Thought i would make a contribution to this nice local website. Got a few friends out there that i would like to share with. To paint the picture, up untill recently i worked as an aquarist at AQWA, meaning wicked job, heaps of spare time, absolutly no money. So i basically built everything my self. I have done my best to model this tank on the surge zone of lake tanganika. yet to add a surge bucket though.
i have detailed with photos how i constructed my tropheus's filter system.
First of all the tank that recieved the royal treatment, the fish can from Kev at Malaga Aquarium, great mix of trophs.
and the filter running:
and this is how it is built:
Then i didn't want to drill my tank to after giving the grey matter a workout i finally figured out how a overflow worked enough to trust it in my rental appartment. Here is how it is build:
The integral part and insurance against the syphon breaking is this one way air valve.
I hook it up to the resticted intake of a pond pump using air tubing, this constant sucking insures that the syphon keep flowing smoothly.
In this tank i also use a SCWD device (thanks to Matt at Veba's) which helps my add some surge type action to the tank. As you can see the tank has a bit of a DIY look about it but give it a few months and algae will hopefully blend everything in nicely..
hope this inspires others to save $ on expensive filters and make there own. leaveing more $ for fish.
