hi Brian, thanks for you fantastic idea i had looked at a few of these on youtube the day i posted the ad :) i have to say i somehow would manage to mess this up as im pretty rubbish at making things of importance but also im not sure there would be enough room as it is a strange shaped tank. your idea is fab and i am very greatful foe you reply. thanks ellyx
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
From: kbgwp@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:04:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] WANTED - Air Filter for gold fish tank :/
I used a homemade, air-powered filter in a 10 gallon aquarium before but not with goldfish. This filter was simply a glass jar (could have been plastic) that had a short piece of PVC pipe going down into the jar. I had a 90 degree elbow on the bottom but I don't think that was necessary. Just a tube for the bubbles to come through and carry water along. Then I put a piece of airline tubing at the bottom of the pipe and filled the jar full of aquarium gravel. When submerged in the tank, the air bubbles in the water at the bottom of the jar and moves a little bit of water along with the air. Water is draw into the top of the jar and travels down to replace the water flowing out the PVC outlet tube. Filter floss could be put on the top to help filter it better if needed. This isn't a powerful filter but it might help some especially once the bacteria find their new home. It is pretty cheap and easy to make. Works good for raising baby fish or brine shimp since there is no pump to harm them and the fish don't get sucked in or stuck to the filter inlet. I don't think this idea will be enough for your goldfish but it might help some. Goldfish are kind of messy so you are probably going to have to continue with the water changes. If you have a large enough tank or container that the fish are in and a good enough air pump (or a couple pumps), you could easily make more than one of these filters. Not fancy but with colored gravel, it don't look real bad.
Just an IDEA. No guarantees it's a good one. It is just a version of the old style corner filters or the under gravel filter in a jar. You could use charcoal and filter floss in this filter but I was going for CHEAP.
...Brian in PA
mumof2_86 <ellydryburgh@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>hi we are looking after my sons nursey goldfish and i am having to clean them out quite alot which i do not like doing due to having to treat their water everytime and i dont want to end up killing them :(
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>i will be giving the nursery the filter when i give them the fish back in august.
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>sadly i dont have the funds to just go out and buy one :(
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>please if anyone can help it would be fantastic and would mean the world to me :)
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>Elly
>xx
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