Markp2483

The inspiration for this is im really liking my AIO with intank media baskets. It way easier to maintain then my canister filter So started with an open box deal cpr refugium. and then 3d printed media baskets like a weir in a sump The idea is, water is pumped in chamber 1 with the heater spills over on to filter floss thru sponges, then to purigen packet (not shown), then through media and back to tank. I have that area under the over flow not sure what to use it for yet maybe just java moss and try and grow some freshwater amphipods Its all powered by a tiny 4.5w tunze but still has a decent flow rate 225gal per hr After testing with some fish food to visualize the flow I've run into issues 1) media baskets need a gasket or some way to prevent water bypassing the filter floss/ foam 2) The intake pipe directs water straight down. This is great for a refugium where your trying to slow the flow down but not for this application where im trying to get the majority of the waste into filter flow. So i need to add a 180 to the pipe or maybe just an airstone to keep waste from settling there Anyway fun project so far Will post updates as i work out the kinks

Yeah I started with autocad and rhino and then moved to solidworks. The parametric modeling takes much longer to learn but once you get the hang of its hard to go back

Thanks for the reply I found an open box deal for a cpr aquafuge 2 hang on refugium. The pump attached to the intake on the front and stays in the tank. Its much bigger than an aquaclear and holds 3.6gals. Its more like a hang on back sump I really like reactors vs diffusers for c02. You don't get any of the micro bubbles in the display. They differ in that instead of misting tiny bubbles and letting those disperse, the c02 is captured in chamber and as the water passes by it is slowly absorbed. Its similar to that coop video( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg1u-XVMU3Q around 8mins in), I have a gla reactor at the moment. i do like that lack of bubbles and i also find it uses less CO2. overflow should be ok all the baffles are low enough that if everything does clog it can't flow over the top will just spill out the spill way software is solidworks. Its very expensive but i work as a engineer and the company pays for it.

New project, hang on back modeled after AIO filter with integrated CO2 reactor what do you guys think. Will look sort of like a HOB refuge. CO2 reactor works like the green leaf aqua reactor where there is c02 is allowed to slowly disolve into the water as it passes by. Will need to purge all the air in the co2 reactor chamber on initial setup. The chamber is also slightly lower so if there is too much co2 and it cuts off the siphon the water will pour over the top without flooding the room. The fitting at the top of the reactor will look like the second image similar to the gla reactor which makes it easy to purge . Let me know if you see any issues or have any suggestions to make it better

Yes sellellia lineolata. Reticulated hill stream loach. I have another tank with one Gastromyzon punctulatus (Borneo spotted hill stream). I may try to find him some mates as well. My wife and I just love these hillstream species.

I just found a baby hill stream loach Christmas Day.

Just notched a red blotch on a female cherry barb face. Seems to be acting normal. She does chase some hasbrusus Cory’s around. temp 75 zero ammonia, nitrite 10ppm nitrate Heavily planted 32gal tank , about a year old. I added the cherry barbs (6) about 8 month ago no loses. Should I quarantine, treat whole tank and or just wait it out and monitor

Dang alright, Thanks for the update

@CoryI need two 100w heaters. Any eta on when the coop heater will hit market. They are probably sitting off Long Beach waiting to reach port but thought I should ask before I play the Amazon roulette heater game. Hope all good and happy holidays cheers Mark

I’ve been liking the ada knockoff brand fzone. They make some nice stainless steel filters for way less than Ada. It is kinda choose your own adventure for media but that’s how I like it.

Back to the drawing board, priced it at $750 when I added up all the parts from McMaster and Amazon. While it might be awesome gotta try to build it for less then what is commercially available

Bunch of coffee, mcmaster website and solidworks and i think i have a prototype to build. Ignore the size of the pump, its tiny but was the only 3d model i could find. I draw the line in ridiculousness at reverse engineering an iwaki pump. Also i didnt include the air pump but it will mount parallel to the pump and feed air to the large airstone when it time to clean. I may switch out some of the valves for electric one and then set up an app with IFTTT for semi automation but gotta think about it a little more.

Nice use of space and ingenuity. good on ya

Completely correct this is for ponds. I just like the concept and wondered if it was scalable for small to medium aquarium. This would be a diy project. Thinking of using 4” pvc pipe and a small external pump

Thanks eatyourpeas, I might give it a try and see how it works. By the way what does a v-sump look like? Only familiar with regular sump or overhead.

So at night I end up looking at lots of videos and sometimes go down the koi rabbit hole. I’ve seen a bunch of videos with this new filter by evolution aqua called a tempest. It looks like a regular fluidize media filter but when it’s running the media isn’t fluidize. So it just traps muck. Then when you go to clean it you shut off return. Turn on air which tumbles the media releasing the dirt. Open the drain and the dirty water runs out. It looks pretty easy. I’ve already automated some of my weekly maintenance and with this I think I could make it even better. Has anybody tried making an aquarium sized version? https://evolutionaqua.com/tempest-filter cheers

Probably fine , still might want to work on a back up system as that filter might have lost some years of life in the long run

I would set it up running it in a 5 gallon bucket for 24 hrs. Preferably in a garage or shed. If it doesn’t leak, catch fire, shock you, or make a lot of noise probably ok

They are super easy. I set up a mini pond a year ago. Add lots of plants to keep them from eating the babies. They eat everything bugs, green algae, any kind of fish food. If you live in Southern California go to yume koi in Westminster, he brings in medaka straight from Japan. You can find all the hard to find to find variety

I’m doing a trip in July for 10 days. I bought a mix of freshwater crustaceans. Rotifers, daphnia, copepods, amphipods. Doing a test this week to see if i can increase biodiversity in the tank will update if it works. Idea was after my bumblebee gobies became self sufficient eating cherry shrimplets. They don’t eat enough to hurt the rcs population. I still add frozen blood worms but they don’t go for it like they used too. They are all about live food now.

Could go one big sump and share water. It’s a little risky as everything is sharing the same water so need good quarantine practices but that would just be one filter to clean. I’ve thought of a hybrid system with both air/ sponge and sump might be perfect for large fish room. For quarantine shut off circulation and run only only air. Would also make water changes really simple.

Oh your right all the NPK soil kits have little vials so must be a liquid kit what do you use for potassium test kit?

Would love a aquarium plant specific test strip. They make them for soil but not aquarium water. It’s easy to find test for nitrogen ( nitrate) and phosphate but not potassium. Really enjoying the new aquarium coop strips but adding something for plants would be amazing.

The video breaks your heart. Cory if you can do a video/ go fund me. I think I lot of people would donate. I watched aquarium coops visit to goliads farm multiple times.

Not sure, I’m assuming you have a planted tank. I’ve found some sources saying between 0.1 to 1 is ideal for a planted tank. Hard to say by looking at the photos but if you believe it looks low try adding a little phosphorus. It should be safe and worst case is you’ll just end up doing a bunch of water changes to lower it again.