Recent content by KreativJustin

I have heard of time-out tanks, but I do not believe they are smart enough to know why they are being moved. I could be wrong though. :ermm:

Welcome!! What size fish tank do you have?

Very late to the ball here lol :) I hope you all had a great Christmas!

Yes, separate section.. by the way, do you know why they also put slits at the bottom? (see picture/link) My first guess is because it may not have enough flow at the top to accommodate a higher/faster flow rate, so you can adjust the bottom as well. https://ibb.co/fn8cq3q

I'm actually doing an AIO. I did find a bulkhead and loc-line setup that I think will work out really nice. I will do a thread for the build as soon as I start getting all of my pieces in :) --edit-- since it is an AIO, there is 0 possibility of overflowing the tank, but the hose will be...

Hello, I am doing a 3D underwater cave build for my pea puffer in a 20g tank. I am buildling an AIO sump style filter for it before I do the 3d background. However, I am not familiar with returns. I am used to the return that hangs over the back like this...

Well I have not ordered any pads yet. I still have some of the filter floss that I currently use in my sump, so I have no immediate need to order any new pads or anything, just trying to figure out how to keep the fine detritus from getting into the bio chamber in the new sump. This is what I...

The reason for the 50 micron pad was to help with detritus in the bio-media. I get a lot of detritus buildup in my current sump in the media bags, I was hoping that 50 micron pad would be able to handle that.

I use an eshopps pre-filter (black round sponge) in my overflow (and love it). Then going to sock (already ordered) and then this pad. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0141HU1AG/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_7?smid=AM2SDMQNPD4V5&psc=1 That would lead to the bio chamber in the middle. Are you saying...

So just have a couple of those sponges in the middle chamber of my sump instead of other media? Why do they have all of these media types if people can just throw sponges in there. I have also seen people using those little dish cleaning loufa looking things that people get at dollar general...

I've attached a photo of my current sump. I need to clean the filter pad and floss in there, I've been leaving a gap in the filter floss (on the right) so that way when it starts getting clogged my left side wont fill up so quick. I got my hands on a free 20g long that had a damage frame. I...

I do use the auto siphon for my overflow up top on the display tank, so I know what you mean there. There is no current way for me to do that in my sump though, the drip tray takes over everything. My current one comes from the flex hose down into a "top cap" that puts the water into a "drip...

It may sound childish, it may not, it is up to you.. 10 years ago when I was in the hobby, I started building a sump because I never had one and could not afford to buy a new one.. then with my wife having my last child at the same time, I shut down the aquariums and focused on the family. I...

Hello everyone, I'm switching from a "wet/dry" style sump to a full wet sump (freshwater). My media bags in the trickle area for the current one are bio balls, some sponge that I cut-up to help seed the tank, old substrate that I had in there that originally helped seed the tank, and some...

Originally what I did was get the system running, stop the system, let the tank drain into the sump. Filled the sump up to about 90%, turned the pump on, let it stabilize and marked a "max" line on my sump in sharpie on the outside. Where I get into a bind every now and then is the "sucking"...