General Care Discussion :: DIY wet/dry filter water pump

[Ihuynh]

Hello all!

I am planning on making my own DIY trick-down tower filter for my RES. I've been doing some research on the aquarium pump that is placed in the sump that pushes the flow of water.

I have a 50-gal tank/tub and I am just wondering how many GPH aquarium pump should I be aiming for?

Thanks!

[steve]

I don't think I've seen any of those, do you have a reference pic/links?

[the-turtle-Girl]

I'm planning on doing something to the similar but the tank I'll have mime on will be 110 gallon stock tank and for that I'm gunna use a 740 gph powerhead as my return with inch and a half pvc for the overflow so my sump doesn't run bare and burn my pump up . And I'll also have my magnum 350 and that's another added 350 gph to the tank so that's 1,090 gph being filtered on a 110 gallon tank . Filtration is everything . PM me and we can maybe talk ? I'll tell you what I have in mind for my stock tank build

[Ihuynh]

I don't think I've seen any of those, do you have a reference pic/links?

Something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyr84QG7_gQ

[steve]

That's pretty cool. Will this be the only filter in the tank?

[Ihuynh]

Initially yes. I wanna run it and test how well it will filter. Since the sump will add to the total tank volume, I might have to add another filter later on.

[steve]

I'm not sure if it would provide enough circulation to breakup and pick up turtle waste. You'll probably need some sort of extra pump for circulation.

[the-turtle-Girl]

For me I'll have my magnum 350 on the tank too for added filtration and circulation

[Ihuynh]

@Steve that was my initial thought at first. I thought the pump was acting as a two way system thag drew water out and back into the tank via a filter. But the overflow system will take care of the outflow and the pump just pushes the filtered water from the sump back in

[the-turtle-Girl]

Exactly lol