strange idea, using power filter. - Aquarium Advice

neoginn · 10-07-2006, 08:51 PM

While i was cleaning my tanks today i got an idea for my saltwater tank. let me run it by you... I wonder if i could take a power filter and pretty much take out the back and make it bigger. that way i could fill it with live rock or macro algae. the container i would be using to make enlarge the back of the filter is shallow only 4 inches deep but it is 1 foot square. once again its only an idea, but one that struck me as plausiable. what do you guys think?

Toirtis · 10-07-2006, 11:51 PM

it would take some engineering to make sure that all the 'media' had proper flow-through, but I suppose it could work (although what you are suggesting sounds a biy large)...I have done Aquaclear 300s & 500s as refugiums full of rock rubble and macroalgaes, lit by small, clip-on compact flourescent lights.

neoginn · 10-08-2006, 12:05 AM

really my goal or inspiration for this idea is just to improve the water quality. and i was thinking that if i grew some plants in the filter that it would control the nitrate or nitrite problem that is common in saltwater tanks.

boxxmann · 12-01-2006, 01:56 AM

I think that it would work w/ a little engineering to make the box bigger. Great idea!

10-07-2006, 08:51 PM	#1
neoginn Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 91	strange idea, using power filter. While i was cleaning my tanks today i got an idea for my saltwater tank. let me run it by you... I wonder if i could take a power filter and pretty much take out the back and make it bigger. that way i could fill it with live rock or macro algae. the container i would be using to make enlarge the back of the filter is shallow only 4 inches deep but it is 1 foot square. once again its only an idea, but one that struck me as plausiable. what do you guys think?

10-07-2006, 11:51 PM	#2
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	it would take some engineering to make sure that all the 'media' had proper flow-through, but I suppose it could work (although what you are suggesting sounds a biy large)...I have done Aquaclear 300s & 500s as refugiums full of rock rubble and macroalgaes, lit by small, clip-on compact flourescent lights. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

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10-08-2006, 12:05 AM	#3
neoginn Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 91	really my goal or inspiration for this idea is just to improve the water quality. and i was thinking that if i grew some plants in the filter that it would control the nitrate or nitrite problem that is common in saltwater tanks.

12-01-2006, 01:56 AM	#4
boxxmann Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Richmond, Va. Posts: 44	I think that it would work w/ a little engineering to make the box bigger. Great idea!