homemade filter?

[shumoco]

sounds effective, don't know what the saf (spouse approval factor) would be on that though...

 

[MikeVance]

I'll hang that in my KenTennessee room!

 

[fish head )'>]

I have found this web site very helpful. This guy has an awesome web site with lots of pictures and tips. www.melevsreef.com
Here are my pictures of my set up.

diy overflow and super thifty sump. ~$30!

last picture is of a fully inclosed sump on my 125g (same design as the exposed)

 

[Keeper of Sharks]

I have used a set up similar to Miles, but I used lava rocks in place of the army men. It worked great and did not look too bad. I love that idea of the army men!

 

[ChrisGray]

you could make a canister filter just make sure that the pump will pump enough gallons per hour for that size

 

[MikeVance]

Nice setup fishhead!

 

[cciesielski]

i have been thinking about this for a while now i was going o use a 55 gal if i ever built the tank of my dreams i want to turn the 55 gal into a huge over the back filter
use pvc,extra piece of glass or plexiglas ,2-3 powerheads
get 3 pvc corners
make the inlet valve like the one on an over-the back except your going to needthe pvc to go all the way to the back of the tank
attatch the powerheads to the pvc
make a filter cartrige so that it will fit the tank
take the glass /plexiglas and cut the front of the tank 2-3 inches down from the top in the front
take the glass and caulk it to the cut edge at an angle
and fill the tank with water and turn it on and it should work if it dont send me a pm and tell me the problem

 

[Jerrychromis]

A 55gal for a filter?

 

[Big Roc]

Thats pretty good ima have to try that out

 

[soggysandwich]

you can also try something like this but on a larger scale