Check out what I did in 4 hours last night...

derekp

derekp

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I decided the filtration was not enough on my 300 and I was not satisfied at all. I just got one of my big pumps in yesterday and decided to put it to use until my big tank needs it. Took me 4 actual hours to build the filter and I think it is pretty sweet. It is an absolute beast at moving water with that pump. It filled the 50 gallon trash can in about 12 sec before I toned it down and put drains to the tank. lol

I spent $250 on the pump, $80 on everything for filtration including trash can, and $150 on plumbing pipes.

so for about $500 I have a filter that can filter anything I throw at it. I already love it. It is not running at the moment because Im gonna let everything dry for a few days before I actually run it.

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lol That was the first thing my dad said when he saw it. Im going to replace them with cinder blocks. I just put them there to get an idea of the height. The bottom of the trash can is 40 inches off the ground give or take an inch. the cinder blocks are 8 inches wide so Im going to have 15 (3 stacks of 5) total to make a semi decent stand for it.
 
Nice build.

The two pipes coming out of the bottom side of the tank what are they for?

Kicking filter. Your dad is a smart guy.

So what belongs to the sets of eyes I see in the tank?
 
Thanks. They were already there but they are sealed up. The tank was an old lobster tank from a supermarket that I got off of craigslist. He sure is, he has a nice mind to think things through before he does stuff. Im still learning that aspect. lol
 
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