Hey guys Joey here again
today, I'm going to show you how to make a very simple and
[very] effective
Aquarium filter using the bottle Method again
Previously you've seen another filter. I made with a bottle using K1 [Calton] Media
creating a fluidized bed
within the bottle
for those that cannot get the called [Mass] Media
There's also the option of using
Ceramic Media
Like this here. This is just your average ceramic Media
used for biological purposes
So supplies, you're going to need for
For this build is some airline tubing [a] plastic bottle. I'm just using a 500 milliliter bottle
[a] sponge
some
Ceramic Media this stuff here is specifically made by Aqua clear haggans
Power Filter Aqua clear
Your suction cup and an air pump
Now to start off what you're going to need to do is
Take the cap off [of] your bottle here and drill holes on the [top]
Okay, I'll show you why we do that in a moment
[second] thing you're going to want [to] do is
I'm sorry drill a hole in the side of the in the neck of the bottle as you see I place mine
directly in the neck
and not up into the full bottle and
last you're going to want to drill one hole inside of the bottle and
a few holes in the top
Now the more holes in the top that you have the smaller the bubbles will be coming out of the top of the bottle
[the] less holes you have the larger the bubbles will be
now for [the] diameter [of] the holes
the hole in the neck of the bottle should only be large enough [for] you to be able to fit a
Airline tubing into the side of it
and
So going to get this one in here
There you go [just] [into] the side of the bottle here and placement of the airline tubing is directly in the center
now
So that hole that I've made here is only big enough for the airline tubing to fit in
It's actually slightly smaller than the airline tubing so it holds in snugly
[next] thing you want to do
actually the first thing you're going to want to do besides putting the airline tubing in is insert your
suction cup now this is a specific type of suction cup there's nothing fancy, but it has a
little Ridge on it there as you [can] see
right below the Nub there this will allow the suction cup to be inserted [inside] of the bottle and
Get caught on its Ridge there
So the suction cup stays on the bottle and doesn't pop off
You can pop off if you pull it off, but it holds it there in place, but now
[second] thing you want to do is
put all of your
ceramic Media into the bottle
The reason I'm using this kind of stuff here is it's easy to get in and need you to get it
You can get larger diameter
ceramic Media, but it's A
it's a pain -
It's not so bad [to] get in but it's a pain to get out when the time comes if you have need to take it
Out which you will if you want to use this long term you'll eventually need to do some maintenance on it
So once you have your media in there
It really doesn't matter the order you actually do this in you don't have to do it in the order. I'm doing it
You place the top on there again? We'll put the airline back in and
Then you take your sponge here and cut a line just straight across you don't have to cut a hole there
Just cut the line straight across there just to about the halfway point. I take a knife and stab it and then
Move up and down and cutting them the inside of the sponge there
And then simply insert that onto the top of the bottle
Okay, I'm going to get the media in here and explain. How this is going to work
okay, so there you have it [all] of the
Media is inside of the bottle now
everything's put together
Now the reason why we only have one suction cup as opposed to a couple is
The Media [we'll] have in here is pretty heavy
And it's going to weigh itself down the one suction cup [is] going to hold it in place against the glass
So it's pretty much
self-supporting
Now here's the reason. Why we
went ahead and cut the
I'm sorry drilled the holes in the bottom of the cap
[and] we're leaving the cap on now the reason being is eventually you're going to want to clean your sponge
Now if you didn't have the cap on there
Obviously water could not get into the bottle
So when you take the sponge off all of your media would've fell out
But because the cap is there it's going to stop from [doing] that
Now the way this works is
Air is going to be pumped in through this
Airline [Via] your air pump
It's going to cause bubbles to rise
To the top of the container now in doing so it causes suction behind those bubbles
Now that suction is going to suck [water] in through these
holes at the bottom of your
bottle
[but] before the water can get into these holes it has to travel through this sponge
So this is going to [pre-filter] the [water] out taking the particles out of the water and clearing your water up
before it gets to
your media
from there if the air bubbles will release go to the top of the bottle
And that's it
Now in a moment. I'm going to hook this up on an aquarium here, and you'll you'll see. It actually working
But there's a reason why I like to [use]
this type of
a setup
Okay, now the reason being is that anybody that has a hang on the back filter?
Is especially like the Aqua clears or a canister filter running their tank is using a ceramic media of some sort?
now a lot of people are worried about power outages, [and] that sort of thing and
Are wondering what they can do when their power goes out? Well? This is what you can do
You can do is make one of these in advance and just store [it] away
when your power goes out take the media out of your
Canister or filter and throw it in the bottle and turn this on you'll need a battery out operated air pump
But that's really all you'll need extra
And what that's going to do is it's going to keep your fish alive
it's going to keep the Bacteria present on your media that you've already established alive and
The power outage really isn't going to mean a whole lot
You're not going to have a lot of stress and worrying about your fish dying
Another thing I like using these for is to quarantine new fish or to seperate another fish again
I just take previously cycled media throw it into the bottle put this on a tank
I don't need a bunch of expensive [equipment] or to have a bunch of extra things
to run this extra tank, so I just throw this on it and
because it's only a temporary setup and just take the media back dog out of it and throw it in my
[other] filter that it was came out of and
throw the bottles away
Or keep it or what have you you should always have one on hand though and get yourself a battery-operated
air pump for those power outages if your equipment fails filter breaks things like that, you're wearing if
What your fish are going to do without some sort of filtration? [well]? This is your answer here?
This is a bit of a solution and keeps your bacteria alive and more importantly your fish alive, so anyways
I'm going to hook this up on a tank now, and you're going to see it in operation
Okay, so here it is in the tank as you can see. It's just pretty much self-supporting the sponge is actually
Touching the bottom of the tank because of the weight [of] the Media it has to do that
Or the suction cup is just going to let it slide down
And then the suction cup all that's doing is offering support not not letting it fall back or forth or frontwards
So I'm going to go ahead and turn the filter on
Again there you have it
a nicely
oxygenated filters you see the air bubbles rising up through it a closer look at it, and
this could potentially if you have a
If you have a battery operated air pump this could potentially be your fishes lifesaver
Where as it keeps your bacteria in the filter alive as well as keep the fish alive
Like during a power outage. You don't really have to worry about temperature so much as you do ammonia and things like that
so this is not only going to
Solve your ammonia problems, but it's also going to keep the surface of your aquarium well oxygenated
For that gas exchange is going to be needed
So yeah, you can use it during a power outage [put] it on a quarantine tank
[put] it on a separation. Tank like a fish that's being bullied [or] something like that, or simply. [just] use it all the time
Anyways, that's it. I hope you enjoyed it
you