AquaLab: Ex 08 DIY Aquarium Biofilter

This exercise combines the airlift pump with other aquaculture principles to build a one-design simple biofilter for small aquariums. The airlift powers the water flow through the filter and the bio-media is made from recycled water bottles. Use this as a guideline and your inventiveness to design and build your own unique aquarium biofilter. Let me know what improvements you came up with.

For more information on aquaculture and applied aquatic sciences contact Skip Kemp at Carteret Community College Aquaculture Technology program kemps@carteret.edu or http://main2.carteret.edu/~kemps/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• aquarium
• bio-filter
• airlift
• pump
• DIY

[pskemp2]

It is a cheap aquarium pump, one that has two outlets, should have shown it in the video. sorry I don't usually check messages, it's just a simple aquarium pump and you can check on the air flow by turning the airline into a calibrated bottle filled with water and turned upside down in the bucket of water, time it like you would the water flow

[waltmcmahon]

i get the theory but the one thing left out of the steps is how much air is being used for the result shown-what king of pump are you using

[pskemp2]

@waltmcmahon

sorry I don't usually check messages, it's just a simple aquarium pump and you can check on the air flow by turning the airline into a calibrated bottle filled with water and turned upside down in the bucket of water, time it like you would the water flow

[enticed2zeitgeist]

Is that regular glue in your glue gun?

[pskemp2]

@enticed2zeitgeist

yes



[enticed2zeitgeist]

@pskemp2 Is that safe? Does it hold up under wet conditions?

[pskemp2]

@enticed2zeitgeist yes the glue is water stable

[sweekypooky]

Awesome , thank you :-)

[zharnotczar]

How strong is that pump?

[impactlures]

Very informative. Thank you.

[Livin4theMic]

Great video tutorial, smart man !

[enticed2zeitgeist]

@pskemp2 :O awesome. Thanks man. Imma go get me a glue gun.