Let the games... BEGIN!!
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Haha. Ok, ok. I'll check it out
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haha...
Matrix. I bow to you, sir Josh. SO.. maybe one chamber for bio balls or the fluval bio material and one chamber for Seachem Matrix. Surprised it's so cheap. I honestly thought before when I saw that product that it was just fancy substrate... haha.
Maybe when I get the materials together and start assembling, I'll start a thread for the build. For now, I want to get through the cycle first.. not sure adding a massive new filtration system to a 10 gallon would help it cycle any better.. I mean, we're talking about adding at least a few more gallons to the system just in the filtration alone and having the water column move through a foot long cylinder of mechanical filter media, two chambers of bio filter media, a foot long chamber of carbon and a foot long chamber of phosphate material.. and that's all aside from a skimmer I really want to build.. or buy..
I'm hoping that I can get enough flow out of the return pipes on this new filter build that I can do away with my in-tank powerhead and free up some space. We'll see.
JC K. Take your time. I'm 29. It got here quickly.
Matrix. I bow to you, sir Josh. SO.. maybe one chamber for bio balls or the fluval bio material and one chamber for Seachem Matrix. Surprised it's so cheap. I honestly thought before when I saw that product that it was just fancy substrate... haha.
Maybe when I get the materials together and start assembling, I'll start a thread for the build. For now, I want to get through the cycle first.. not sure adding a massive new filtration system to a 10 gallon would help it cycle any better.. I mean, we're talking about adding at least a few more gallons to the system just in the filtration alone and having the water column move through a foot long cylinder of mechanical filter media, two chambers of bio filter media, a foot long chamber of carbon and a foot long chamber of phosphate material.. and that's all aside from a skimmer I really want to build.. or buy..
I'm hoping that I can get enough flow out of the return pipes on this new filter build that I can do away with my in-tank powerhead and free up some space. We'll see.
JC K. Take your time. I'm 29. It got here quickly.
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what do you guys think of the Micro-sump idea as the first chamber in the system? I was thinking a 6" piece of PVC, about a foot tall, and putting an airstone in the bottom, my heater and hopefully one day, a submersible UV before it goes through the mechanical chamber and so on..
It would help you cycle faster. It's media for bio filter to grow on. Specifically denitrifying bacteria. Which is sort of the whole point of the initial cycle. You introduce ammonia so that the bacteria will grow. Once the bacteria is well established, it can handle the normal amount of ammonia that is regularly introducing, converting it into nitrite at a rate that (ideally) keeps the ammonia at an undetectable level. Other bacteria converts the nitrite into nitrate, then something magical that I don't quite understand happens and the nitrate turns into nitrogen and escapes the tank in a gaseous form. Or you just do water changes and remove nitrate that way. Either way, matrix gives that bacteria a place to thrive.
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hmm.
Maybe I need to get started on the build then..
I mean.. I'm kind of a nerd, so I did all of the calculations and it'd essentially add 3 more total gallons to the water column and dependent upon the powerhead I use, I could be running the total volume through the new filtration system many times an hour.. all of it moving through a variety of methods to clean the water.
Maybe I need to get started on the build then..
I mean.. I'm kind of a nerd, so I did all of the calculations and it'd essentially add 3 more total gallons to the water column and dependent upon the powerhead I use, I could be running the total volume through the new filtration system many times an hour.. all of it moving through a variety of methods to clean the water.
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You're probably right. Would certainly be less expensive and time consuming.. but I honestly like the idea of figuring out and building my own filtration system.
What you're talking about building are called reactors. Many of us have them, they look like this. Same concept, you can put matrix, carbon, whatever in them. I usually stuff the top with filter floss as well.
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/phosban-reactor-150-1.html">http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/phosban-reactor-150-1.html</a>
Basically a powerhead runs water through the chamber and returns it back to the tank. Same concept.
Build your reactors, do it
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/phosban-reactor-150-1.html">http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/phosban-reactor-150-1.html</a>
Basically a powerhead runs water through the chamber and returns it back to the tank. Same concept.
Build your reactors, do it
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absolutely. You're both 110% right.. but I enjoy the process of designing and creating. I think with a pretty cheap 400gph powerhead and some pvc and filter media, I could have an incredible filter system that I designed myself.
..of course, if it fails.. I'll give you both the satisfaction of an "I told you so" and go with the HOB and matrix... :yes:
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Yeah, Josh. I guess what I'm really talking about is a chain of PVC, DIY reactors. I've been working on it for a while and I've honestly even gotten down to using some of CALtech's programs to calculate flow and everything.
I'm reinventing the wheel.. but it's my friggin' wheel.. knamean!?
haha
I'm reinventing the wheel.. but it's my friggin' wheel.. knamean!?
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