SIMPLE DIY Turtle Filter Build for $25!

[@hunterdean4766]

Cool filter but I wish you would have shown how to hook up the pump.

[@TheTurtleGirl]

This is awesome! I don't think I'm diy savvy enough to try this, but it sure is tempting 😂 nice work!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thank you! Ah you can do it don't doubt yourself :D. Won't know till ya try :P

[@JaedenWinters]

The Turtle Girl love your videos thank you for the information on diamond back terripins you helped me get my wild caught diamond back terripins to eat

[@freshwatercorals801]

The Turtle Girl I love to watch your videos, you help me to be a better turtle owner

[@ShesThe1yup]

I (in Australia) have a murray River long neck turtle, great vids from you both :D I really want to upgrade for my turtle but that will mean also moving him to outdoors from indoors, any advice on that?

[@JaedenWinters]

Love your videos and you inspired me to get my own diamond back terripins I rescued them from a guy with a pond he was taking down and now I found out there wild caught I just got them eating and I'm happy to say I will be releasing them next season in brackish water

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thank you so much! That means a lot :) That's awesome you rescued them :D

[@JaedenWinters]

I watch your videos on repeat hours a day keep up the grate work

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Jaeden winters Thank you!!

[@FYJ2972]

Thank you.I will build a same system. They are two 18 years old red slider. These 2 girls deserve a much better living condition from now on.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Awesome!

[@roppie]

Hey man nice tutorial, the trick with the pointy drillbits is to drill a whole with a normal drill first and put the point in the whole you have drilled, won't break :)

[@Fishaholic]

Good choice of filtration, cheap to build and yet so effective ✌👍✌

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thank ya! 😊

[@Fishaholic]

@@DanTheTurtleMan_ You are most welcome 😀

[@drmccoy33]

when you upgrade to a larger pump you will have to redo the pipes as well in order to increase the water circulation otherwise there will be no change in the actual amount of water your pushing around. Your pump will just be bottle necked at the hoses or top pipe(drilled holes) or overflow your filter because the exit pipe cant handle the amount of water.

[@neilshatishviolin3482]

The best diy ever

[@hereischarles]

A very good diy filtration!!! Keep up the nice and informational videos!!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

PetPassion 101 thank you so much!!!

[@hopewilkinson1633]

Very excited to try this someday if I ever buy a turtle, subscribing instantly.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Hope Wilkinson I appreciate you Faith

[@jamielingenfelter5206]

Your welcome thanks for getting back to me.

[@turtleyshelltastic]

“Not an even person” LOL was a legit video as usual. I might have to make a few of these next year.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thanks Jeff! Yeah it actually works pretty well, the only changes I made were bigger holes on the outlet tube as these were getting clogged too easily and if I wanted to spend more money but make it look nicer, put down that white egg crate material to hold the batting rather than a screen I had lying around.

[@mohanrajk9485]

One suggestion you can add something like an accumulator before the pipe you have drilled so that there would be much less pressure or load to your pump and the holes u drilled wouldn't be clogging frequently atleast by the larger particles which would much likely sediment in the accumulator

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

What I'd be worried about is the sediment building up and still clogging, therefore what I did after the video was add some much larger holes and it allowed the water to flow continuously even if the smaller holes were clogged. Thank you for your idea!

[@mohanrajk9485]

@@DanTheTurtleMan_ that is much simpler .... Nice work though

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

@@mohanrajk9485 thank you 😊😊

[@jesseduran4288]

I followed your build. It works great.

[@skylarm.6030]

Lava rock is incredibly porous and makes great media for biofilters

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Yup!!! Lava rock is awesome. I didn't have any on hand so I just used pea gravel

[@nikolaoschalkias5472]

awesome. When you get a chance, could you share the results of the water testing? (nitrates, nitrites, calcium, hardness, etc). I would like to know how effective this DIY filter it. Thanks. Keep it up.

[@rodnieleong8941]

What happens to the pond , turtles , koi during the winter time.?

[@CaptainSavageAquatics]

Great diy video! I found it very informative!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Captain Savage Aquatics Thanks a ton!

[@janesaabbruscato6095]

Can you please explain how you get the water to go to the top of the filter? I really want to build one but that’s the only part I don’t know how to do

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Sure! I use a pump I got from ebay, about 800gph or so but you'd be fine with 500gph.

[@chelseabiefeldt]

How often would something like this need to be cleaned? Would you just clean the polyester by hand in some of the mini pond water to remove excess build up but keep your good bacteria? Or replace your polyester?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Honestly whenever it gets too dirty, and isn't holding waste anymore! I'd either rinse the polyester or replace it completely.

[@SoeLife]

Thank you for sharing!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Of course! Happy to share :)

[@user-su9xc2ff4o]

need to try this soon

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Go for it!

[@tlafleur8433]

DAN, where is the pump located? Is it INSIDE the pond? And does the poond water exit from the bottom side ? I cannot visualize it.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Inside the pond, hose leads into the filter! Gravity brings it back into the pond

[@jesterpalma5343]

Loved it. Keep it up

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thank you!!!

[@jesterpalma5343]

Teach me the way my master

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

@@jesterpalma5343 😂😂what would you like to know?

[@ShapeshiftTrader]

wow what camera do you use? great quality

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Shapeshift Trader thanks so much! Right now it's just my phone, a Galaxy S8+ :) Thanks for watching!

[@sp4wn515]

I'm a huge fan, I watch your videos daily. Where can I get a net like the one over your tank?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

It's just chicken wire! Available at most hardware stores

[@marlonfux4577]

what kind of pump did you use?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

700gph oddysea pump

[@jthreeb]

Nice job man!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

J Three B Digg'n Canada Thank you!

