5 Minute Sponge Filter Mod.

[Spader]

Well my fish had fry today and i made a new tank for the fry which is a 5 gallon. i needed a filter and this is what i did. I took the empty food container and the tube connected to the pump and stuck the tube into the jood container. then i put cycled sponge around that and some rocks on top of the sponge to keep it in the tank. Weill this work as my filtration unit?

Thanks!

 

[Tolak]

Should work great, I've taken sponge filters & just piled some mature gravel on top.

 

[Spader]

does yours keep trying to go to the surface? the bubbles just push the gravel out on mine.....

 

[Tolak]

I make mine a little different, been making them this way for years;

Here's one with the sponge slid up, & a Pepsi can for size reference;

I put a little gravel down the pvc tube for weight, in a pinch toss a handfull of gravel on the top.

 

[Spader]

yeah the bubbles knock them up. well i put my 2 fry in, lets see how it goes....

 

[Tolak]

2 platy fry in a 5 gallon don't produce much waste at all, I'm sure they will be fine. I use a homemade sponge filter in a 10 gallon with 200-300 angel fry for the first 2 to 3 weeks. Just one does the job, sponge filters are great for bio filtration.

 

[Spader]

yeah thanks. i was thinking of putting a net around it to keep the gravel in and so the bubbles come up nice and even. hmmmm. heres what the filter looks like