DIY- 75g 2x4 stand!

[jwh0818]

Haha nice! The bucket idea sounds pretty cool. It would be neat to use 4 buckets as the sump and add 3" holes to some with pvc there to flow to the next!!! I may have to try this now!

 

[Brookster123]

Yah! Exactly! They have some bad mamah pumps at hd for $100!

 

[IShallNtEatFish]

It is amazing jw! Now only if I could get my daddy or brother to make me one! They don't trust me with a saw since I cut my finger almost completely off when I was 6 I just wanted to make a armory for my GIJoes.... They really needed it

 

[jwh0818]

Those are bad literally bro, they have oil in them that keeps everything running

 

[Brookster123]

Really?! I thought I saw one that was a pond pump ?? What would you use?

 

[jwh0818]

I would get one from online. I really like the lifeguard aquatics models. I've used them in the past with great success. Very powerful and very cheap

 

[Brookster123]

Good to know! I was thinking if I get the 65-75 I would do a sump to, or just a big Rubbermaid canister..

 

[jwh0818]

I am gonna try buckets! I think it will be very neat!

 

[Brookster123]

I am gonna try buckets! I think it will be very neat!

yah! You can stuff one with foam, one with poly fill and one with bio balls?? I think that would work great.. Throw a uv sterilizer on that baby and watch out floating in air fluffster!

 

[jwh0818]

I'm gonna do it! 3 buckets. 1 with biomedia, 1 with Floss and the last for the return! I love DIY! I'll draw up some designs!

 

[IShallNtEatFish]

One lucky fish right there!

 

[Brookster123]

I'm gonna do it! 3 buckets. 1 with biomedia, 1 with Floss and the last for the return! I love DIY! I'll draw up some designs!

awesome! If it works I'm totally copying you!

 

[jwh0818]

How would this work? Obviously bucket 3 is simple just a return pump but would this work?
Btw, the red lines are egg crate

 

[Brookster123]

Wouldn't you want bio media after coarse filtration(egg crate)? Will you be drilling the tank?

 

[jwh0818]

Wouldn't you want bio media after coarse filtration(egg crate)? Will you be drilling the tank?

Yes your right. I'll reverse it then I completely forgot. Nope I won't be drilling it, that's too much work! Just a siphon pulling the water out. I want about 1000gph to 2000gph for this!

 

[Brookster123]

What happens if the siphon breaks?!? Will there be any kind if emergency shut off? What about a ball float the an on/off switch ?? Like a toilet tank!

 

[jwh0818]

The siphon won't break! It's only a 3 ft drop to where it's gonna be. I've never used a ball float for a water pump. Got a link I can read up on it?

 

[Brookster123]

The siphon won't break! It's only a 3 ft drop to where it's gonna be. I've never used a ball float for a water pump. Got a link I can read up on it?

good po.into, you'll just have to manually restart the siphon whenever you do a wc? No link to my brain sorry.. If you're interested I'll think something up, it'd be way simple, basically a float that when it hit a certain level, either to high it low, would shut the pump off, as long as the siphon tube wasn't to low in tank it would kill the siphon too!

 

[jwh0818]

Think away bro! Can't have a house flooding with a baby on the way!

 

[jwh0818]

Would this work?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0064BHEVM

Not sure how I would wire it or to what