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Won't work.. can't take the assembly out of the tank now that it's all glued together.. had to glue a couple of pieces after it was in place. the PVC pipe itself barely fits in the hole that was cut for it, the fittings will not go through. Looks nice, function is hard though. It'll be worth it...

Confession: I don't have the check valve installed... I don't even know where to get one. Where would I find such a thing? other note: Probly should install the ball valve as well.. there goes another couple o days, assuming I can get somebody to jump my car.. went outside today to start it up...

So about 20 dollars worth of fish balancing over thousands of dollars of electrical equipment. Just make sure to get a waterproof remote for the fish so they can change the channel if they don't like what's on. Because that's what's important. The wal-mart fish.

Alright.. So I've primed and glued all of the joints over the last couple of days and the overflow is now sitting in my tank. I tried to start it up with a hose and it didn't work at all. didn't even start to syphon like it did before. The water level is about a half an inch above the pipe just...

I was thinking air as well. Didn't think about pvc primer and glue.. (total newb to pvc in general) I think I may have seen some pvc putty at home depot, can I just kinda smear that along all of the seams? That way I wouldn't have to disconnect the whole thing.. just tryin to work smarter, not...

My overflow keeps loosing syphon.. not sure if it has something to do with how I start it or the size.. I'll go through my whole setup just so that somebody may understand what's going on.. I have the skimming type pvc syphon explained in the 101 thread, I built mine out of 1.5". In my sump...

Beautiful and professional looking for sure. Mad props.

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The only problem I have with most rubbermaid containers and such is the odd shapes, I couldn't get any sort of seperation.. but if I have the bucket filters draining into the rubbermaid with the pump.. it would make sure not to have any overflowing problems, I suppose. But wouldn't that just be...

for a temp home for the fishies while their current one is converted to a sump? Grand schemes. Alright, now I feel like a moron. Anywho, I'm not sure where to find feed stores in HI. On to google! EDIT: Now where are these "big ass rubbermaid tubs for $10?" Having troubles finding it myself...

the only old aquarium I have is a 14 g that currently houses my fish that are going into the 180 g.

1. It's going under my aquarium. 2. I've looked around a good bit and I hadn't seen a multiple bucket filtration system like this, hence the questioning. 3. So you're basically saying it's a good idea. Thanks!

Anyone have any opinions? Good idea/bad idea? Just looking for some sort of feedback here.

Amazing build ahead of you there, look forward to seeing it come to fruit!

I think he means the algea growing on the quickrete background. If so, have you looked at the algea scrubbers? Everyone's said they kill the algea in the tank within a few weeks-months. Just a suggestion.

I have been going through a few ideas and this is the one I think would work best for me. Just looking for some thoughts/feedback. four 5 gallon buckets would be connected to the overflow from the tank, all housing ~3.5g scrubbies with a filter pad on the top rested on a bottom portion of...

Just out of curiousity, how much did the full build cost ya overall?

Far from an expert, but the new design looks much more efficient from what I've learned so far..

Somehow I didn't think to just take the measurement in inches since they're 1 in bio balls. That would be expensive as hell. I found a case of 288 scrubbies for 56 on amazon.. I'll probly go with that instead.. still expensive for me though, but I guess I should've figured that...

One last question. I'm going to use bio balls as the bio filtration. I found some that are 1" and was wondering how I could figure out how many I need.