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i want to learn how to make a sponge filter system. and any other home made aquarium devices. this would help me out alot, since i am lazy and dont want to get a real job. Im only in Highschool and i already have 110 gallons of water in my small room. its basically a bed 2 55 gallon tanks and a computer on my floor.

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-=[ chris ]=-

Hi LotzaOscars,

Well, I recommend you go to a fish store and open some filter boxes and take a look at the "mechanics" of these sponge filters or "corner" filters. basically you will need an air pump. You stick the airstone of the airpump underneath a layer of filtering material and allow a path for the air bubles back up while at the same time having some pores open in container to suck in water through the bottom sides....if you want to make a "powerfull" filter, you will need soem kind of pump to pump water back up into the ttank. This way you can construct an over the side filter taking water down to perhaps a big bioballs container and othe filter media after wihich it would be pumped up again by a pump. You probably don't want to build your own water pump also , containers you can make out of acrylic glass, and they have the solution that melts it so you can bind it. You can buy this kidn of stuff in 'sign' making shops etc....Epoxy and silicone are also usefull to have. To tell you the truth though, you should get job



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Joe
www.cichlidfish.com

I have a load of info about that stuff and I'm helping somebody else with a trickle filter.If you want to e mail me I can give you lots of info.

Hey Hip,

Why not just copy and Paste the stuff in here so other people can benefit....from the instructions etc...

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Joe
www.cichlidfish.com

Hip, you gonna make it to chat tonight?

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Joe
www.cichlidfish.com

It's way too uch info, it would take up the entire board, the other person I was giving it to is also from a bbs system and it's just a lot of stuff.Yes I will be chatting tonight I hope

Ok, well if it is really a lot maybe you can email it to me and I could post it inside a web-page instead of the bbs, well anyways I'll login to the chat in a minute...

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Joe
www.cichlidfish.com