Brute Can Replaces Sump
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If oxygenation is an issue, I have played around with flushing barrel filters too. This is where the water level slowly rises inside the filter and then dumps (to create a surge wave into the tank). With rising water, every single bit of your media gets wet/used without a water distribution tray or filter media channeling. And all the old air is expelled and new air pulled in each cycle.
I sometimes use this as the final filter after other barrel filters. Just set the internal water height a little lower than the others.
It doesn't really matter which type you opt for as long as you are happy with the results.
I sometimes use this as the final filter after other barrel filters. Just set the internal water height a little lower than the others.
It doesn't really matter which type you opt for as long as you are happy with the results.
The dual air pump that I have now seems to be helping a lot, especially after I removed the lid from my sump.
Remember the little fish tank ornaments that would burp air after they collected it for a certain period? The clam would open or the treasure chest…I can easily achieve that kind of motion with air pumps that I have now and a “burping clam” contraption from Tupperware.
I may just take all the bio media out of the Brute and put it back in the 30g “pump chamber.” Then turn the brute into a sand filter.
Remember the little fish tank ornaments that would burp air after they collected it for a certain period? The clam would open or the treasure chest…I can easily achieve that kind of motion with air pumps that I have now and a “burping clam” contraption from Tupperware.
I may just take all the bio media out of the Brute and put it back in the 30g “pump chamber.” Then turn the brute into a sand filter.
I dropped $20 US on some nice Pothos today.
I had some old windowboxes from my previous post those experiments. I attached these together and hung them on a chrome steel rack that came from an obsolete engineering printer.
I screwed a piece of 3/4 EMT up to the rafters and strung it all up with camouflage paracord. The boxes are attached to the rack with zip ties.
The 2 long tubes have airlift stones and short tubes are the overflow.
Each box also has an emergency overflow.
I had some old windowboxes from my previous post those experiments. I attached these together and hung them on a chrome steel rack that came from an obsolete engineering printer.
I screwed a piece of 3/4 EMT up to the rafters and strung it all up with camouflage paracord. The boxes are attached to the rack with zip ties.
The 2 long tubes have airlift stones and short tubes are the overflow.
Each box also has an emergency overflow.
I made an improvement to my strainer/screen arrangement on the 125 and improved the flow to the brute. It wasn’t holding a steady level and now is.
I also moved the circulation pump high in the brute to improve surface agitation. It Is 104f on my back porch, but water temps are only 84 outside and 82 inside.
Some of my Pothos has tanked. Too hot to transplant.
I also moved the circulation pump high in the brute to improve surface agitation. It Is 104f on my back porch, but water temps are only 84 outside and 82 inside.
Some of my Pothos has tanked. Too hot to transplant.
