lmao that is really sad jer. But at least you got something.

what? spending 1/10th the cost to make something just as effective is sad?

I thought you said DIY wasn't your thing?

normally it isn't, but apaprently I have a knack for plumbing, so I'm going to give it a shot. all told, if it doesn't work I'm out $14.




in other news, I got some corals and fish. lol.

Cool, looking good. my pay for a reactor when you can make one yourself

The best kind of DIY, the low risk budget!


What kind?!?

a sixline, a firefish, a paly rock, a zoanthid rock and a few mushrooms. not a bad way to spend a hundred bucks.

lookin good jer

that DIY reactor has my wheels spinning about turning one of those containers into a calcium reactor...

thanks pufg.


I had the container lying around, it should work well enough. there's a built-in watertight gasket in the lid, it's perfect.

hmmm.... the plastic on those is pretty resilient, too. straight sides and lid make it easy to attach bulkheads, jg fittings, and some egg crate to hold a sponge off the bottom to diffuse water flow over any media you put in there. should work out very well. not something i'd want hanging off the side of my tank but if it's gonna be under a cabinet out of sight function > form. good thinking

thanks. I'm thinking of making a hang-on unit out of it, with the pump inside the sump and the actual unit outside, set up like a little closed loop. there's not enough room in the lid for both bulkheads, so I'll have the water enter on the bottom and exit on the top. I also got a valve to control the flow - my MJ is probably overkill, lol.

yeah i've got a mj400 on my TLF phosban reactor and it has to be throttled down about half way for that magic tumbling point with GFO, so i'd definitely recommend a ball valve.

tada!



it started out as a HOB unit, but that failed miserably in execution due to inebriation, lol. hopefully this in-sump unit can resurrect the project. tomorrow I'll fit the sponge inserts and give it a test run before adding carbon. wee!!

and no, the union serves absolutely no purpose that I can come up with, so don't ask.

also, couple random shots:

Nice reactor and very nice looking mushrooms!

thanks. it works, fwiw. needs some fine tuning, but carbon is a-tumblin'

There's NO WAY that thing doesn't leak!! Looks cool, I love ghetto dIY.

Nice combo mush rock ! And wow on the diy !

Ha! diy master you are.

the lid dribbles, but it's in the sump and under water, so whatever. the flow is what matters, and it's pretty good. woo!!

it looks awesome. over-engineered a tiny bit, but awesome.

too bad the lid leaks though, there goes my calcium reactor idea.

I may be late to the punch, but I thought that was a given for us folk...


Nice start, Jer. I think this one will be a nice end result

the top just clips on. I'm sure you can find a container with a screw-top lid, that would solve the problem.


thanks!

so I asked the ginger to put a nori sheet in for the sea hare. he's seen me do it a hundred times - fold sheet, affix to rock, drop rock in tank. well, he was too lazy to attach it to the rock so he just dropped the whole sheet in the tank, which floated over and got sucked through the polario. I now have a thousand tiny pieces of nori floating all around the tank.

Bad ginger, bad!

all better now, my new tang took care of the floating bits of algae.

Oh really? When did you get one of those?

yesterday. sailfin, about three inches long. also got a skunk clown.

Awesome! Sailfins are cool. I really liked mine, but I don't think I'm going to replace him, my bio-load is getting up there. Pink or Orange skunk?

orange. just chills in the back of the tank. pretty annoying so far, lol.

update? pictures?

This. Come on Jer!

This tank=WIN!!!!

Pics!!!

oh yeah, I keep forgetting to update this thread, lol. the lights are always off when I'm home, the tank is on the ginger's schedule. I'll try and get some updates after christmas.

anytime now...

what?

this.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

This tank is kinda dumb. I can't even see it.

zomg I totally forgot. I'll do it tonite, promise.

Now please.

yea right

ok, suck it bishes.

Nice! FTS?

nope. I added WAY too many things the past few weeks, still working through some hardcore algae.

Oh hey, pichers!

Looks happy. What's that funky lookin softy in the last picture?

a nephthiid of some sort I imagine. I don't expect it to last long.

this tank is sort of a what-not-to-do. we're sort of just buying whatever seems pretty with no regard as to keeping it alive. so far so good.

jer I love your tank.

And ever time I see the title of this thread I momentarily stop to hope you've decided to become straight.....

Well, it has good polyp extension, at least.

edit: lol - no, don't listen to kmitch