making a filter out of a pump

[kell]

is it possible to make a filter out of a small pump that used to push water on a small fountain feature.

here is the pump

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http/groups.msn.com/stickpics/shoebox.ms...hoto&PhotoID=52

 

[Aquascaper]

The essence of a filter is water passing through a medium to extract matter that is held in solution or suspension. As long as you can create a container for the filter medium that the pump can draw water through i see no reason why it wouldn't work.

Things to bear in mind are the output of the pump - it may be too powerful and draw the water through the medium too fast, and also that the whole unit must be watertight otherwise it won't work properly.

All in all it may be easier and less frustrating to buy a proper filter

 

[Tolak]

Easy and cheap to make. get a 1 or 2 liter bottle, the proper size tubing to connect it, and stack sponge, floss, or whatever you like in it.

This is a pic of one I built a week or two ago. It has sponge, a little charcoal pad & floss, with a piece of plexiglass with a bunch of holes drilled in it to keep the floss from being sucked into the filter. This one is running in a 20 long right now.

All this stuff was just laying around the fishroom. Drop the whole thing in the tank, plug it in, kick back and watch the bristlenose surf the current.

Tolak

[http/img14.exs.cx/img14/4861/DSC00412-filter.jpg

 

[kell]

the coke bottle one looks good but the pump doesnt suck threw a hole in the top i sucks threw a grid on the side.

Aquascaper- i dont really need a new filter at the moment the pump is being used to create a small current in my small guppy tank. but it would be alot better if the pump could make a current and filter at the same time. and i dont want to was a good pump.



im going to try and use buth ur ideas and creay a filter from this pump


Thx

 

[big_fresh]

Hi Tolak,

great innovation (wish I read it before I went out and bought that corner box filter)....oh well i'll just keep this in mind for my next tank