Hamburger Mattenfilter for a low tech setup

[HX67]

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Hoppy, is your 65g the largest tank on this thread using this filtration? I ask because I am the lucky recipient of a 125g set up, and even though it's coming with canisters, I'd really like to try a HMF instead.

My 250 gal brackish is filtered with a version of HMF.
Couple of pics on page 2.

[driftwoodhunter]

I suppose I could even have one Koralia at the end, and one positioned at a different angle midway, attached to the back. I'd like to try & avoid having a HMF across the entire side of the tank - I'm probably going to have to set it up in such a way that one end faces the dining table, and one faces the living room. If I do set it up that way, I'd have the filter on the dining room side (where I'd see it less since I usually eat in front of the computer) & cover the end glass when I have dinner guests, so they don't get grossed out - lol. Actually, the more I think about it, the more do-able it seems and I like it...
jccaclimber, where did you locate yours?
HX67, I'm on my way to look!

[driftwoodhunter]

Hmmm. I don't know why, but since I've changed to Google Chrome, some pics won't show on this site (this is the only site I'm having issues with). HX67, your pic on page 2 is one of them. All the other pics are showing. Go figure.

[jccaclimber]

I bent mine 90* and put it in the back right corner of the tank. Behind it is my heater, pump, and CO2 reactor tube. I'm also using a piece of Poret sized for a 55 in a 75 gallon tank with no issues. I do have a spot with a bit less light getting to it between my filter and the front of the tank though. I think I would try to make it a bit wider and less deep if I did it again.

[jccaclimber]

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Hmmm. I don't know why, but since I've changed to Google Chrome, some pics won't show on this site (this is the only site I'm having issues with). HX67, your pic on page 2 is one of them. All the other pics are showing. Go figure.

I'm using Chrome as well. The picture is on page 1 for me though, not page 2.

[HX67]

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Hmmm. I don't know why, but since I've changed to Google Chrome, some pics won't show on this site (this is the only site I'm having issues with). HX67, your pic on page 2 is one of them. All the other pics are showing. Go figure.

Go figure. Try this album link, the first pics show the filter: http://kuvablogi.com/blog/11867/2/

[HX67]

Originally Posted by jccaclimber

I'm using Chrome as well. The picture is on page 1 for me though, not page 2.

Darn, I never thought we have different page length options.

[driftwoodhunter]

Originally Posted by HX67

Darn, I never thought we have different page lengths.

we don't, I'm an idiot! lol
I didn't even bother to go look at page 1... ; )
However, some of the pics on page 4 that were showing up for me earlier today aren't showing up now. I wonder what's going on?

I forgot your tank was so large, I need to go back & reread the entire thread...

[driftwoodhunter]

hey HX67, I love the album! What is that thing that looks like a mudskipper, chowing down on a shrimp? It's a great album showing the tank build!

[jccaclimber]

Originally Posted by HX67

Darn, I never thought we have different page length options.

Post # 20 right?

[Hoppy]

I put some pool filter sand over the base of the "stool" that the mattenfilter sits on, primarily to avoid water circulating inside the filter directly from the MTS substrate level, and without having to use more than one bag of Black Diamond which will be my top substrate layer. The mineralized topsoil is commercial "topsoil" from Lowes, which contains composted forest materials, sandy loam, and composted manure. I used the oven method to mineralize it - baked it in a stainless steel stockpot at 400F for an hour. (The smell was very mild, and not at all unpleasant.)

The hole in the Poret foam is just two cuts through the foam at right angles, with the tube then forced into the "hole". Seems to be a good way to do it, instead of trying to actually cut a round hole.

[HX67]

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

hey HX67, I love the album! What is that thing that looks like a mudskipper, chowing down on a shrimp? It's a great album showing the tank build!

Thanks. It looks like and is a mudskipper that was in that tank for awhile.
I've been meaning to update the album, the tank is just a tank now, I got rid of the upper box when I killed the mangroves and saw no point in having the top anymore.
But the filter is still working like a charm. I clean it less than yearly.

Yea, shoulda mentioned the number of the post, not the page. Lesson learned.

[driftwoodhunter]

I never knew anyone that had a mudskipper before, very cool!
As for the pics I can't see, they're actually jccaclimber's. As you can see, I was confused as to who was posting what - lol.
Hoppy, that looks good! Love the tip about cutting slits, rather than a hole. I imagine an "X" would work too. I am really looking forward to trying this out, and I'd like to hide my heater behind it, too.

[jccaclimber]

The forum I'm hosting my images at recently changed their policy from hot-linking allowed and encouraged to hot-linking blocked. I just found out today and still haven't moved my pictures and fixed the links.

[driftwoodhunter]

Thanks for telling us, I was worried it had something to do with Chrome!