Filtration for my breeding project.....

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ok so i want to breed some fish, I'm talking about small cichlids and tetras and mollies and other small to medium fish. i plan to use 20-Gallon tanks, one 30-gallon tank, and one 10-gallon tank........

now...i know how to breed the fish but i was wondering what was the best way to filter the tank????? i don't want to wast a-lot of money so i was thinking.... maybe a W/D sump as a filter, and a big heater in the sump so all the tanks can be filtered from one sump and all tanks can be the same temperature with 1 heater....... this is just the start of my project...because i plan to have my own fish store in the future so i want to start breeding fish first and study them. ( I'm only 15 Years old now)

but mostly my question is.... how would i go about building a sump and installing the stem pipes on the drilled tanks?? is there a website that tells me exactly how with pictures???? also can i buy already drilled tanks??? and any other comments or suggestions that can help me out??? this will take place in my basement BTW.



Any help is greatly appreciated.


thank you.
 
The most successful, inexpencive.and safest system for breeding set up's IMO have always been air driven foam filters. A central W/D system is difficult to ballance and still dangerious to fry.
 
Idk what foam filters are, but sponge filters are good.
 
The filters have been made out of foam for over 20 years now but people still refur to them as 'sponge' filters for some reason.
 
That is another idea i had.... but which kind???

are you guys talking about this sponge filter....1
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Or are you guys talking about this sponge filter....2.
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thanks
 
the upper picture is a foam (sponge) filter and the lower one is a corner filter. I use hydros in all my tanks but there are very few differances between brands.
 
Sponger filter from what I've been reading is the way to go like the guys above mentioned. They won't suck the babies up or kill them by having them stick to the foam itself.
 
An old time fish breeder I knew many years ago was also about the most penny pinching miser on earth. He use to buy clear tubing and natural cleaning sponges and make his own by drilling holes in the lower part of a section of thin tubing...using the rough cut ends to drill a hole in the sponge... sealing the end with an old milk bottle lid and then dropping an air stone in the bottom...worked very well but looked like it could have been featured on the Mickey Mouse club....
 
well i have decided to build a sump!!!!!!!!!!!

it will be MUCH LESS money and it will be easier to maintain for me.

with a sponge filter i will have to buy an air pump and i would have to buy a filter for each tank, but with a sump all i need to buy are PVC tubes, 1 Water PUMP, and one big heater!!!!

i heard some of you said its dangerous for the fry.... but i will cover the intake tube with a fine net......also if a few fry slip by they will end up in the sump and i can net them back easily.


any ideas??? comments??


thanks
 
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