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Hi all,

Wanting to offload these as my plans are changing.

1 x 50litre bag of K1 still in bag $150
1 x 50litre K1 in a blue barrel which has been cycling for 2 weeks $150
3 x 300mm tube air diffuser - 20 lpm to 50 lpm with a 8mm inlet (new) $30 each
1 x 250mm membrane disc air diffuser - 28 lpm to 70 lpm with a 20mm male thread $40
1 x 250mm membrane disc air diffuser - 28 lpm to 70 lpm with a 20mm male thread $40 which has been cycling for 2 weeks

Postage extra.

Please drop me a PM.

Filter plans gone sour vlt ??

Sort of. I've got a blue barrel with 50 litres of the K1 and air being supplied by one of the disk membrane. My headache is trying to secure the membrane disk to below the blue barrel. Also, headache on how to stabilize the blue barrel. Also it clutters the fishtank.

So if I can get rid of it, fine...else I think I need to make something up outside of the fishtank.

The extra K1 bag is definitely excess.

You could have the blue barrel outside the tank and pump water to the bottom of the barrel, and just have an overflow back to the fish tank. Its what I plan to do with a smaller bucket/barrel in the greenhouse to help out.

Yep. It would have to be a large terracotta/glazed pot though. My wife would kill me if it looked ugly.

hey VLT if you Still want to run a moving media system.. Want some help in the design of it..?

I know that I will be looking for a few thing's including the K1..

Juergen


I'm hoping to have my system up and running in a few Week's..

I am guessing the blue barrel has holes in the bottom if you have been using it in the fish tank. I would be interested if the barrel were intact so I could make an external filter for my big system

Thanks for the offer, I've a few ideas floating around my head at the moment....might just wait until the system is in full swing before changing anything.

Looking at getting some Cod from Glenwaters this weekend....so the less change the better right now...

Yep, the bottom of the barrel has a 300mm hole with a rain water tank mossie fitting. Around the bottom is also 5 rows of 5mm holes.

wont hold water at all....

Tis what I thought

VLT.. I think I get the idea behind your Filtration..

I'm think'n that I will need to Pull my finger out and start to make the extra stuff I'm planing to make for my system..

1 of them is a moving media system..

Also with regard to making stuff so that is does not stand out why not painted it so that it is not so out standing..
- I have seen many lovely colour schemes the best ones seem to be Camouflage patterns..

One of the pond designer/builders in LA uses sand/dirt colour scheme.. works very well..

Juergen

When I get the chance I will update my system thread. Basically comes down to a very small yard so painting or camo makes little difference.

What about one of them coatings that looks like rendering, or sand

hey I would rather give you ideas than have your system fall short in regard to filtration or such..

Juergen

I'll have about 3000 litres of filtration without the K1.