My biologic filtration system for a rays tank

[channarox]

nice idea.

 

[abortedsoul]

Genius. I think I am going to try this. ^.^

 

[Potts050]

Just curiuos, how are you draining your filtered water back to tank?

 

[Pharaoh]

I like the idea. Very ingenious.

 

[severum1]

Just curiuos, how are you draining your filtered water back to tank?

The filter is over the tank. So the water falls down to the tank.

I don't know if i was very explicit. If the question wasn't answer please ask again.

 

[severum1]

Thanks to everyone.

 

[Potts050]

The filter is over the tank. So the water falls down to the tank.

I don't know if i was very explicit. If the question wasn't answer please ask again.

Does the water 'shower' down on the tank surface through drilled holes in the bottom of the bucket, or do you run it back through a hose that drains the bottom of the bucket?

 

[severum1]

Does the water 'shower' down on the tank surface through drilled holes in the bottom of the bucket,

Yes. That's it.

 

[Potts050]

I built one like that about fifteen years ago with a shower head and a five gallon plastic paint pail for my discuss tank. It was one of the best filters I ever made. I used lava rock mulch for the media. After about two months I decided to do a water test prior to a water change to see how my nitrates were. They were impossibly low. Barely detectable as I recall.

I figured that there must have been anaerobes living at the center of the lava pieces eating the nitrates! I tore the tank down a couple of months later because I got transfered through work and never did figure it out completely. How do you deal with nitrates on this tank. I don't imagine they're a problem in your green house...

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Nice! Any updated pics with it dripping into the tank?