The Ultimate 'Invisible' DIY Aquarium Filter?
Channel: Pondguru
Date: 2018-07-15

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A few years back when I still had my aquarium shop I made an air driven filter from a resin rock ornament which worked really well - this is a much better version which uses the following materials:
Okiishi OR/7 resin rock: no longer available
Biogravel: https://bit.ly/2NRdc8o
Spin Stream Nozzle: http://geni.us/bLHfA
24" x 17" foams: http://geni.us/AvAdBx
Fine filter pad: https://bit.ly/2LlEsuf
Oxygenating water pump: https://bit.ly/2umSS72

Although the above list of materials are very specific please don't feel as if you need to stick to those exact products - I'm just throwing the idea out there and I'd love to see what you can come up with for your own DIY filter projects.

Unfortunately I don't have the 24" x 17" foams on my website yet so the link is to a pack of 3 but you could use a coarse and medium or fine foam and not bother with the fine wool pad - it's up to you, either way will clean the water no problem.

After over 3 months of running the filter I can confirm that the suckers aren't much good to hold such a heavy filter up so it's way better and easier to simply use the 'S' shaped wire to hang the filter on the back of the tank.

The spin stream nozzle which distributes the water has worked perfectly and never stopped in the months of testing.

This is the model of dremmel tool I was using in the video: http://geni.us/4uMl and I find it to be excellent when I'm making DIY aquarium filters.

This was the air driven rock filter I made a few years ago: https://bit.ly/2uAdB6A

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