Building An Inexpensive Trickle Filter

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2025

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  • @azazeldeath
    @azazeldeath 3 роки тому +38

    I dont know how your channel got recommended to me glad I got to see it. Useful info especially for a pond filter which are stupidly expensive here in Australia

  • @celticphox
    @celticphox 3 роки тому +14

    This was fascinating! My family have lived and died by under gravel filters, but this seems to accomplish all the same things, provided there's room. Love it!

    • @hikerJohn
      @hikerJohn 2 роки тому +1

      Best to use smooth stones for under gravel filter. It's not the stones that do the filtering but the slime that grows on the stones. Just dont lay them too thick. You can use ANYTHING that will hold a bio culture but air is needed so dont let them clog.

    • @celticphox
      @celticphox 2 роки тому

      @@hikerJohn I like that idea, too, and might have to use it in a suitable tank. What my family have always done has been to use a commercial filterplate (or I used PVC conduit) and the multisurfaces of #2 granite/chicken grit to capture and encourage bioculture growth, especially when constant flow is provided. As my dad noted in my childhood, the more filter media, so long as you have flow, the better.

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail 3 роки тому +24

    Bless you!!! I am sick to death of expensive ineffective hobby filters!

    • @Bradybrandwood
      @Bradybrandwood  3 роки тому +7

      Yeah trickle filters are just magic for a koi pond or water garden.

    • @taylorheart2024
      @taylorheart2024 3 роки тому +1

      You're awesome!!😎🌴🐠 thanks for sharing everything!!🐙🐙🐙🐌🐚🐚🐳🐳🐠🐠🌴🌴😎😎

  • @samityyy
    @samityyy 3 роки тому +21

    The video quality and narration makes this seem like it came out of an old 2000s tutorial on DVD

    • @Potikse
      @Potikse 3 роки тому

      I think it might

  • @wennlys
    @wennlys 3 роки тому +12

    filters make me think about leo, he loves cleaning

  • @DorkyThorpy
    @DorkyThorpy 3 роки тому +1

    Great idea. And great DIY trickle filter video thanks.

  • @kimdawcatgirl
    @kimdawcatgirl 3 роки тому +16

    ....and there were no animals harmed in the filming of this project. Well, except one snail....Poor Bobby! His improper diet, which was deficient in calcium, lead to his weakened shell, thus contributing to his untimely demise.
    See kids, dumpster diving DOES pay off!
    Great project! I love free as well!

    • @Bradybrandwood
      @Bradybrandwood  3 роки тому +10

      😅😂😅 ‘Free’ Go back and watch the ads so I’ll at least make some beer money,…

    • @kimdawcatgirl
      @kimdawcatgirl 3 роки тому +2

      Will do for you!

    • @kimdawcatgirl
      @kimdawcatgirl 3 роки тому +2

      Enjoy that beer!

    • @Bradybrandwood
      @Bradybrandwood  3 роки тому +2

      @@kimdawcatgirl Thank you so much. 😅✌️✌️🍻

  • @KojicatT
    @KojicatT 2 роки тому

    Approximately how many gallons is the holding tank? Also, how many koi do you estimate are there? Thank you!

  • @markcash2
    @markcash2 3 роки тому +2

    Do you feed Leon some of the algae that grows on the top tray?

  • @EdThePondProfessor
    @EdThePondProfessor 3 роки тому +2

    Would love to get you a wetlands!

  • @firstnamelastname80046
    @firstnamelastname80046 3 роки тому +2

    awesome video! what was the song you used for the intro?

  • @BrighamMike
    @BrighamMike 3 роки тому +2

    your voice over reminds me of the old Wild Americas with Marty Stouffer

  • @hikerJohn
    @hikerJohn 2 роки тому +1

    The plant matter growing in the filter is part of the filter and helps remove excess nitrates. The more plants the better, then just harvest the plant matter add it to a compost pile or feed it to your red worms. Some ponds sent the water through a reed bed for better filtering. Just dont let the plants die . . .

    • @TSR5000
      @TSR5000 2 роки тому

      I doubt it contributes significantly to nitrate removal. I have a bog filter for my pond and it occupies about 20% of my pond's area. This is pretty standard for a bog filter setup. I cut it back a few times a year. Enough plant matter to fill several large garbage cans. This filter would barely transfer nutrients out by comparison.

  • @flyrog07
    @flyrog07 3 роки тому

    Could you add activated carbon bags to this? And would it help?

  • @Shikaschima
    @Shikaschima 3 роки тому +19

    Do i hold fish? Or any other aquatic form of pet? No.
    Did I still enjoy this? Yes.

    • @damikey18
      @damikey18 3 роки тому

      I love fish from having them as pets to eating them especially catfish

  • @aznboycols
    @aznboycols 3 роки тому

    Do the lava rock change the ph of the tanks’ water adversely??

    • @liquid4688
      @liquid4688 2 роки тому +1

      No, lava rock is inert

  • @kchortu
    @kchortu 2 роки тому

    Moss and algae is nutrient export which means its not in the water column any more, just let it do its thing

  • @Claydood
    @Claydood 2 роки тому

    Stores are supposed to keep those crates for the Pepsi vendor to collect and reuse when they deliver more Pepsi products, not throw them out.

    • @Bradybrandwood
      @Bradybrandwood  2 роки тому +1

      Meanwhile Pepsi is saying ‘please sell our products, please sell our products!’ And a LOT of these cool plastics get tossed!

  • @ntwcoolguy
    @ntwcoolguy 3 роки тому +3

    um they dont throw those away FYI they just store them outside cause usually nobody will steal them... So... Yeah we literally still use those crates today.

  • @Aidenf.
    @Aidenf. 3 роки тому +2

    Hi

  • @dlsimmonsjr1
    @dlsimmonsjr1 3 роки тому

    Leon leon

  • @kchortu
    @kchortu 2 роки тому +1

    by free you mean stolen.

    • @Bradybrandwood
      @Bradybrandwood  2 роки тому +2

      Haaaaaaaa nooooooo these were being thrown out.

  • @charlesblack2523
    @charlesblack2523 2 роки тому +1

    This looks like an excellent filter 👍🏼

    • @Bradybrandwood
      @Bradybrandwood  2 роки тому +1

      It’s been good. It’s still going strong on my pond. Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️