Sponge filter

[Cute-n-Fury]

hey i now it seems a bit late but hears a gd link for a sponge filter and the forums cool as well but its quite new
Sponge filter

 

[sammydee]

This is what I meant (apologies in advance for the crude drawing):

Should be reasonably easy to do.

 

[OohFeeshy]

So if I drill a hole in the outlet tube, and attatch an airline, would that work?

 

[jimw13uk]

You would have to make the center tube wide enough to take an airstone - you then drop the airstone (attached to airline) to the bottom of the tube and this then draws the water through your filter

 

[sammydee]

Yeah that would work. A small powerhead would be far more effective but an airstone would work just fine. Just a tube with no stone would be pretty useless I'd have thought.

 

[jimw13uk]

to be honest though with the price of a Huey Hung sponge filter - I paid £6 for a single foam and £8 for a double foam - I cant see the point in making one.
Plus a water bottle stuck at the back of the tank is not going to look great is it.

 

[OohFeeshy]

True. The main point was to give me something to do, but I might as well get a £3 smallworld box filter. Ah well, thanks a lot for all your help.

 

[DeepSeaFishin]

(If you want to try this or whatever ) I made a simple addition to my hob filter (Hang on Back Filter), Simply buy some foam and then cut a cube-like section and cut a hole about half way through it and place it on the end of the intake tube for the hob filter. Yes it does require cleaning about once a week but it will save a few fry lives

 

[sammydee]

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