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<\/p>\nI’ll admit it, half of the reason why I wanted an aquarium was to study water filtration systems and hydraulic flow.\u00a0 The other half is of course to unwind and look at the cute fishies.\u00a0 This will explain why my posts with ‘aquariums’ in the title will be mostly about changes to the filtration system.\u00a0 It should not be a surprise as this website is about DIY (or should I say DEEL-I-Y).<\/p>\n
For my first tank setup, I used an air driven filter that has both mechanical and bilogical filtration.\u00a0 It’s on the right in the image below.<\/p>\n
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After which, I added my deel-i-y filter.\u00a0 I placed a pump in between sponges and tossed in some ceramic rings for some biofiltration.<\/p>\n
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It was too tall for my tank to be placed vertically, thus I layed it down.<\/p>\n
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Of course, it turned out to be a hassle to clean as it was difficult to remove the whole setup and the sponges that were wrapped around the tubes, but it was just a proof of concept.<\/p>\n
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I’ll update the next type of filter I made in the next post I update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ll admit it, half of the reason why I wanted an aquarium was to study water filtration systems and hydraulic flow.\u00a0 The other half is of course to unwind and look at the cute fishies.\u00a0 This will explain why my posts with ‘aquariums’ in the title will be mostly about changes to the filtration system.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n