IDEA : Japanese Style Filtration...

[silverdragon]

this is exactly how my tanks filtered, ill take a shot of my sump and post up when i get home from work..

 

[Nic]

with filter socks and all submerged media i did notice my tank to be cleaner and i never had any problems with my params

 

[Potts050]

the more media .. the more you can stock your tank...

IMHO you are still limited by how fast you produce nitrates, regardless of the volume of media or the flow rate. A bigger filter with a higher stock load means more frequent water changes or a bigger drip system...

 

[HPIZZLE]

i always want to do a Japanese Style Filtration... here are some ideas... you can see they fully submerge the bio media...

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[martiyou]

Didn't they call these wet/wet systems in the early 90's?

 

[CHOMPERS]

Wow, I haven't heard them called a wet/wet in eons. That was when wet/dry's were becoming popular. Call it a wet sump and everyone will immediately know what you are talking about. You use to be able to just call it a sump but now everyone thinks of a wet/dry when you do.

 

[Mattyou]

My wife never ceases to amaze me. That is a blast from the past for sure. Wet/Wet was earlier that the 90's I am pretty sure, but yes, wet/wet is a term that died.

 

[ultimatejay]

All it is guys is an oversized cannister filter- same exact system except on a larger scale.

 

[american_cichlids_92]

i have also tried to do a bakki shower/ trickle type filter diy of course.
all i used was a 1500 Lt/hr power head 1 meter of silicon hose 2/3 inch in diameter, a 12 liter spring water container, a 2270 gram new life spectrum bucket, a small ice cream container, 3 liters of ceramic rings, 3 small jap mat filter media cut into 2 circles and 1 square ,1 liter of bio balls 4 pot scrubbies, a electric drill and a hand saw.

I didnt take any pictures of how i did it but here is what it looks like

Here is a layout of how it works and what it looks like in side.

Hope you can understand it lol

 

[wow_it_esploded]

Whoever started saying that scrubbies have 370sq.ft/cu.ft needs to realize that these systems use ceramic media which have much greater surface in a much smaller space.

I am really tired, but you can google it. Ceramic rings, especially the eheim brand (ehfisubstrat I believe) are exceptionally high in sur.area. The reason they are submerged is because all the puny pores cannot be accessed with a wet/dry system.