I love the diy enthusiasm, and while I appreciate the efficiency of an overhead, the REAL problem isn't the loss of pump or power, but the fact that when you lose one of those (it will happen) is the extra 4-ish gallons that were in it now run out and overflow the tank. Thank you for the vid!
Excellent design. What I found when dripping the water top down through sponges & floss by gravity, it tends to clog up quite quickly and then overflow so rather than top down dripping through the mechanical media, I connected the input hose to a vertical 2 inch diameter pipe which directs the water to the bottom of the pot below a grating which holds the sponges and polyfill slightly above the bottom. This way the water flows up through the grating, the coarse, medium & fine sponges & poly fill. The larger & heavier particles drop down and remain in the bottom of the pot rather than clogging up the sponges. The water then flows to the bottom tray through half inch overflow pipes connected to the bottom of the pot using bulkhead fittings. This way the sponges will take longer to clog up and reduce the chances of detritus finding its way into the bottom pot. The design for the bottom tray can be done two ways, if you want it to shower onto the bio home media you can connect the bottoms of the overflow pipes coming from the top pot to two pipes drilled with holes the way you have put in the top pot, OR alternatively you can have the flow for the bottom pot also set to flow bottom up through the bio home and into the tank through an overflow pipe. With the overflow pipe option, the bio home will always remain submerged and provide the anoxic/anaerobic conditions necessary to grow the bacteria for digesting nitrates as well. What I did for the bottom tray in my system is I moved the whole filter behind the aquarium instead of on top and instead of the bottom tray I replaced it with a 35litre plastic tote container and filled it with bio media bags so it acts like a mini sump & that way I could maximize the amount of bio media. The water then flows back into the aquarium via a siphon maintaining the same water level in the tote and the aquarium.
The only problem with trickle filters is a pump failure or a power outrage. I use them on my goldfish tanks , easy to maintain and very efficient. I find that making the space between the filter and water level less , dramatically reduces the noise level.
I would like a update on your filtration if possible thanks. Im wanting to build the same thing but where you have just pushed the 2 pipes in to the fitting im going to put threaded couplings so i can use type to sill it from dripping. Thanks for sharing 💗👍✌️💯
Are you not concerned with the weight of this sitting on that brace and aquarium wall? I would like to do exactly how you did this. I’m just super concerned about the weight. It’s holding this project I’m thinking on up.
I love the diy enthusiasm, and while I appreciate the efficiency of an overhead, the REAL problem isn't the loss of pump or power, but the fact that when you lose one of those (it will happen) is the extra 4-ish gallons that were in it now run out and overflow the tank. Thank you for the vid!
Excellent design. What I found when dripping the water top down through sponges & floss by gravity, it tends to clog up quite quickly and then overflow so rather than top down dripping through the mechanical media, I connected the input hose to a vertical 2 inch diameter pipe which directs the water to the bottom of the pot below a grating which holds the sponges and polyfill slightly above the bottom. This way the water flows up through the grating, the coarse, medium & fine sponges & poly fill. The larger & heavier particles drop down and remain in the bottom of the pot rather than clogging up the sponges. The water then flows to the bottom tray through half inch overflow pipes connected to the bottom of the pot using bulkhead fittings. This way the sponges will take longer to clog up and reduce the chances of detritus finding its way into the bottom pot.
The design for the bottom tray can be done two ways, if you want it to shower onto the bio home media you can connect the bottoms of the overflow pipes coming from the top pot to two pipes drilled with holes the way you have put in the top pot, OR alternatively you can have the flow for the bottom pot also set to flow bottom up through the bio home and into the tank through an overflow pipe. With the overflow pipe option, the bio home will always remain submerged and provide the anoxic/anaerobic conditions necessary to grow the bacteria for digesting nitrates as well.
What I did for the bottom tray in my system is I moved the whole filter behind the aquarium instead of on top and instead of the bottom tray I replaced it with a 35litre plastic tote container and filled it with bio media bags so it acts like a mini sump & that way I could maximize the amount of bio media. The water then flows back into the aquarium via a siphon maintaining the same water level in the tote and the aquarium.
The only problem with trickle filters is a pump failure or a power outrage.
I use them on my goldfish tanks , easy to maintain and very efficient.
I find that making the space between the filter and water level less , dramatically reduces the noise level.
Great video thanks for sharing 💗💯👍✌️
I would like a update on your filtration if possible thanks. Im wanting to build the same thing but where you have just pushed the 2 pipes in to the fitting im going to put threaded couplings so i can use type to sill it from dripping. Thanks for sharing 💗👍✌️💯
Are you not concerned with the weight of this sitting on that brace and aquarium wall? I would like to do exactly how you did this. I’m just super concerned about the weight. It’s holding this project I’m thinking on up.
Also pls speek faster or edit ur vids cuz i had to speed it up 1.5 times to watch comfortably
Ain't it too loud? I feel like it might be not too practical for everyday use
Its to loud because the tank isn't full.
Hope you don't sleep on that room!
lol