From making your own live rock and sand, to protein skimmers, sumps and overflow boxes, wet/dry trickle filters and more, browse these do-it-yourself categories to find plans for building the type of saltwater aquarium filter or filtration setup you are looking for.
DIY Carbon Tube Filtration System Plan
Stan Hauter
Instructions for building a simple, efficient carbon tube filter that incorporates the use of Hiatt Distributors Limited TBPC (Tri-Based Pelletized Carbon) for biological filtration. These tubes can be made in any size and provide a huge biological filtration platform for their size.
DIY PVC Tap Water Purification Filter
If you are using fresh tap water as the source to make-up aquarium saltwater or top-off your system with, here are easy to follow instructions from Don Carner for making a simple PVC constructed tap water filter that can achieve about the same purification results as with a more costly commercial TWP (Tap Water Purifier).DIY (UGF) Under Gravel Aquarium Filters
Stan Hauter
Under Gravel Filters were one of the first biological filters to be used in aquariums. Over the years, for the most part UGF's have been replaced by more efficient filters, but the UGF's are still useful and preferred for a number of applications.
You might find the Pros & Cons Of UGF Filters and The Undergravel Filter Controversy interesting reading.
Under Gravel Filters are inexpensive and easy to build with these DIY UGF Instructions and DIY Undergravel Filter Diagrams.
