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- glass or plexi glass
- aquarium safe silicon
or plexiglass bond
- plastic egg crating
- filter gloss
(cotton)
- filter medium
(crushed coral)
After construction of the basic image here insert the egg crating into the areas above and below section a and below section d. In section a place you filter medium . In section c insert your fliter gloss.
The basic principle here is a biological trickle filter , here is a run through of how it works.
- step1:water from a siphone over flow in the tank enters into section d.This is usally diffused over the entire filter gloss in section c by some kind of matting . I like to use plastic mats from arts and craft stores . These matt are sold for crotia ??? something like that anyway look around for them they wrk great if you keep them clean.
- step2:water flows through the filter gloss to remove larger waste material.
- step3 water then flows through your filter medium which can be crushed coral domolite crushed oster shells or whatever you like to use.
- step4 water then flows into the sump (section b) in this area there is a glss divider between section b and e to prevent over flow while in operation.
-step5 in section E the pump is operating returning water to the tank.
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