new & improved carbon filter

[fshfrk]

made this one out of a Rubbermaid drinking water container. It's equel to a 5 gal bucket with a screw on lid. Soon as my IT guy(lifegaud) wakes uo from his nappy time. I will post pics. should be able to fill a 100 gal tank full in 20 minutes and use no declorinater.

[CichlidFan]

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Go give lifegaud a swift kick in the rear, I wanna see the pics... :)

CF

[fshfrk]

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will do the paragraph I just typed disapeared. If yall knew how  slow I type you wuold understand why it PMO. anyway my chlorine out of the filter tested 0.2 free & 0.3 total so I still have chlorine. the problem is the flow rate was to fast. my tap water last time I tested was 2.0 free & 3.2 total. So the filter remove 90%. I will still have to use the double double to polish. another problem is the cheap pelletized carbon. should have spent a little more on granulated. but over all I am happy to refill twice as quick. he's back so we are working on pics.

[fshfrk]

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can't get enough pressure out of the rubbermaid to push the water through the doubles. It keeps blowing the seal. the threads and the lid on this thing are weak. so I will have to just run it a lot slower to remove all chlorine also next one will be narrower and taller for more contact.

[eklikewhoa]

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F'ing AWESOME!

[treehuggingfishlover]

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I really like this idea- removing the Chlorine BEFORE it gets in the tank.  I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to this method- how exactly does it work?

[eklikewhoa]

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Binding it with carbon before it hits the tank....

[JStrider]

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to help the thing take more pressure try getting some ratchet straps and putting them on it so they make an X on the top and bottom, and then ratcheting them down a bit, but probably not too tight or they might deform the plastic.


ratchet straps:

[fshfrk]

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good ideal JStrider. got 1/2 dozen of those things laying around.

[PhishPhreek]

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For your next attempt.....
Look in the used drum lot for a 30 gallon food grade drum with threaded bung holes.....
should be able to hold the pressure.

If not, you'll just have to go to a SS beer keg  
Invite the gang over to empty it.

[fshfrk]

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PP are you talking about those blue drums with the threaded tops? that should work good. THFL- after doing this for the last year I don't understand why everyone doesn't do it. the chlorine levels in these water plant verys greatly. mistakes happen. if one of these accidents happens when you are doing a water change your fish will die. if you run your replacement water thru carbon you don't have to worry.

[eklikewhoa]

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I think he meant the smaller drums that have no real opening other then two threaded plugs.

Usually used for like syrup, cooking oil, car wash soap, etc.

[fshfrk]

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ok, i had a couple of them but i cut them in 1/2.

[Delock]

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Your seals are going tobust because they cannot withstand the pressure.

Slow your water down so the carbon have time to react with the water. Also place the following items starting at the bottom filter floss - carbon - filter floss- carbon- filter floss

[fshfrk]

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give that a try along with the straps.