reverse wet dry. any one ever use on like this

[skillzizzo]

Hello guys,

I have never seen any one use a wet dry this way. Or ever done it my self untill a couple months ago i rigged it up this way. I am curious if any of you guys ever have or ever seen anyone use one this way. My guistion for the most part that i know has been covered before is. In the way i have this set up is about 6/8th of the bio balls are completly submerged in water instead of the water trickling over them. So what is the comparison on hell well they work this way to the regular trickling water over method. As you can see i put the sump on top of the tank on a stand and put a hole in the side to make a waterfall back into the tank. And the pump is siliconded to to the tank and pumps water to the sump instead of the normal way the other way around. WIth just filter floss on top. So i'm looking for you'r views of how well the biological filtration this way works. Allso i have had it set up this way for a while with no problems of the pump getting clogged from being in the tank it self. And the water is crystal clear. This is a 29 gallon tank. Thanks for your views and your time and comments.

 

[SpJc11]

isnt it loud?

 

[Bb66cuda]

The bioballs should all be out of the water to work to their full potential.

 

[skillzizzo]

The bioballs should all be out of the water to work to their full potential.

i know they should be out of the water to work to there full potential. My quistion is how well they worked submerded like this in the water. Thanks for you'r responce

 

[dogofwar]

I have "dump" filters on a lot of my tanks.

Basically a rubbermaid on top of the tank...with three holes drilled in the bottom: 1 for water in (via a pump in the tank) and 2 for water to dump back into the tank. I stack bio media in Dollar Store plastic trays (with a filter sock on the water input.

Basically, it's a sump with holes drilled in the bottom...and sitting on top of the tank. Works great. Cheap to build. Much more efficient than a sump (very little lost pump head because you're not pumping against 4+ feet of gravity)...and easy to clean.

Matt

 

[kentwo]

Looks similar to what they use in Japan and Asia a lot. Maybe you can find some resources about how they set things up to make it work.

 

[skillzizzo]

I have "dump" filters on a lot of my tanks.

Basically a rubbermaid on top of the tank...with three holes drilled in the bottom: 1 for water in (via a pump in the tank) and 2 for water to dump back into the tank. I stack bio media in Dollar Store plastic trays (with a filter sock on the water input.

Basically, it's a sump with holes drilled in the bottom...and sitting on top of the tank. Works great. Cheap to build. Much more efficient than a sump (very little lost pump head because you're not pumping against 4+ feet of gravity)...and easy to clean.

Matt

Thanks for your responce can you post a pic in this threed for me. And include what it is that you use for bio material thanks again

 

[skillzizzo]

thanks for the replies guys. Still looking for some one to answer on how efficent bio balls are submerged compared to the trickle effect. As in 50% 20% ? thanks

 

[Bb66cuda]

I would guess 50% less efficient under water, but don't have any proof to back that up.

 

[dennisdeng2002]

As long as your tank's healthy and the parameters are good there's no need to worry. Most people have too much filter media anyway, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but bacteria growth is usually limited by oxygen and bioload, not the lack of surface area on filter media.