DIY canister filter

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Hi all,

I was just going though some pictures, and I found a few from when I built my filter. I used a Mag 7, some PVC and rubber rose, and a sedimentary filter housing. Total cost was about $80, not counting a broken pump (which I now use to mix saltwater). Bear in mind that the pics do not show the rubber hose. Since then, I've added quick release unions, hit the PVC with black Krylon Fusion, connected the pump to the housing using rubber hose to reduce vibration, and replaced the QuietOne 800 with a Mag7 (since I overtightened the PVC and snapped off a threaded nipple).

Let me know if anything needs further explanation.

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That's a misspent $80.00. I like the inventiveness and originality, just not the cost. I realize most of the cost was for the pump.

If you could have done it for less than $20 that would be impressive.
 
for 80.00 you could have got a nice real canister on sale, DIY is great if you have all the parts already on hand and dont have to buy anything but generally it is more cost effective just to buy the real deal well for me it is anyway BUT your filter does look pretty neat and if I had the parts on hand i would make it.
 
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Where did you pick up that actual filter housing and its' media from. And, how is it referred to, its' name? Or, what I would ask for in the store?

I have some ideas for an unconventional use for such parts, aquarium related?

Regards,
TA
 
I have done that myself. the filters tend to be to much for those little quiet ones's. I had to make my own cartridge to keep the flow up. I did it case i had everything already, from previous plumbing projects, so my cost was nothing but my time. for 80, i would have just spend the little extra and gotten an actual canister.



Good luck with it!


mike
 
Yeah, invariably most of my projects aren't cost effective. I realize after the fact that I could have bought something out of the box for the same price, but I rationalize it as entertainment.

The housing came off ebay, just search for "sediment filter housing". The media is just polyester stuffing and a little mesh baggie full of phosphate sponge.
 
that's the best part about projects, you can buy a stand for a 55gallon for a hundred bucks but spend 200 and making a custom one with your barehands just makes you feel better. Awesome filter btw, we all know you're not going to mass produce these but the fact that you thought of it and put it into a working model is cool beans. So what it costs 80bucks as long as your happy lol. It's like changing your own oil yeah you only save like 5bucks, but hey at least I can say I can change mine.... anyhow.... gj =)
 
TechAquaria said:
Where did you pick up that actual filter housing and its' media from. And, how is it referred to, its' name? Or, what I would ask for in the store?

I have some ideas for an unconventional use for such parts, aquarium related?

Regards,
TA
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They sell these filters at home-depot or lowes, normally with the under-sink filtration or whole house filters, mine always seem to clog really quickly with the original filter cartrige, but if you buy a cartrige for this filter housing you can cut the paper filter off and wrap it with aquarium filter pad or filter floss and it works much better.
 
Ahh so that makes sence, you did the same thing that I did. I replaced the media with foam, some carbon and other goodies. I have had my rig running for a few months and it works well. I do agree, it feels good to complete a project! :)

Mike
 
lol, we bought a lot of these for work, and never used them, so i had like 6 of them and about 50 filter cartriges, lol, i use those inner cartrige pipe things for all kind of cool diy stuff.
 
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