Balancing ActA Sojourner's Thoughts

I've taken a few minutes of my spare time to dissect grifloki's (see previous entry) custom wet / dry filter build and constructed a diagram of the diassembled filtration system and identified its components. This is for those who want to build a similar system. I modified the filtration elements to include two lighting grates [...]

I've done some more indepth research on custom sumps and wet/dry filter setups and designs through various aquarium hobbyist and reef keepers' web sites. I've gained a lot of valuable knowledge while researching and then I came acrossgrifloki's YouTube channel where he demonstrates a fully customized turtle tank using the mechanics I've described. After reviewing grifloki's [...]

Here's a side view of the proposed aquatic turtle habitat design and a rough idea of how things will work when they are all put in place. I'm contempating whether or not to attach a submersible pump to the reverse stand pipe that pulls water from the overflow reservoir and push it to the sump. [...]

I am in the process of designing a complete aquatic turtle habitat for my two red-eared sliders, whom I've adopted from my sister. They were originally given to her from her boyfriend when they were mere hatchlings, not so different from the ones you usually see at the pet store (which are illegal, by the [...]