Sump Idea for Turtle Tank

Thanks for the help. I have a powerhead I used before(in my turtle tank thread you can see), but the problem I should solve is how to design pipes from pump to sump.

I am thinking to white water pipes used in houses, hard ones. I will melt ends to put together with pend pipes, and make way to the sump. But in my eyes, it seems a hard and long job, and I dont have equipments to melt this kind of pipe, I should go to plumberer to put together pipes.


Any recommendations for my project?
(for idea see the first page of this thread)

Thanks for replies.

 

I am thinking about Atman AT 102 powerhead. Will it suit for my sump. Pump must send water to 60-70 centimeter, of course lower limit?

Are there anyone who used it before? (asking about circulation and noise)

 

To show you the situation I am;





Water condition is so bad now, so I must hurry. I will finish connecting pipes this week and fullfil the sump then.
New photos are on the way, I hıpe

 

Great to see pics. That is a cool above the tank sump! 8)
Get it hooked up!

 

i always thought that wet dry filters were more for the biological aspect of filtration, i would think that a canister would do better to keep the water free or particles. unless your keeping fish i dont think bad water quality will hurt the turtle.

 

@Matt Rogers
I will send you the photos when I hook it all, but things are going slow.

I am waiting for powerhead and other filter media I bought from the internet. Probably, cargo will sent them after christmas.

@chelseagrin,
I can easily say it hurts the turtles. They get ill on skin and eyes if water conditions are bad, and it is the only thing you can see, you cant know how it feels or how clean/health, I think.

Don't misunderstand me, I am not offensive.

I can easily say now because of ammonia level of the water, (you can see water color is brown), their lips/mouths are going red. And their shells, they are losing their colors and becoming reddish.

I am trying, I must confess I am a bit slow.

 

The parts I've bought has just arrived







Now, I put them in filter pockets to the sump.
Next part is, connecting the pipes

 

looking good

 

Thank you, @brunoboarder244

I remembered we spoke about powerheads.
So to say, I bought Atman AT 102 powerhead, visible in the photos.

And all the material, very low prices on the website I bought.


I will send my sump photo full of filter media.

 

Yes, I've done it


















Sump media from beginning to end;
*Bioballs (will be added more)
*Fibre/Sponge
*Lava Rock
*Activated Carbon
*Zeolite


Waiting for your comments