I'm rolling out something similar for a 120g I plan on setting up. It might take me a while but when I'm done you might want to modify yours 
home made canister..lets see if it workks tommarow
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hey bro, i was looking for a simple yet efficient, also tride to replicate the FX5 a little, but hey by all means share your knowledge, i am willing to mod it laiter, i am looking to put it onto 2 55g set ups or maybe a 90g and a 55g, and add additional pumps for the intake for each tank..any thoughts
Basically this is what I tried to do, just like you copied the fx5 I tried to emulate the eheim 2260. Essentially the 2260 is just a 5g bucket with a pump mounted on top. You might run into the same problem I had, where the water pressure makes the bucket flex in a scary way. lol Let me know how it turns out. I plan on finishing up mine in sometime next week.
ThisIsTong;3097138; said:
why would the bucket bow out? the bucket should only be seeing vacuum force from the design of the eheim pictured. but i could see the suction deforming the bucket as well.
CoolThe only thing I would have changed, and you can still do, is the pipe to bucket treatment..Would have used bulkheads, or at least a bulkhead out of the bottom of the bucket..have used pvc elect. conduit fittings and have never had any leaks..I think the thin plastic of the bucket hard piped to the pump is going to give you grief and a wet spot.
That will not hold up to head pressure very well. It WILL leak and make a big mess. The only way that will work is if the lid has less than 12" (more or less) of head height.
You also need a way for the canister to purge. You could have easily had it purge by drilling a hole in the discharge pipe IF you had the pump located on the inside of the canister. This would act like the Fx5.
This is a large issue. The The bucket is not thick enough to withstand high vacuum when the media clogs. The bucket and cover will see head pressure wen the pump is off and depending on the flow rate and resistance in intake flow, it could see head pressures when the pump is running as well.
You also need a way for the canister to purge. You could have easily had it purge by drilling a hole in the discharge pipe IF you had the pump located on the inside of the canister. This would act like the Fx5.
This is a large issue. The The bucket is not thick enough to withstand high vacuum when the media clogs. The bucket and cover will see head pressure wen the pump is off and depending on the flow rate and resistance in intake flow, it could see head pressures when the pump is running as well.
..daym this is alot of info...i only ran it once bucket flexed a little but it started to leak so i shut it off, im going to run it tommarow night agen after i finish some changes, could u guys explain a little more i dnt understand, on the inside of the bucket, the top pipe witch runs water into the bucket goin about 5 inches or maybe a little less into the bucket,should it b longer, then the pipe that the pump is attacked to on the bottom of the bucket runs to the center of the bucket...what should i change, was also thinking about diping the whole thing into liquid rubber to help hold every thingand prevent leaks..help please
xboroinc;3099880; said:
just like Jgray152 said, the way you place the pump and plumping on the bottom like that won't hold the water for you. Look at the fx5 for example, they have both inlet and outlet going through the top, so you can try and do that, but then again the lid is not strong enough to lock up the pressure. You need some kind of lock to secure the lid tight so it can hold the water when the pump is off. Why don't you build a 2x4 frame on the bottom and top and then screw lock the 2x4 down on the lid. Anyway the only way it will work is, your pump have to be inside and better lock on the bucket lid.
