After watching Shrimp Mania YouTube video, I like the under gravel filter setup a lot. However, I am thinking of DIY one myself to cut cost.
There are soils in reserve which I could use. It is somewhere deep in the storage. Maybe the size is not perfect but it can still works. There is also some spared standalone UFG design cylindrical flat filter box. See picture below.
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| With the cotton filter media removed to avoid clogging |
What I can do is to fill the soils on top of this filter. Probably a net mesh between them. Think I can use the cloth mesh use for cleaning my toddler. I would also need a vertical pipe to guide the bubbles up through the soils.
Next, I need to find a cylindrical container that can fit the filter setup nicely. The height needs to allow probably about 4 to 5 inch of soils. The whole system will be placed inside the tank.
Finally, my plan to fill the bottom of the container with filter stones to lift up the UGF about an inch.
Part list
1. Soils
2. Vertical tube
3. UGF Standalone filter
4. Mesh separator
5. Cylindrical Container
This setup can be use for mini tank, shrimp tank or even corydoras tank.
Cory
2022-0703
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