I recently became involved in aquaria when a friend of the family "gifted" us a 17 gallon aquarium. I had very limited experience with keeping fish, but figured I was smart enough to keep a larger tank. Sadly, I quickly and definitively killed all of the fish that I inherited. In the quest to figure out what I had done wrong, I found the box. Cycling 101....

I was consumed by the www.houstonfishbox.com website. It is a never ending wealth of information that I find myself looking at several times a day. To this day, I feel like a complete amateur but I continue to read and learn.

By profession, I am a Civil Engineer with an emphasis on hydrology and hydraulics. I am also the type of person that learns best by seeing and not by reading. I am also responsible for hosting a fair amount of training and I really enjoy teaching.


I recently decided to add a wet / dry filter to my 72 gallon tank. With a lot of the research that I did on the web, I wasn't able to get the information that I needed to assure me that I was selecting the correct components and pumps for my new endeavor. Not finding the information that I needed, I decided to conduct tests of my own in my driveway. As I was starting the test, I decided that I would take video of my experiment and then post it on the web to share with the Box. Maybe I had something worthwhile to share in the format that I (and possibly others) can learn from.

I ran a test on the driveway and took a video. I am running an estimated 450 - 500 gph for this test. Here is the video.




Forum conversations related to this video can be found in the following thread:

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforum...ox-video-added

During the video, I made reference to HoustonFishBox. Not wanting to step on toes, I contacted the webmaster to verify that I hadn't done so. She liked the video and suggested that I write an article.

I hope that this video helps somebody as much as the HoustonFishBox has helped me. I have plans to make additional videos in the near future. If there are topics that you are interested in learning more about, don't hesitate to let me know.

Thanks again HoustonFishBox for making a great hobby a much easier and more rewarding experience.

Jarrodaden