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Old 28-10-2012, 06:35 PM   #1
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I've being diy stuff to make tank water better quality for my fish
fish stock whice now i have in 7x2.2x2.5
2 x silver aro
2 x banjar red
2 x RTG
2 x Hiback
1 x super red
3 x ray
3 x eartheater
2 x Black Ghost Knife Fish
3 x gold fish
2 x Bichir
2 x rope Bichir

DIY stuff :
Coil Denitrator :to remove nitrate (no feeding)
Biosand filter :to remove (dont no what it remove) but ppl is using
for drinking water
K1 moving bed filter :to remove ammonia and nitrite

Tested my water reading using (API test KIT) ammonia , nitrite @ 0 ppm , nitrate @ about 0 to 4 ppm & ph 7.0 .wc 1 two week

Coil Denitrator:



Biosand filter :


For Coil Denitrator and Biosand filter



K1 moving bed filter :
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Biosand filter infor :
[YOUTUBE]?v=YaOOmaGzx0g&feature=player_detailpage[/YOUTUBE]
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Old 28-10-2012, 06:37 PM   #2
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Old 28-10-2012, 07:15 PM   #3
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Bro, thanks for sharing your setup. Can know for all your fishes, how much and often you feed?

Any details of your DIY denitrator? Is the 2 blue drums?
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Old 28-10-2012, 07:46 PM   #4
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Thanx for sharing....any more detailed setup process...
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Old 28-10-2012, 08:55 PM   #5
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Bro, thanks for sharing your setup. Can know for all your fishes, how much and often you feed?

Any details of your DIY denitrator? Is the 2 blue drums?
yes 1 is denitrator the other 1 is biosand filter.
i feed twice a day with only SW ( i think about 50 of it)

here my setup
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Old 28-10-2012, 09:01 PM   #6
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look very well set up. Juz wondering whats those PVC U-tube for?
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Old 28-10-2012, 09:09 PM   #7
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look very well set up. Juz wondering whats those PVC U-tube for?
the PVC U is the link from sump to another tank .
because when i conver IOS to use sump n i brought just 3ft sump taht too small for my tank that y i put the link to the add on 3ft tank .
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Old 28-10-2012, 09:28 PM   #8
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i guess as much.

Meaning the water is siphon from one sump to another?
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Old 28-10-2012, 09:51 PM   #9
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i guess as much.

Meaning the water is siphon from one sump to another?
yes it is
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Old 28-10-2012, 10:23 PM   #10
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yes it is
What happen if u stop pump??

How to restart the siphon?
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