pls help with wet/dry filters

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This is the filter tank while in construction.

I chose only one main compartment because I only wanted one media. Scrubbies are the most efficient and cost effective. Sumps with multiple medias look sophisticated but the reality of it all is that bio-media's all do one job. They hold bacteria. I am limited with space because of my stand design so I needed to make the best of the space that I have.

The drip tray rests on the ledge opposite the pump and on the partition between the media chamber and the pump chamber. Water from the media chamber flows under the partition into the pump chamber before being sent back to the tank.

The back of the filter has been drilled to connect to the pump station to get rid of excess water.
 
Drip station? Drip emitter? Now i'm really confused! :nilly: i better go to bed before my brain :duh: lol I'll check back in tomorrow... thanx for the help. C
 
O.K. so: the overflow syphons water out of the tank and down into the sump where it passes thru the drip tray (mechanical filtration) and into the main portion of the sump with the scrubbies (bio). Once the water level gets high enough, it passes over the partition and down to the return pump where it then is sent back up to the tank...... correct? :idea:
 
ChrisG23;862816; said:
O.K. so: the overflow syphons water out of the tank and down into the sump where it passes thru the drip tray (mechanical filtration) and into the main portion of the sump with the scrubbies (bio). Once the water level gets high enough, it passes over the partition and down to the return pump where it then is sent back up to the tank...... correct? :idea:
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Almost...the water passes under the partition. The partition only keeps the media away from the pump. I had made a wet/dry with only a bucket. I put the pump in the bottom and filled it up with media. Then just let water flow on top...super simple.

The reason for the water going under the partition is so that some of the media remains out of the water (the dry part) and part of it stays in the water (the wet part). The media that is out of the water is kept wet by the dripping. More bacteria grows here and also is much more active in consuming ammonia and nitrites because of the higher amount of oxygen in the air.
 
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