use a plastic/fiberglass window screen on the intake and or the outlet ,,,,, remember bigger is better, so its a long time between cleaning.
Now if you water smell bad its a another porblem, bugs, alge, etc.
You might want to bleach you system out, and use a little hydrogenpoxide to kill the smeller grower.
I have large tanks and never had that problem.
You might want to say clean the living shit out of you tanks and system.
oldsanclem Reviewed by oldsanclem on . Res Filter good/bad idea? I saw an old OG faq for a DIY slow sand or rockwool filter to keep the floaties out of your res.. but the article didnt come up.. Would it be a decent idea to put some sort of aquarium proteine skimmer or some sort of filter to keep the nastyness down in resivoirs? I saw an old OG faq for a DIY slow sand or rockwool filter to keep the floaties out of your res.. but the article wouldnâ??t come up.. Would it be a decent idea to put some sort of aquarium protein skimmer or some sort Rating: 5