DIY Mini Canister Filter

Orion · 07-31-2006, 07:38 PM

This is the main filtering unit:

This is the pump section that is going to be inside the tank:

This is the return pipe. I used the intake tube off of a HOB filter to keep from having to use another sharp bend in the pipe, and to help keep it on the back of the tank without falling off

As ever paranoid as I am, I drilled holes in the intake tube/return tube so that there wouldn't be any way for a syphon to start in the tube and start draining water out of the tank because the bottom of the tube is going to be underwater. May not have happened, but now it can't.

This is a close up of the bottom of the duetto motor. The sponge stick fit right into the bottom of it with just a little bit of effort (and a file). I still dabbed a little bit of hot glue just as a temp meassure to make sure that it was going to intake water where it should. The zip ties are just to make sure that the impeller is going to stay where it should as well.

Pure · 07-31-2006, 09:44 PM

looking good man

HaWk16 · 08-27-2006, 02:47 PM

so then when the pump takes in the water it fills the unit and the water keeps rising till it hits the return pipe and flows out back into the tank rite? that is basicly how it works?

EDIT: Also would a powerhead provide the same pressure and GPH and work just as well? cause its ezer to find a high power low costing powerhead then it is to find a high power low costing pump on the big als canadian site.

Orion · 08-28-2006, 07:54 AM

Yep, that's basicly it.

Sure you could use a powerhead if you wanted. Just something to get the water moving.

HaWk16 · 09-02-2006, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orion

Yep, that's basicly it.

Sure you could use a powerhead if you wanted. Just something to get the water moving.

Cool, i got to try this one time

Mahamotorworks · 09-02-2006, 02:29 AM

It looks like the new set up is a lot better then the Original. I may have to look in making one. I would like to adapt this Idea to have a mulit tank system. Any Ideas?

MAHA

Igor The Cat · 09-02-2006, 02:51 AM

build a very large one with a WAY overkill pump and use identical lengthed tubes from each aquarium joining into one where it goes into the filter, and the same for the output, mind you i havent done it and this is all from jsut theory

cheers

-Java

brnttoast · 09-20-2006, 05:02 AM

walmart sells a cheap powerhead that has a intake port and the outlet for the difuser is round enough you can clamp a hose on it, says its not supposed to be completely submersed,but... the suction cup on it bites and mine has been underwater for 3 months now, and it has very good flow, i've had to put a plastic plant infront to slow the current from it, btw i'm a tradesman, anythin diy,pumps,electrical etc fell free to ask, i know alot more about that then the fish i keep

saltwater4life · 09-26-2006, 12:10 PM

really nice job so this could probably be changed to a malti tanks then

07-31-2006, 07:38 PM	#31
Orion Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,665	This is the main filtering unit: This is the pump section that is going to be inside the tank: This is the return pipe. I used the intake tube off of a HOB filter to keep from having to use another sharp bend in the pipe, and to help keep it on the back of the tank without falling off As ever paranoid as I am, I drilled holes in the intake tube/return tube so that there wouldn't be any way for a syphon to start in the tube and start draining water out of the tank because the bottom of the tube is going to be underwater. May not have happened, but now it can't. This is a close up of the bottom of the duetto motor. The sponge stick fit right into the bottom of it with just a little bit of effort (and a file). I still dabbed a little bit of hot glue just as a temp meassure to make sure that it was going to intake water where it should. The zip ties are just to make sure that the impeller is going to stay where it should as well. __________________ I am Species 5618: Coffee Based life form Join us in the MFT.net chatroom!

07-31-2006, 09:44 PM	#32
Pure Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 3,216	looking good man __________________ Yup, I've got tanks. http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/xyshannen/

08-27-2006, 02:47 PM	#33
HaWk16 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 86	so then when the pump takes in the water it fills the unit and the water keeps rising till it hits the return pipe and flows out back into the tank rite? that is basicly how it works? EDIT: Also would a powerhead provide the same pressure and GPH and work just as well? cause its ezer to find a high power low costing powerhead then it is to find a high power low costing pump on the big als canadian site. __________________ 55 gallon Coldwater Goldfish Tank - 2 xp2s - Tank Established December 2005 Inhabitants ~2 comet goldfish ~1 red and white fantail Last edited by HaWk16; 08-27-2006 at 02:57 PM..

08-28-2006, 07:54 AM	#34
Orion Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,665	Yep, that's basicly it. Sure you could use a powerhead if you wanted. Just something to get the water moving. __________________ I am Species 5618: Coffee Based life form Join us in the MFT.net chatroom!

09-02-2006, 02:29 AM	#36
Mahamotorworks Super Fish Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Thule, Greenland Posts: 1,722	It looks like the new set up is a lot better then the Original. I may have to look in making one. I would like to adapt this Idea to have a mulit tank system. Any Ideas? MAHA __________________ 75G Freshwater: 3 Angel Fish and a lot of guppies. It is at my Brothers house while I am out of country. My Facebook Page

09-02-2006, 02:51 AM	#37
Igor The Cat Super Fish Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,678	build a very large one with a WAY overkill pump and use identical lengthed tubes from each aquarium joining into one where it goes into the filter, and the same for the output, mind you i havent done it and this is all from jsut theory cheers -Java __________________ 29gal 10gal +5gal TOO MUCH!

09-20-2006, 05:02 AM	#38
brnttoast Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: winnipeg manitoba Posts: 30	walmart sells a cheap powerhead that has a intake port and the outlet for the difuser is round enough you can clamp a hose on it, says its not supposed to be completely submersed,but... the suction cup on it bites and mine has been underwater for 3 months now, and it has very good flow, i've had to put a plastic plant infront to slow the current from it, btw i'm a tradesman, anythin diy,pumps,electrical etc fell free to ask, i know alot more about that then the fish i keep __________________ your just jealous cause the voices only talk to me

09-26-2006, 12:10 PM	#39
saltwater4life Large Fish Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 785	really nice job so this could probably be changed to a malti tanks then