20+ year old filter getting a face lift

[sprinklerdudes]

I picked up a old hang on the back trickle filter? from a customer, she said it has been in her basment since at least 1988, probably longer. I was thinking about mounting it above my shallow reef and using it for a refugium, any ideals on a good conversion or how to set up?

I would love some interesting red and green macro algae to put in it,(any one local got any to trade / sell?) this thing is huge, it could be a large nano tank with no problem at all, lol

 

[sprinklerdudes]

any one know where I can buy or trade for some red and green macro algae local would like to find some red gracilarlia and some ulva

 

[bamastunter]

I got some cheto if you want some I can spare a sandwich bag or so I'm in leeds so just pm me if you want some

 

[nck1992]

This is not local but worth to try.
ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Home
I bought several snails and plants from them.

 

[sprinklerdudes]

bamastunter, thank you for the cheto, I got it in the sump basket yesterday, lot of pods already in it.

 

[sprinklerdudes]

well i worked on it some more this Sunday, kinda crude, I used a skill saw, and cut off the extra acrylic hangers, and removed the overflow box, and center filter media pads,

 

[sprinklerdudes]

used a hole saw, cut a couple of new holes in my homemade frag bench, used a old canister filter to supply water from my sump into refugium, and let it drain back into the sump, cleaning out the filter was a job that should have been left until another day, but it is done and it works, maybe the extra filtration will help as well

 

[sprinklerdudes]

I had a extra box of eniem ceramic tubes laying around, a hand full of crushed coral, and a pc of light diffused topped with a pc of twenty year old filter floss and added a big ole pile of cheto hooked it up and away she goes, already spotted a couple of brittle stars and a ton of shrimp / pods in the cheto, I had a few piece of pulsing Xenia that I threw in the old filter overflow, just for kicks and giggles. after thought this will probably be a problem down the road, lol

 

[sprinklerdudes]

and yes marvin is already eye balling the pods

 

[bamastunter]

nice work aj glad you had plenty looks good