Camshafts' Ghetto Pond Filter..Picture journal

[Camshaft Ramrod]

Well, as some of you may know, I'm getting out of the hobby for a bit. Most of my fish are sold and gone and all of my
tanks (300 240 210 150) are pretty much spoken for, minus my reef tank. All I have left to sell are 9 small Flowerhorns and my SRT, oh and my widebar...

I'm going to keep my 20 Snook/Trimacs in this pond and grow them out a bit before I say goodbye to them though.

Cost of the build;

150g Pond - free (Thanks Pat)
pvc - $5
bulkhead- leftover from a free tank
Tub - $5
Bio - leftover from previous tanks
Pump - from closet
Krylon - $5
pegboard- scrap from garage
zip ties - from junk drawer
gutter gaurd - whole roll costs $4 (I always have some just in case)

Total $15


Here's the tub I picked up at Wallmart for $4 and change.



Drilled a hole in it and threw on a bulkhead I pulled off of one of my
previous tank projects.



Grabbed some left over light defuser and pvc from the garage.



threw that in there.



Some pot scrubbies



about 5 gallons of balls



And how about this for ghetto? DIY Table saw. lol



action shot!





man I'm good..



spray bars



spray bars again..









The pumps going in the pond. So I used some Gutter Gaurd
to make sure nobody gets put in a bad spot..





Ran out to WallyMart at 11:30pm and grabbed some Krylon.
Came back and painted it outside at Midnight with a flashlight...







Well there she is. Cheap and easy. Just how I like it.
Let me know what you think.

 

[JioFreed~alias~]

Well there she is. Cheap and easy. Just how I like it.
Let me know what you think.

A friend of mine said that once, I said no thanks, Oh wait that's a different story

Back on topic
as cheap as it may be looks pretty good to me.

 

[RedTailKinG]

love it you were pmd

 

[LowCel]

Wow, that looks great. Speaking of looking great, let me know if you decide you want to get rid of any of that driftwood in the background.

 

[oregonian]

love the filter camshaft, its nice to see the down n dirty basic builds. reminds you that while its nice to do fancy filtration, in a pinch you can make something without blowing much cash.

i'm really sorry to hear about you getting out of the hobby(even temporary) but i understand, although i can't say i'll miss your avatarhope you are able to return soon.

have to say the table saw ranks pretty high on my list of "creative" usage of materials(glove was a nice touch). you should post a link on the Ghetto Pic Thread(hint, hint)

 

[Jgray152]

HAHA. I like the table saw!!

Oh, and I like that filter

 

[buddha1200]

great filter,just wondering what that was you used for the drip tray?

 

[HarlanAshmore]

thats a fantastic looking filter and i love the table saw

 

[Issack]

hahaha. the clamps and the router is classic dude.. Serious Gheto and I love it. Nice little project.!

 

[Thalan]

Nice work good to see you're not totally bowing out.
And Lowcel thats just one (VERY)big piece of wood in the background