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All pumps suffer when there is a restriction on the intake. Pumps are great at pushing, but dreadful at pulling. Did you try the lily pipe with a standard basket type intake?

Welcome to the forum Andy. :wave: No funny faces from me! (well not intentionally anyway :P ) I commend your effort. Ive fancied having a go at a DIY tank for a while, shame I don't have the time at the moment. There are a few tank builders here, you should get some helpful tips :thumbup...

:D Cheers mate. I'm very well, all except a recent m/c accident (just a little bruised and stiff) thanks mate. Hope you are well too mate :thumbup: Saj, They work in the same way the BIORB and sponge filters work by just creating a current up the tube, which in turn sucks water through the...

Hey mate :D Have a look at one of these: http://www.petsathome.com/shop/aquarium ... arde-30323 They are cheap as chips, run off air, and work really well for a quick cleanup. If you have a fine sand, you will probably loose a bit of that, but no more than if you were using a siphon powered...

Dremel Gets my vote too :D

Its still a piece of crap, but after sealing mine up properly,= its working much better. Its pretty quiet now too...

I splodged some silicone around mine earlier. You can just rip the flow adjusting slider off to seal that area up better. I cant believe these things have been built so badly!

I managed to scoop one of these too :D Didn't think I would get approval for it, bought it anyway, and told her I was gonna do a shrimp tank for my eldest, she loved the idea! :D... Only thing is I have promised to put a skull in there as part of the deal lol. I've been to ADC today to get...

I have been tempted for a while to make a small external filter... I have some pumps from when I used to water cool my PCs lol... I think they may well be far too powerful though. Nice job Wendy :thumbup:

Yeah, it was still a bit tacky. I know its a risk, but the fish were visibly stressed with only having about 3 or 4 inches of water. I didn't put it on the inside of the tank, just the outside, and the leak was fairly slow, so i though it was worth the risk.

No problem Dan. No obvious leaks this morning...

Thanks Jason. I'll check those out. Emptied the tank as much as I dared tonight., found that someone had repaired it on the outside previously. Cut all the old silicone off, cleaned it up, and smeared a new bead of clear aquarium silicone over it. Hopefully that will sort it for a short while.

Thanks guys. dammil3s, that would be great to have the name of that product, cheers. I bought some ordinary aquarium silicone today. Not had a chance to try it yet, but tomorrow night, I will empty 80% of the water, dry as well as possible, and use it on the outside as a temporary measure...

Hey guys :) I found a leak in my tank last night. :shock: I had given the tank glass a clean, and when i was cleaning the outside of water marks, I noticed a drip down one of the seams. I taped a folded piece of kitchen towel to that corner to act as a wick, and it leaked about an inch of...