overflow

Ethan already made a post about the record number of fry we found in one of our canisters this weekend. We haven't bothered prefiltering because we open up the canisters relatively often and take out anyone who makes it through. What was more disturbing, though, was finding two red zebra fry...

I plan on buying a new 120g in the next 6 months. Should I get an overflow and use a sump or just get a canister filter. My only experience with an overflow and sump was with my reef tank that I had in the late 80's through 1998 when I moved. Back then we had to make the trickle filter...

Although I haven't set it up yet in my new fishroom (kinda busy), I've had drip auto-water changers in my last two. And most of my tanks aren't drilled. With a little PVC you can be in business in no time...with a DIY siphon overflow. I DON'T recommend these in high flow situations...but I've...

http://www.beananimal.com/projects/silent-and-fail-safe-aquarium-overflow-system.aspx