Today has been mostly testing things and working on my idea for an over flow into the fuge. Due to the way my tank and fuge are situated, water is being pumped from the fuge to the display, and gravity fed back into the fuge from the display. My original plan was to use a siphon to get water from the display, but there really isn't much of a drop and I don't really like the idea of a siphon to begin with. So yesterday I was looking at an old penguin filter from my girl friends old tank and had an idea. I drilled a hole below the spill way on the side of the filter and inserted a 1/2 in flex tube fitting. The concept is that the filter will draw the water into the reservoir and then it will drain through the line. We'll see how it goes when the silicone dries.
Lighting will be a flourescent fixture that also came off my girl friends tank.
After filtering all night, water is finally clear.
Modified filter
Pump setup to take water out of the fuge. Nice thing about the Aqua Clear is the backflow blows out the air intake when its not in use. This will allow me to modifiy flow by clamping the tube.
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