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Permalink Reply by brendan on January 19, 2014 at 11:40am

if it works flow rate would be pretty slow and I don't think it would be an effective filtration method you can buy cheap aquarium pumps on eBay that would be much more effective. 

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Permalink Reply by bryce thibodeau on January 20, 2014 at 9:59pm

thanks brendan been using a couple hobs to get started but want a canister or a sump once i get both tanks going

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Permalink Reply by brendan on April 23, 2014 at 3:35pm

replace your air pump with a aquarium pump.

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Permalink Reply by Peter on January 21, 2014 at 1:47am

Uarujoey has vid on diy canister. More. Or less ur drawing. http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plpp&v=UVWqq73mW_4&list=.... Ur welcome

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Permalink Reply by J on January 21, 2014 at 5:18pm

just get a sump, the time and money you spend on that will be better suited doing other things, yo can always do an above tank sump so you dont need a real overflow.

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Permalink Reply by bryce thibodeau on January 22, 2014 at 8:32pm

Thanks jeff was leaning twards a overhead before but did not want to do it if it did not get recomendations

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Permalink Reply by Robert Jango on January 23, 2014 at 11:30am

Lower the water level in the tank so that you can measure the amount of water flowing out. This will be the rate at which your filter works.

I stopped using air pumps last year because I felt water pumps would filter more water. They do, in fact, move more water but after cleaning my sponge filters I noticed that the sponges connected to air pumps were dirtier than the ones connected to water pumps. The slower rate actually aided filtration. So I switched back to air pumps.

I think you have a pretty good idea and the air pumps use much less electricity. As Peter suggests, Uaru Joey has some great DIY videos.

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