DIY Mini Canister

[SuperWen]

sorry there are no explanations in each pictures, but peoples say "picture worth thousand words"

 

[SuperWen]

another my DIY canister

 

[SuperWen]

Pico Canister

 

[frasertheking]

Those are some nice little cans youve built
is that epoxy or silicon on the joint ?
Any leaks ?
Fraser

 

[SuperWen]

Those are some nice little cans youve built
is that epoxy or silicon on the joint ?
Any leaks ?
Fraser

yes that is epoxy brand 'Araldite"
there is no leaks so far

 

[cheebs]

I have been tempted for a while to make a small external filter... I have some pumps from when I used to water cool my PCs lol... I think they may well be far too powerful though.

Nice job Wendy

 

[norfolkdiscus]

have you tried using a wine/beer making barrel, i think they hold about 5.5 ltrs there is a screw on cap and an outlet at the bottom, the top will take a 22mm fitting and screw on hosetail at the bace and then run though a dry running pump. this is how discus breaders use filters lots of media.


tim

 

[Bobtastic]

Have you thought about using some acrylic tubes bent into which ever shape you like (spray bar or inlet) so that you can make the hosing as inconspicuous as possible?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Keeping them coming SuperWen, I am really enjoying the DIY threads. I've made the occasional small filter and luminaire before, but I'd never thought of the "DIY Diffuser from Ceramic Ring".

cheers Darrel

 

[Garuf]

I tried something similar using a length of plastic abs plumbing tubing but found that the seal always gave up after about 4 months or so without fail.

How are yours on longevity?
Great thread, keep them coming indeed!

 

[SuperWen]

@ cheebs: thanks bro

@ norfolkdiscus: pity it's hard to find those barrels, many aquascapers here in Indonesia using Lock&Lock canister or 6inch PVC pipe to make DIY canister

@ Bobtastic: that is great idea, but acrylic tubes is relatively expensive here, so I'm just using whatever I have to make it cheaper

@ dw1305: thanks bro

@ Garuf: I'm using this DIY canister for 8 months, but I'm not using this anymore because now EHEIM canister is affordable to me

 

[spyder]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

So your using the pump from an internal filter? I have 1 or 2 old internal filters I can sacrifice for this. Will be nice to get some filteration and flow into smaller projects.