Sump Tank And Ios Tank, anyone has sump tank? Options

[HappyBuddha]

please tell me u squeeze a sponge filter inside 

Simon Road put a Japanese Mat in it... which I doubt works well as a filter. I, being the smart one, put a sponge filter in it.

The standard guppy brand sponge filter fits perfectly with about 3-5 mm gap. The bottom of the can has holes too which I use a thin piece of wool to seal up. The now closed bottom aluminium can can collects debris well.

It's quite nice to have. My fishy can't nip on the sponge filter anymore, and it gives the tank a more stylish look.

Aluminium will not cause any chemical reaction in the tank, I hope.

[white horse T1]

Tank setup again

try this one more time

[white horse T1]

Sure, I'd be glad to.

Closeup shot of the IOS chamber:-

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The media:-

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neat....

notice u have bubbles raining down at the backend of the tank.
is this push by the circulating pump and this is the clean , recycled water back to the tank?

seem like yr chamber is not fully filled with water? u can put some more bioballs to groom some more BB.

i tot u still could cover yr filter media. will look better since yr tank is alr black.

[mountain]

very neat indeed, i had one of these tin cans i used to place all my utensils ...
guess they are right, u are not only handsome, u are also damn smart.

so does placing the sponge filter kick start the bb growth in the IOS faster ?? i guess if you could remember, i had to reboot once awhile ago, and i lamented that i had to use a commercial product (someone said i am pouring dead bugs into my water ) because i can't bare to let the process start slowly by itself.

[HappyBuddha]

very neat indeed, i had one of these tin cans i used to place all my utensils ...
guess they are right, u are not only handsome, u are also damn smart. 

so does placing the sponge filter kick start the bb growth in the IOS faster ?? i guess if you could remember, i had to reboot once awhile ago, and i lamented that i had to use a commercial product (someone said i am pouring dead bugs into my water  ) because i can't bare to let the process start slowly by itself.

That's what my grand daughter says to me the 1st time she saw my stylo milo aluminium can filter - mummy dries fork and spoon in it. My face was like that Lucky I never bluff her it's some sort of super high-tech filter.

Kekeke. You forgotten what we have to say about those zeolite you were using.

Unfortunately I use the the old sponge filters and sinter glass from my canister to cycle the new tank. It took about 2 days to cycle it.

But I'm getting impressively fast cycling rate for a my QT tank whenever I set it up from scratch with a sponge filter. 1 week tops.

[mountain]

G-String .. Tia dio bo!! cycle with sponge for your new tank

actually .. hmm .. where are those zeolite pebbles .. .. aiyo!! in my flowerpot..

[white horse T1]

That's what my grand daughter says to me the 1st time she saw my stylo milo aluminium can filter - mummy dries fork and spoon in it.  My face was like that    Lucky I never bluff her it's some sort of super high-tech filter. 

Kekeke.  You forgotten what we have to say about those zeolite you were using. 

Unfortunately I use the the old sponge filters and sinter glass from my canister to cycle the new tank.  It took about 2 days to cycle it. 

But I'm getting impressively fast cycling rate for a my QT tank whenever I set it up from scratch with a sponge filter.  1 week tops.

aluminium in water for a long time.
not too advisable. ever seen a coke can in water before....it still breakdown somewhat.

[white horse T1]

The link doesn't work.

see my tank setup again

[HappyBuddha]

see my tank setup again

Hey that's a nice looking setup.

I'm very curious how it looks like inside. Could I trouble you to take another pic with all the doors opened? I especially want to see the two doors covering the tank itself.

Thanks.

[white horse T1]

Hey that's a nice looking setup.

I'm very curious how it looks like inside.  Could I trouble you to take another pic with all the doors opened?  I especially want to see the two doors covering the tank itself.

Thanks.

sorrie for the late reply

i was told this is patented. so i am not too sure i will infringe anything if i go further to show this internal setup in public domain.

unlikely i could seek permission as contractor & me got dispute bec of design.

otherwise why would i want to change it......