Equipment Review and Discussion :: Supercharged filtration for small tank.

[Chrisbarnett]

The filter cartridge for my axolotls tank(a marineland eclipse 3g all in one) was going to crap, so I decided rather than buy a new one, I came up with this idea.
What I used:

Heres a pic next to my wallet for size comparison:

Now I cut the blue filter floss/foam off the top of the cartridge, and wedged in some of the prefilter in staggered order:

Then I grabbed a small coffee scooper and scooped some carbon into the cartridge. This is how water will flow through it:

And here it is in the filter:

And a bonus picture of the axolotl, he was actually standing.


So there's another crazy idea of mine. Now I have all three elements, mechanical(pre filter), chemical(carbon), and biological(bio wheel).

[blackforces get you]

wow thats pretty nice. i like the idea

[Daniel3507]

anything supercharged is a good idea.

[untsmurf]

someone is a little fancy

[blackforces get you]

it looks like the tail got chopped off. did you chop it off!?. or did it fall off?

[Chrisbarnett]

No. his whole tail is there. just cant see it in the pic.

[RESnTX]

You're so creative!

[francinemarie]

what kind of filter do you have?

[Chrisbarnett]

Thanks!

The filter is part of the all in one system.


on the far left, there is a down tube for the intake, then the square is a powerhead, then in the open space is where the media goes, and to the right is where the bio wheel goes, then there are two holes where the outflow comes out.