Here's my DIY wet/dry...

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it looks good bro, nice of you to display the "warning/aviso sign" so no kids can climb and fall in your filtration and become media... haha post pics of the hob overflow...
 
gabautista;709217; said:
oh yea, next DIY priject for you... paint that ugly jacked up wall in the picture. haha
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For what?!?!?!? we're leaving anyway; the apt management did that they can fix it.
 
hahaha yea, you're right. let's take the koi fish too.... cmon we'll set up a bin or something on your new patio so we can have "the lakes" over there too...
 
can you provide additionals specifics on this design for a newer, noob.

how did you make it?
what is the bucket sitting on?
how is the water flowing out of the bucket?
what type of pump are you using?

thanks in advance!!
 
if i can help at all. its basically ran just like any other 'wet/dry' system. water comes down that pipe from the tank thru an "overflow" device, it goes in thru the top, down thru the media, then out the bottom which i assume he either drilled or some sort for the water to drop thru into the tank. you can use anything to prop it up like that, a rock, some egg crate, another bucket cut in half and turned upside down. then that pump is sending "clean" water back to the tank causing the tank to continue n over flow back into the "wet/dry" again
 
thanks ethnics, is there any pump that is recommended for this type of application, submersible or external and how many gallons per hour??

i would assume that a submersible would be easier due to less plumbing, how much should i expect to pay for a pump casue i believe the pump is where you need to start!
 
hey seakure on my 125 i have a rio 2100 pump (flows 750gph) to match up to my pro clear 125 wet/dry because that's about all my overflow can handle. but since i purchased the pro clear i realized that i need more filtration. so i'm getting a 40gal tuff stuff stock tub, two longer flower boxes, and a bigger mag-drive pump (bout 1500gph). so just keep in mind what kind of bioload u'r fish are going to pose on u'r system before u plan anything.
oh yeah. here's the overflow i just constructed bout an hour ago outta 1.5" id pvc piping

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flow rate on your pump comes from your overflow.. if the pump is pumping faster than the water is falling into the wet/dry then your stuck with running the pump dry.. which is bad. so i say start with the overflow runnign down to the sump or wet/dry and then the return pump.


as far as biomedia goes.. optional.. basic rule ,the more surface area the more bacteria . simple as that

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bio media
lava rocks or scrubbies or bio-balls.
 
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