Recent content by joshcanfield

ok so here is the video of the DIY canister bio filter I made. DIY Biofilter - YouTube . I am still working on the clay drift wood and i will make a video for it when I am finished.

hey I am building a drift wood center piece out of polymer clay for my aquarium. I need a medium to use as a skeleton and a space filler. How to Scuplt Polymer Clay Tree | VhampyreArt.com . here is a basic idea of what I need to do. but of course upside down to look like a root system. I have...

will do with the wire. ok so here is a site where they have had clay sculptures in the water for a while and have had no effects on the aquatic life so far. Putting polymer clay scuba diver in the fish pond so I will be doing a vast root system and possibly be doing a cave to hide my diy bio filter.

I definitely like projects that keep me busy, and the amazon rive idear sounds sweet! The Hobby Store here sells sculpey so I will look in to the different kinds they have. Edit: ok so I have read up on it a little bit and have deduced that as long as you cure it, it will be safe in the...

that's what i was thinking. I want to create lots of roots for my fish to swim around. so i thought maybe clay driftwood would work...it just seams to me that there is a lot of work in making your own aquarium safe drift wood and idk how long they actually last. I thought clay would hold up a...

ok so can't decide on what i want as a center piece for my tank. I want to make something so it is special. does any body know of oven bake clay is safe for fresh water aquariums? Oven bake clay like sculpey? is there any test I can do to tell if it has harmful chemicals in it?

ya that would be great if you could do that i'm all for new ideas and I always listin to new advice on things.

ok thanks... ya i prob will move the barbs to a 20 gal and use the 5 for some little tetras or something. i just didnt want to make my 5 gal in to a sump for the 20 in case I messed up the design. this will be my first dyi sump and if it did go wrong i didn't want to have an unusable 5 gal and...

ok so i have read several how to's and watched a couple videos on sump pumps for both saltwater and freshwater tanks. I like the idea of not having all the room in your tank taken up by equipment. I have a 5 gallon tank and a little 2.5 gal tank. I am using the 5 gallon for my tiger barbs and...