How To Make a DIY Sponge Filter for a Betta Fish Tank.
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How to make an easy DIY sponge filter that's works well in your Betta fish tank. This is a good Betta fish filter because it is run on an air pump, so the water flow can easily be adjusted. You will need a jar, 1 inch tubing, bio media such as ceramic rings, or gravel will work, aquarium sponge, polyfil, airy tubing and an air stone. The items were bought at Amazon, Michaels and Petsmart. You can run several of these filters off one air pump making them very cost effective. Air Pump. http://amzn.to/2l4D1pC 2 Way Valve http://amzn.to/2lzZF6u Air Tubing. http://amzn.to/2lv64E4 Bio Media http://amzn.to/2kewmKz Aquarium Sponge http://amzn.to/2kDRLeH Airstone http://amzn.to/2pPpf9y Lets connect! Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/lifewithpets72 Website ~ http://www.lifewithpets72.weebly.com The email address below is for Business inquiries only. gciinc@hotmail.com *Disclaimer ~ This video is not sponsored in anyway. All opinions are our own. The above links are Amazon Affiliate links, if you use those links we will receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting the channel. This video content is the property of Lifewithpets72 and may not be used or reproduced without written permission.
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If you want to do an experiment to see this in action, you can take the tube with the air stone inside, put them in the aquarium, and hover over a bit of poly fluff. The force of the rising water creates the suction and the poly fill will get sucked up. Its really cool. I spent a really long time figuring this out myself because I wanted to make sure the filter actually worked before I tried it on my betta tank lol.
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1. Thanks for the video on the filter I think it's going to help keep the left side of my tank a lot cleaner!
2. Should I worry about one of my bettas jumping to the other side of the tank? There is a gap between the divider and the lid.
3. Will my bettas still be living life to the fullest in this divided set up? I mean, I purposely did some research to find a suitable divider for feisty bettas and it led me to your divider but I wanted the one with holes just to have a little more circulation to the big filter. They obviously know that they're not alone in the tank because I have already caught them flaring and trying to stick their eyes in the wholes to look at one another. They are pretty young bettas I got from a local petstore and according to them, all their bettas come from segrest farms. So these guys are young and out for blood I guess
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edit: i sanded the sharp edges
I just switched over to one of these DIY filters in my 10g betta tank, and was just curious as to what you do personally. :)
Okay! Thanks. I couldn't find the tubing on petsmart's website however. Do you think just regular PVC with holes drilled into the bottom would work?
I was wondering how big I would have to make one of these for my 35g tank. I bought a Betta and got a hand me down tank from my parents. The filter that came with the tank is making too strong of a current and is pushing my Betta around. I would love to make one or two of these so I can remove the filter so he doesn't have a hard time swimming around.
Thank you so much, I enjoy watching all of your videos! <3
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Bring the top of the tube slightly over the water surface (like 2mm or so) and watch if water are lifted out of the tube. If it does then it means water is circulated and it works.
Great video!
thank you!
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.........oops hehe
How do you make your thumbnails?!