wanting to do a DIY canister filter with PVC

[molocha]

so i saw this on the net and it looks pretty easy...i want to do it but i hear that pvc pipe only comes in certain feet....so any1 got any pvc pipe that size they dont need?....

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/diy-aquarium-projects/62265-diy-pvc-pipe-canister-filter-step.html

[schance]

go check out homedepot they have all kinds of pvc in as long as you could poosibly need

[cichlid1409]

thats cool but i would make one way bigger than that.

[fshfrk]

I have 2ft of 8" you can have.

[molocha]

go check out homedepot they have all kinds of pvc in as long as you could poosibly need

so they cut to the length you want?

[fshfrk]

4" is big as they have. no they will not cut it.

[cichlid1409]

where'd you get 8"? now that sounds more like it.

[fshfrk]

It must have fell out of a truck and it was on the side of the road. It's sch 80. the caps for this 8" probably cost $25.00 each. But it would be a beast! Put a mag12 on this and it would make a BIG TIME filter.

[fshfrk]

this is the pvc.

[molocha]

thats too big :(

[geoff_tropheus]

Jets suck!!

[ohboitony]

Been there done that. I used a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depo and man it worked out well in my friends 125 gallon tank. I did almost the same thing what they did but used a pond pump that was like 900+ gph. Making your own filter is always fun and at the end of the day... You're proud of what you did to make the fishes happy!

[tunedis95]

Been there done that. I used a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depo and man it worked out well in my friends 125 gallon tank. I did almost the same thing what they did but used a pond pump that was like 900+ gph. Making your own filter is always fun and at the end of the day... You're proud of what you did to make the fishes happy!

I like this thread. I'm a hands on person and like to make things. For my 55 gallon i'm using a 2 gallon canister, and a 530 GPH pump...Ha Ha Ha...who needs to spend 300 bucks on a high end filter.

[algarciajr]

I am in the process of trying to come up with a pvc filter design myself. Found this cool web site with all kinds of fittings. I just recently finished a diy overflow, was inspired by Johns. I made mine a self starting siphon and will post pics soon.

http://www.flexpvc.com/