Now THIS is filtration...

[basslover34]

I can tell this is a great shop. Why? RED CIRCLE!

Only you would notice the clown loach in there ... I would have missed it even if I was standing right in front of the tank I like how they look when small... hate how they look when older....I would have been checking out the filter too!!

Without Ingenuity, necessity wouldn't mean much when it came to invention so I'd have to say...definetly ingenuity is the FATHER of invention

 

[fishdance]

I made a flushing version of the overhead trickle. Water level slowly rises within filter, pushing out all the old air and ensuring 100% saturation of bio-media then it drains rapidly as a dump which creates a wave in the tank. Great for surge zone fish and suckermouths which like rapids. Its a little noisy but most of my tanks are in fish rooms so I like the sound.

 

[Buckdog]

Overhead trickle filters are excellent. Hugely popular in many Asian countries for good reason.

Which is really something because I've noticed at some koi shops and mom and pop LFS's you see stuff like this all the time. There are no big expensive tanks and pumps like you would expect. They save that for the show koi.
All of the "out front" pools are filtered with a couple of plastic 55 gal drums with some filtration matting bundled in it and some wild plumbing.

 

[Lrry93]

Overhead trickle filters are excellent. Hugely popular in many Asian countries for good reason.

Alot of the older asian guys here in Hawaii run similiar filters and there water is always spotless. Alot of them use lava rock and grow plants in the filter as well

 

[jiapei]

looks great, many chinese use diy filters, and they are really effective.
but let me show you one of the most fabulous diy i have ever seen, cola rules

 

[Dr Joe]

looks great, many chinese use diy filters, and they are really effective.
but let me show you one of the most fabulous diy i have ever seen, cola rules

Except the filter media should be on top of the ceramics to keep from clogging them should anything get past the filter material in the pump .

 

[KABB44423]

wow now that is slick//is that the only 1 u did if not show more pics please

 

[fishdance]

Hmmmm if your using a coke bottle full of water then its not as efficient as a trickle (wet/dry) and much much harder to clean out. If thats floss in the little bucket it might clog the impellar of your pump so keep an eye on this. Looking at your design I would simply put the powerhead into the main tank since there is less to go wrong that way. In fact you might as well put the powerhead on the bottle and put the whole bottle in the tank. Less chance of leakage and cheaper for the same efficiency and better flowrate.

Anyway its good to see new ideas but I dont see much advantage. I use coke bottles (and sometimes plastic flowerpots) as air driven box filters for cheap backup filtration but I place intake holes high up the bottle off the bottom so not much dirt gets in. No dirt means no cleaning as I only want bio-filtration for backup.

 

[duke33]

Now those are different. That 1st is a water bottle?

 

[cichlid savage]

I like the DIY stuff. It always seems to work better and longer than store bought things. Congrats on finding a new LFS.