Drinking straws

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Do you have a paper shredder? That might work great in getting them about the right size. It would be interesting to test.
 
Really mine has chewed through anything I put in. But well I guess all of them might dull the blades.
 
Thanks for the link Dr. Joe. Thats actually the one that got me thinking about straws and the possibility of using them in a Fluidized type filter. Hopefully he posts back with another update. I think I will go the easier trickle tower for now.

So far I have about 20 cases cut up, which is about 100,000 pieces or 15 gallons of media. I also have one of the local tackle shops collecting the take off fishing line for me. I guess I was not the first person who asked them for it. They knew what I wanted it for right away. They said they used to have a guy with a Koi farm that collected it from them.

I am thinking now use a 55 gallon drum or possibly two as trickle towers. Use the top of the barrel upside down to make a drip plate and prefilter area, then straws and packed fishing line in the bottom. Gravity feed back to the pond and hide it behind the same wood that I am building the surrounding deck out of. I have two Laguna 3000gph pumps to feed it, one probably from a skimmer and the other from the bottom.


I will try to give updates on my pond thread to let you guys know if it works.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135516



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