nanofootball Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Attention all reefers with ''ghetto'' tanks. Post Away. This is a competition to see who has the most ghetto tank setup. Winner will just know that he needs to work on his tank the most. Make sure to include explanations with your tank. And say what is unique about your tank that makes it the most ghetto. GOOD LUCK!!!! Link to comment
nanofootball Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 Here is my tank. HA Link to comment
nanofootball Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 Oops i guess i really dont know hot to post a picture....... But no worries, I will figure it out. Link to comment
nanofootball Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 If people with nicer reefs look at this attempt not to hurt yourselves while falling to the ground and laughing. but this is my basic setup told you I would figure out how to do pictures Now for my explanations : This tank has been setup for about six months. ( I know most people have tons of corals by that point.) But i like my hermit crabs and snails and liverock and im a very patient person. (basically an excuse for lazy and cheap) STUFF My setup is a ten gallon. 75 Watt Metal Halide Pendant A beautiful homemade Hood Thing A little whisper filter on the back aquaglobe powerhead DIY autotopoff with floatswitch.com floatswitch and power head running it is a powersweep I didnt like the powersweep in my nano it was too big. and yes, that garbage can is my water reservoir but hey, it is lined with a very new and clean garbage bag, i dunno if thats bad but i am sure that it is better than my tank completely running out of water over the holidays because i am home for christmas INHABITANTS 2 blue leg hermit crabs 1 turbo snail 3 astrea snails a few bristle worms, yes they count to me i have this purple and pink one that is pretty sweet AND MY FIRST FRAG, a pretty sad looking GSP, but hey, it opened the morning after i purchased it so things are looking up Link to comment
nanofootball Posted December 25, 2004 Author Share Posted December 25, 2004 OK this is the part about my tank that makes it possibly the most ghetto tank ever. Before looking at this picture you need to know that this is temporary and will be changed as of january 4th when i get back at school. Ok, now i know your all asking. "Dave, why is there a coffee mug on your tank" ??? Well gather around for a little story. I got my floatswitch in the mail two days before the end of finals when i was supposed to go home + a calc final and a final paper = me having no time to set it up properly. So, the floatswitch is being held in the proper position because its wires are taped up to the coffee mug with ducktape. Then i propped up the coffee mug with caps from gallon jugs of water to "fine tune" the system. Once again this is temporary stuff so enjoy laughing while you can. Dave:D this smiling guy rocks Link to comment
Deleted User 8530 Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 I thought this was Another thread... huh... Odd. Link to comment
Blind Tree Frog Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 I'd post my cardboard tank, but it keeps springing a leak while cycling Link to comment
audiocontrol Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 i know someone that has a tank made out of concrete, a wooden frame, and has no lighting above it except the natural sunlight. It's a 75 gallon or something. It has a couple of fish including an emperor angelfish. I kid you not. I wish i had a pic but the tank is down in the DC area. Link to comment
audiocontrol Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 -The stand i believe is made of cinderblocks. Link to comment
Maxvan1 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 LOL thats funny... did he have to cure it before he put anything in it? Link to comment
sdbeazley Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 search my gallery to see an old (now destroyed) piece of the ghetto Link to comment
audiocontrol Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Well, I asked the guy the same question, and he said he did not know if it was sealed...He said he recieved the tank from someone else. (its located at a place called "roozens") So we are talkin about a tank that has already been through at least 2 people and is well over 25 years old. Oh yea, to boost the ghetto factor up a bit...all of their water at the store is cooled not by a chiller, but by a big sump placed underground. Link to comment
rong666 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 GOOD GOD!!!!! If anyone is in nanofotball's area, please donate this guy some old gear. I got to hand it to ya nano, you get an E for effort and a G for ghetto in my book. I am currently in school and survivng off of finanicaial aid...so I feel ya. keep reefn' Ron ps...wtf is your hood made out of..is it an upside down coffee table or something? Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Ahaha! When my tank broke down a while back I kept everything in a rubbermaid tub for a while... functioned just fine and everything looked great.... I THINK! lol I have the same DIY regent pendant as you man! Link to comment
nanofootball Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 rong The hood is made out of some 1x1 I believe it is pine trim i got for free from wood shop last year. I put it together with wood glue and sheetrock screws. That is actually the new improved college hood,(wish i had pictures of the old one). The hood is actually surprisingly stable. Didnt want any college friends hitting a halide light down. That could be a bad situation. Link to comment
serjuanca88 Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I had a hood exactly like that on my old 55g. Except I covered in 0.25" plywood and stained it. If you ever get the desire to spend $10-20 you should do something similiar. Link to comment
nanofootball Posted January 3, 2005 Author Share Posted January 3, 2005 serjuanca yea i definitely am going to do that, i actually already bought some nice looking wood it isnt plywood though, i want to say it is 1/8'' ash sheet something like that, i was going to build a nice hood and then paint it black, but i just ran out of time and need to wait for warmer weather and get some time to work on it because when i actually get around to really doing it i want to make it nice. Maybe even a matching stand?? Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 My little 2 gallon is awefully ghetto...I have a little bitty filter that is purely for water flow and I guess its sort of a fuge too...it stops fairly easily if the tiniest bit of sediment get in the right spot...I also cut the edge of the outflow off so it wouldn't send the water flying across the tank. I cut the splashguard for the top of the tank so that the filter would fit, and covered the cut edge with duct tape so that splashing water from the filter wouldn't get on top of it. The back of the tank is black because I cut apart of a black shoebox and taped it to the back. The hood is covered in black duct tape because I had to turn it around to fit with the filter and the back of it had writing on it...although I can't put the hood on correctly anyway because the tank gets too hot if I do, so the hood is angled off the side of my stereo that is next to the tank... It is a new tank...so the only things in it are some liverock and sand and a couple of hermit crabs. The duct taped hood (the water is going across the tank because this was before I cut the filter outflow)... Just a pic of the tank with the rock in it....its a really bad pic... Link to comment
Bordello Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Hillarious thread guys. Nanofootball, I feel your pain. Being a college student myself, having little time and money doesn't exactly get you a spectacular tank. I can't stop laughing at your setup, though (sorry). It definitely has a homemade feel to it. Keep up the good work? Link to comment
audiocontrol Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 oh man, no offense, but thats a gross color Link to comment
StinaUIUC Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Are you talking about my tank?...because its not really that color....lol for some reason my camera decided it would be nice to make everything look yellow...lol Link to comment
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