Hi, everybody Joey here again, and welcome back. So it was just a little while ago. We did a video called
The secret to clear aquarium water and in that video we discussed
Understanding what the problem is in the first place?
I have to say though that some of us don't even give ourselves a fair chance to start out with and
What I mean by [that] is that when you're doing a water change the water that you're already adding in in the first place
Might not be as clean as you think for example [some] people have high phosphates in their water high nitrates
Perhaps they have a high mineral content or even dissolved organics and a lot of people don't even know that because throughout
Testing your aquarium water
We never think to actually test your tap water
[so] I decided to come up with a project that would allow you to clean your water before it even gets to the aquarium
So [you] give yourself the best chance possible at having that clear aquarium water that you really do want
but we need this project to be really simple really easy to do and
Cheap overall to deal with a lot of the problems that I mentioned typically we use chemical filtration to do it for example
activated Carbon now activated Carbon can remove colors from the water smells and even
Organics and if the water flow is slow enough
It's said to remove chlorine as well as chlorines as well another very useful absorbent is actually zeolite
Now zeolite is able to absorb ammonia and heavy metals
It's actually commonly sold as an ammonia remover
Which is usually just simply zeolite then you've got products like flue valves clear Max
Or others like it that are set to trap phosphates nitrites and nitrates
So really just by using a few simple chemical filtration media. We can absorb and or remove a whole array of
Unwanteds from the Tap water before it even hits your aquarium
but obviously we need something to put all of this in first now there's going to be a number of ways to do this but
One of the ways I've decided was to go with PVC. Pipe although once you see how this is done
You'll be able to do it with something as simple as a water bottle you can either use
Abs or PVC for this neither one will matter how long it is?
Depends on how much media you're going to use in this example, though
I'm going to be putting 300 grams of chemical filtration and a 12 inch long
2 Inch PVC pipe
You only actually need to do two things
one is get a corresponding end cap and drill as many small holes into it as possible and then put it on the end of
the PVC pipe
You'll then need a small
Suction cup the type that you'll find on a heater or even a small power head one that you're not using anymore
The only [thing] you'll [want] to look for is that it has a small nub
because we're going to drill a hole in the side [of] the PVC pipe and use that nut to stick the
Suction cup in and hold itself in place. That's pretty much it now. We can stock it full of all of our chemical filtration
Personally I like to go from the bottom
starting off with some
Activated Carbon now it can be a tight squeeze
So you'll definitely want to push it in however a tight squeeze is exactly what you want
You don't want any water to be [able] to bypass it?
I then follow it by the zeolite now
Carbon and zeolite is probably going to be all you need to absorb all of the unwanteds from your tap water and the ratio of
Two carbon [two] [one] zero light is all that's needed the more you use the more water changes. You could do with this and
Then followed by them and then followed by the clear max or if you need to add anything else
And then just simply add your cap back on now. It's packed full of chemical filtration now
There's 300 grams of media in here, and this will handle about [3000] gallons of water
all you do now is place it in your aquarium, and
suction cup it to the side now when you're doing your water changes you just put your hose in here [and] it will filter the
[water] before even touches your aquarium
obviously
You should rinse the media well before you actually use it when you're done with the water changes
You can just get another PVC
End cap and toss it on and store this until the next time you need [it]
Now that suction cup is actually going to serve two purposes one
It's obviously holding this in place wherever you want it to be to the nub on the inside actually protrudes even further
Into the PVC pipe which means when we go to put our water filling device in it that nub
will hold tight tight up against it and
Make sure that
The hose doesn't come flying out the only thing you really [need] to watch for here is the water flow
If the flow is too strong it might back up and flow out of the pipe and not get treated at all so you want
To keep an eye on that if you are trying to treat chlorine and chloramines the water flow has to be
Tremendously slower now you might not be as lucky with your water changing device being able to perfectly fit into there you might have to
Remove the Tube or you might just have to use the hose itself and if you're just using the hose itself
What I suggest doing is just drilling a hole in the top of a PVC cap large enough to hold on to that hose
[so] now when we put it in fits in there nice and Snug [and]
[doesn't] get in the way of anything
so there you have it a very cheap and simple way to
Treat the water before it actually hits your aquarium giving you a better chance at [achieving]
Crystal-Clear aquarium water anyways. Hope that you guys enjoyed [today's] video
I also want to thank you for watching and I'll see you guys next Sunday for a new double yourself project