Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
sponge filter modified with moving bed filter
was trying to figure out how to increase filter capacity on my sponge filter, and came up with the idea of modifying it to include a moving bed filter
heres what i did and what i needed
pvc pipe, pvc u bend, filter sponge, bottle / container, filter media (for this i used K1 filter media), silicone, 1 airstone, airline, 2xsuction cups
cut pipes to length, long enough to cover the sponge + an inch, and another for feeding into bottle / container. now drill the pipe onto which you'll place the sponge to all a flow through the sponge, drill 1 hole in the middle of the U bend to all airline through.also at this time drill the lid of the bottle / container to allow the pipe to go through it, silicone this lid onto 1 section of pipewhich will be siliconed into the U bend and then silicone the drilled pipe for the sponge into the U bend
then drill the bottle / container for water flow, drill along the base and the top of the bottle / container
push airline through the hole in the U bend and into where the bottle / container will attach and add airstone. before you attach the bottle / container you need to drill 2 more holes and attach suction cups to this to allow the filter be attached to the tank. now attach this bottle / container to the pipework
add the k1 filter media into the bottle / container fill about 1/4 full re attach to the pipe work, attach the airline to air pump and volia there ya go sponge filter with moving filter bed as below
enjoy
Seamus
Fishkeeping the Only way to get wet and wild
currently 25 tanks, and breeding is the aim of everything i keep
location:Limerick
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@joey 100 litre an hour should be fine for most tanks, but size of sponge, bottle, and amount of media really depend on the size of tank your putting it in
@ andrew, i try to put my hands to good use but sometimes they get led astray, especially when my wallet and fish are concerned
@johnh, could do when i'm not busy gazumping you.....hmmmmm a new money making racket
Fishkeeping the Only way to get wet and wild
currently 25 tanks, and breeding is the aim of everything i keep
location:Limerick
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Must give this one a try.
Regards
C
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