SaVeThEeELs Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 gee thanks....now almost everything i look at looks like tank gear......ive been tearing up the restaurant i work at......i got all sorts of plastic pans and sheets of plastic (2'x3' lids).....and im even using the plastic meshing from the lobster tail packing to make filters for my pumps.... still the soap dish is still the best!! they should give you some sort of award....nano genius of the month... you might just be the inventor of the nano frag tank... Link to comment
non-photosynt Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 still the soap dish is still the best!! they should give you some sort of award....nano genius of the month... you might just be the inventor of the nano frag tank... But inventor of in-tank pico display is wanted too! Link to comment
vlapinta Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 When using the soap dish as a fuge with Cheato do you just position the water to flow through the soap dish? Do you use just the tank lighting? Great idea! Vicki Link to comment
bigbabich Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 This is a great idea. I saw this thread today and went out and bought 2 at Home Depot. Same exact model. QUick question. How much do I have to clean this thing before use? Do I have to soak in overnight or anything? Will this plastic basket outgas or leach anything dangerous? Or can I wash it and drop it right in? Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 yeah tank lighting works great. you dont have to put it right under your filter but i found it to help keep the cheato from collecting debrit. my first dish was placed into the aquarium back in june i believe. its been there along time and has no visible signs of breaking down. even the suction cups are still clear. i havent seen any signs of gasing off or breaking down. wash it out and throw it in the tank. Link to comment
SaVeThEeELs Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 This is a great idea.I saw this thread today and went out and bought 2 at Home Depot. Same exact model. QUick question. How much do I have to clean this thing before use? Do I have to soak in overnight or anything? Will this plastic basket outgas or leach anything dangerous? Or can I wash it and drop it right in? home depot!!!! why didnt i think of that! and its the same exact model?? what was the price? who cares! they are cheap!! think they have any good ones at bed bath and beyond??? i like seein the look on the sales girls face when i tell em what im trying to do with the soap dish.... Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 think they have any good ones at bed bath and beyond??? i like seein the look on the sales girls face when i tell em what im trying to do with the soap dish.... lmao! yeah i imagen bed, bath and beyond has them, although i imagen there twice the price. Link to comment
SaVeThEeELs Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 LOL i got dogged on my in tank fuge-es check out the comment in my gallery! ive used glass jars for years w/ lots of success.... only problem is they can be an eye sore and are not that easy to work with, you have place them where flow spirals in and out pretty much no real mod unless you have a big jar maybe a small olive jar or baby food jar in the big AC filter could work this way you can still run carbon and other media... probably could get away with not siliconing it at all if the cheato is isolated just when using them you have to consider flow Link to comment
vlapinta Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I was in Target and they also carry the same soap dishes. I purchased a small one for $2.49. Vicki Link to comment
travisurfer Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 LOL i got dogged on my in tank fuge-es check out the comment in my gallery! seriously though, why do you have so many jars in there? Link to comment
Truck_Under_Water Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 This thread wil never die! I have the wal mart one in my shower. I think i'll pick up a few more today. Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 when i first started this thread, i figured you'd all think me crrrraaazy for using a soap dish in the aquarium however they really do come in handy. Link to comment
SaVeThEeELs Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 seriously though, why do you have so many jars in there? charging the 5'' sandbed i have in my tank....remember i got wiped out by the summers heat?? Link to comment
travisurfer Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 sorry, im not familiar with charging sandbeds Link to comment
Adamd Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Cool! I did the same but with a breeder box. I had to make holes for more flow and add holes and glue on some suction cups. Looks like you got a winner. Link to comment
SaVeThEeELs Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 sorry, im not familiar with charging sandbeds its pretty much how you make your own LR and sand.... you just gotta start growing pods and other stuff on a ridiculous scale..... im startin to see little worms in the sand now.....i got one jar, one on lower left thats just full of some unidentified worm.....i know its a harmless sand sifter, the other jar on the right is amphipods and copeopods...... swoop, my hawk fish is there for any isopods and is keepin my amphipods in check... if i can ever get the old man at LFS to come off some of his sand in this one tank hes got, ill have a jar growing limpets and chitons..... he had a heart attach and lost his whole SW section while he was in the hospital.... scary looking to the novice, them tanks are teeming with life.... he's raising pods in some tanks w/o a real filter!! maybe an air line if its luck!!! even the ones that look like an oil spill disaster have pods, thousands!! Link to comment
space Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Anyone have any pics of this working? Does it allow pods to grow? Link to comment
foolontheplanet Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 hey guys, awesome idea! just found this thread and i ran around for a while and found a good one at target. I know everyone has a target around them, so if you cant find one, they have them there. again, awesome idea. Link to comment
ALittleSalty Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I wonder if you added a u-tube to this, and mounted it high up in the tank, would it work as an internal overflow box?? Jon Link to comment
FishFreak77 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 This soapdish thing is one of the best ideas ever. I have my chaeto all in my tank and it is getting on my nerves. I think I will go out and buy 2 or 3 for my chaeto! Link to comment
Rene Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 This thread made me buy one at Lowes, for when I frag things to grow them out. No more frags lost in the sandbed! Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 well i have to say, after putting the soap dish on the shelf for a while, its once again proved it worth. this has to be my fav. use for the $3 soap dish. feeding times always a treat in the dish. for both the horses and spectators. ) Link to comment
crazinezz978 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 nice horses...im def. gonna look into this chaeto dish in the future... ...also will 2x65w pc's be sufficient to support chaeto in a 55 gallon tank if placed in the middle depth area? Link to comment
formerly icyuodd/icyoud2 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 plenty! Link to comment
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