Home-made Internal filter

[Aderynglas]

I just had to tell someone. This filter can be made with just bits you have hanging around. In keeping with the tradition of german made filters I am calling it HANDGEMACHT

I'm feeling really pleased with myself today. Water tests show that my home-made filter is working perfectly. and its very unobtrusive.

Its made from a litre orange squash plastic bottle, two pieces of foam, ceramic noodles, filter wad and a powerhead.

METHOD
Rinse plastic bottle with clean water and leave to dry. Discard cap.
Cut and shape aquarium foam to fit snugly in the bottle.
Cut section out of side at the base of the bottle, enough to squeeze in the two pieces of foam one above the other.
Leave space for ceramic noodles above the foam.
Drop ceramic noodles in thru top of bottle, use some noodles from a working filter to ensure cycling is immediate and some new to allow good colonisation.
Poke filter wadding thru top to cover noodles.
Install bottle in aquarium and fit powerhead.
Switch on.

The whole thing took ten minutes to make and install and runs perfectly.

The powerhead I used is an Interpet one and has an attachment to secure to the tank wall.
This size filter is perfect for my 70 liter planted aquarium

 

[nolemite]

Thanks for the idea. Sounds good. Will give it a try sometime.

 

[Aderynglas]

Its almost two years now and I'm still using the same bottle as a filter I'm going to have to do a new bottle soon tho as the plastic is bound to become brittle eventually. All the filter media is still going strong too and the tank is in lovely condition.