DIY eggcrate filter sock holder.

[acroholic]

Came across this on the web. Not my idea, but thought it was clever. Not bad for someone using an aquarium as a sump. If the bag overflows, the water should just spill through the eggcrate into the sump.
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[glxtrix]

yup...too bad it's only a single sock though...but smart.

 

[jef4y]

ghettorific! Love it =)

 

[acroholic]

glxtrix;818487 wrote: yup...too bad it's only a single sock though...but smart.

There is an opening for a second sock.

 

[ichthyoid]

Yeah, eggcrate is the universal project material.

 

[glxtrix]

Acroholic;818494 wrote: There is an opening for a second sock.

Unless you get some acrylic to lay over the open egg crate, it wont be too effective making it to the other sock :doh: even yet, you'd still have to make some walls to it didn't run off back into the tank completely bypassing the sock. Still a neat project for under 20 bucks.

 

[acroholic]

glxtrix;818499 wrote: Unless you get some acrylic to lay over the open egg crate, it wont be too effective making it to the other sock :doh: even yet, you'd still have to make some walls to it didn't run off back into the tank completely bypassing the sock. Still a neat project for under 20 bucks.

Oh, I see what you meant. I was thinking the second hole for a second overflow, not for overflow from the first. A thing like that, if the water overflows it just goes into the sump. You'd have to rinse the socks regularly with a thing like that.

 

[glxtrix]

Yes, indeed...assuming you had 2 drains, you're correct.