[@KBSMSTR]

Good video man. I now have a idea for my filtration. Btw how many watts is your pump? Or how many liters per hour us that? Thanks.

[@dhirajgiri49]

U should also add coal, charcoals medium

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

I've heard good things about that!!!

[@dhirajgiri49]

@@DanTheTurtleMan_ tysm for reply ☺☺

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

@@dhirajgiri49 anytime!!!

[@bryansomera4473]

This is the best

[@evanlenahan3598]

If I were to paint the inside of a tub like that white would the paint effect the turtles in any way?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Evan Lenahan Absolutely. Paint will leach toxins into the water and could easily kill your little ones

[@tommyarton194]

Where do you get the pump?

[@kylelevy2534]

lit!!!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thank ya kyle ;)

[@pershop4950]

I didn't really understand what happened for it to be leaking ??

[@kenna6903]

How do you hook up the pump?

[@Ochibason]

What you keeping out with that chickenwire?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Ochibason Raccoons are crafty as can be and will chew through most netting! Thanks for watching :)

[@Ochibason]

DanTheGuppyMan Any problems with Possum?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Ochibason one! Check out my video on predator proofing the enclosure?

[@Ochibason]

DanTheGuppyMan i have 5 young possum. Update!!!! DUDE i adopted 1 Red foot and 1 Yellow foot female. 30 and 36 years old. Built good temp outdoor pen 16 x 20 feet grass.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Ochibason That's fantastic!! Congrats 😊😊

[@pohlution373]

Is this connected to the electricity or something ? I just don’t understand when you said that you’re gonna get bigger pumps

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

It's hooked up to a little pump!

[@lanilei101]

@@DanTheTurtleMan_ do you have to buy the hose for the pump separately? thanks for the video!

[@diegocorrea9327]

How many gallons can this filter?

[@spr_trantic9101]

How did you get the water to suck up into the Ben can you please tell me

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

A water pump from ebay!!!

[@maypeters6931]

Hi where the you get that white bedding I think you called ? Thanks

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

100% polyester quilt batting 😊

[@nikolistreeter796]

lol, best vid ever

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Nikoli Streeter Thank you!

[@tlafleur8433]

Hey Dan. I am not an 'even' person either, so if your filter works so will mine.LOL

[@radiomaster200]

Were do you buy the pumps?

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Ebay!

[@vinsanjuan2177]

You should remove the pipe from inside or take out the cupoling on the end because it will give you problem soon specially drilling a small hole on it and if im gonna do this type i would add at least 3 dividers inside and add some sands,rocks and charcoal to make sure filtration will last and better experimentation 😂😂😎

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Every filter I build is a work in progress, thank you for the tips! If I remove the pipe, how will I have even distribution of water?

[@jamielingenfelter5206]

check out aquaponics they got a lot of good ideas I can show you how to keep your turtle pond cleaner just by using plants and most the time you can put them in the filter

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thanks so much! I actually now have a large pond that I use plants in and am familiar with how one can use plants to filter water. It's super cool stuff!! Thanks for watching :)

[@bump-nq5tt]

first like!!!

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Thank you!

[@stevestikihutable]

Wanted info on turtle filter, turned off by your mouth wide open, no confidence. Great for 12 year olds

[@TController]

The worst ‘educational’ video … EVER. In my opinion!

[@whoknowes1]

Buy a tripod. You have some goodbideas, but the follow through seems a little weak. When you built the pond, you left the liner exposed to direct sunlight, that's not going to last more than a year or two before it starts to crack. All that work wasted. At least cover them with flat stones. The filter should use filter media, not plastic scrubbing pads which may not be turtle safe. The batting again shouldn't be used it is to dense. Visit your local pet store or online and order some cut to fit filter it's 12.89 on Amazon. I would strongly suggest a larger pump for that volume of water. Again, good ideas, but the execution is weak. The PVC burrs on the ends of the pipe you shoved through the seal in the tote more than likely scratched the seal. You will probably have leaks. Check out Kamp Kenan's channel. He's a turtle guru.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

Hey there! Unfortunately I couldn't afford a tripod at the time of filming, and I try to keep all costs at a minimum. The pond liner is 60ml thick and therefore can take quite a beating! I have plans to cover with stone, but my initial plan was to get it set up for my Terrapins as soon as possible. So far it's been a year with no issues. I couldn't really afford stones at the time of filming as well, I spent most of the budget on liner. The pot scrubbies actually turned my water crystal clear in about 3 weeks of running after and algal bloom. The 100% polyester is the exact same material as filter media is made of. The "more dense" media catches finer particulate matter and if anything may be better for the filtration. The plastic pot scrubbies also are 100% plastic and safe, they've been used by hobbyists for years. The pump for the pond is to be upgraded in the Spring in a few weeks! The seal lasted all summer in the intense heat and worked beautifully. I watch Kenan all the time, he's a huge inspiration. Thanks for watching!

[@whoknowes1]

@@DanTheTurtleMan_ If you are following Keenan, you know he does things cost efficient but doesn't "rig" it. If youre going to keep doing videos, then even a starter table top tripod can be bought for less than 20 dollars. and greatly allows you to demonstrate "how to" do things and free up your hands. I'm NOT trying to slam you by any means but people watching want to see how guys like you and Kenan do things and how its best done based on experience not just fast and cheap. Check out Wal Mart for a budget friendly tripod, there are two listed one a 50 inch for 15.99 and a 6.5 inch that can be made to fit various things like a tree or a post, maybe a ladder for 5.99. A wise investment.

[@DanTheTurtleMan_]

@@whoknowes1 Thank you!!!!! I always want to hear what I can do better, I very much appreciate it. I'll definitely look into one, it does get tiresome clamping my phone to things...