"Randy Webb" wrote in message
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Now, you have to figure out how to attach a filter to it. The solution I
came up with was to take a rock that I had (I saw some similar in Petco).
It has holes in the rock. I put a filter inside that hole.

What are you using for a filter? A sponge on the end of the intake?

Then,
you sit the power head on top of the filter, so that the intake for the
power head is inside the filter. Any water that goes into the power head
has to go through that filter.

Then, you have to figure out how to secure the power head to the filter.
What I used are the ties that you can buy in Walmart. Cable ties. They
sell them in the Automotive section. They also sell them at Lowes and Home
Depot. They come in packs anywhere from a few to hundreds.

What kind of sponge are you using for a filter? You can just cut a hole in
the sponge and stick the intake in it.

The purpose of the rock was to give it a stable base so that the filter
wouldn't get crushed onto the pumps. Put the pump on the filter, then
Cable Tie it all together. It is that simple. You are going to have to be
innovative or change power heads.

So every week or so you have to clean the sponge filter and replace the
ties?

Are you talking about a sponge filter on it's intake screen? Not all of
these powerhead-like water pumps come with screens you can pull a sponge
over.

I can't even find that type of filter here. I hunted one and had to come
up with a solution of my own. None of it would have happened if my wife
hadn't decided that since she could feed dog food to the fish at the dock
that mine would eat it too and dumped a hand full of dog food into the
tank. I was stubborn enough to want to figure out how to clear it up
without having to change all the water.

If you can't find these "filters" I probably wont either. Is it a sponge? I
have no idea what you're talking about.


Right now, my digital camera battery is in the charger being recharged. I
have to do some work on the tank and will try to take some pictures and
post them online so you can see how I made it.

Yes, I would love to see what they look like. :-)
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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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