about the materials.
Why not just go through the process and how it works, then talk about the parts needed as you go along?
Ooops too late, I lost interest already...
Good idea! Don't listen to him^
If a 9: 41 min. Vid is too long for you to watch then you certainly won’t have the patience to finish this simple no brainer project.
My advice is go spend $$$$$ and buy a commercial filter and stop complaining.
JR you can skip ahead of the video.........