Re: RM...........here are some links to some good sites that have the proper bulbs

"Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Now, you have to figure out how to attach a filter to it. The solution I

> came up with was to take a rock that I had (I saw some similar in
Petco). 
> It has holes in the rock. I put a filter inside that hole.

What are you using for a filter?  A sponge on the end of the intake?

 Then,
> you sit the power head on top of the filter, so that the intake for the 
> power head is inside the filter. Any water that goes into the power head

> has to go through that filter.
>
> Then, you have to figure out how to secure the power head to the filter.

> What I used are the ties that you can buy in Walmart. Cable ties. They 
> sell them in the Automotive section. They also sell them at Lowes and
Home 
> Depot. They come in packs anywhere from a few to hundreds.

What kind of sponge are you using for a filter? You can just cut a hole in

the sponge and stick the intake in it.

> The purpose of the rock was to give it a stable base so that the filter 
> wouldn't get crushed onto the pumps. Put the pump on the filter, then 
> Cable Tie it all together. It is that simple. You are going to have to
be 
> innovative or change power heads.

So every week or so you have to clean the sponge filter and replace the 
ties?

>> Are you talking about a sponge filter on it's intake screen?  Not all
of 
>> these powerhead-like water pumps come with screens you can pull a
sponge 
>> over.

> I can't even find that type of filter here. I hunted one and had to come

> up with a solution of my own. None of it would have happened if my wife 
> hadn't decided that since she could feed dog food to the fish at the
dock 
> that mine would eat it too and dumped a hand full of dog food into the 
> tank. I was stubborn enough to want to figure out how to clear it up 
> without having to change all the water.

If you can't find these "filters" I probably wont either. Is it a sponge? 
I 
have no idea what you're talking about.

>
> Right now, my digital camera battery is in the charger being recharged.
I 
> have to do some work on the tank and will try to take some pictures and 
> post them online so you can see how I made it.

Yes, I would love to see what they look like.  :-)
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RM....
Zone 6.  Middle TN USA
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