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Emperor 400, cheap, easy mechanical refills

bulldogg7 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:12:56 GMT

Got these at Sam's Club for <$7.00 20 in a pack Slightly bigger but no trimming required. No need to even disassemble the gray boxes. Perfect fit, no trimming necessary Easy and cheap as heck, about 34 cents a piece. I am using a diy canister for my bio, But these may work also, I'm just not sure how long they would hold to biweekly washings, they may loose their stiffness. But Put one before your bio cartridge and replace it or rinse it when it gets clogged ...

new improved holding pin

poolmako — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:17:38 GMT

it took bigger zip ties and filled the holes where the fry where getting out, and i shot this when it was out of the tank so you can see just how i put it together.

Helpful links

bulldogg7 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:38:28 GMT

http://alysta.com/books/fishtank.htm just found this goofing off, gives dry weight/full weight dimensions of common sizes. http://www.aquatichouse.com/FILTRATION%20MENU_files/marinelandcartridges.asp A chart on Marineland Rite-size filters. SIZE A - Penguin, Mini Penguin, BIO-Wheel Mini, Penguin 100. SIZE B - Penguin 125, Penguin 150. SIZE C - Penguin 170, Penguin 200, Penguin 330, Penguin 350 . SIZE E - Emperor 280, Emperor 400. SIZE G - Eclipse 1, Eclipse System Twelve. SIZE ...

Building a stand for my new 55 gallon

MbunaMan25 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:08:11 GMT

Tonight I painted the back Black

Tomorrow I will build the frame and main structure (will post some pictures)

Won't completly finish it till we finish our basement this summer.

holding pin for fry

poolmako — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:06:35 GMT

i dont remember who asked me about this but here it is, its 5 10 gallon tank dividers that i put together with zip ties, dont know if you can see her here but there is a yellow lab with a mouth full soon as she spits out the fry i will move the fry to a ten gallon with 35 obpeacock fry and 7 sciaenochromis fryeri

My fry tank 56k warn

bulldogg7 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:53:27 GMT

This is not my original idea, I had help from another forum. Cheap lighting was the main goal here. A few months ago I did a DIY moonlight for my 7yo daughter's tank. I got the idea from another forum, but it worked great! Walmart sells these nightlights for about $2 a piece or less. ON DAUGHTER"S TANK: These led's are made by "Meridian" they are labeled as blue, it took me over a month for me to find them, wally world was sold out, but now they always ...

Pics of DIY 55 Gallon Stand

splash spooky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:47:24 GMT

Pic's of stand for 55 gallon Cameron built with fir 2x4's and toasted hickory 1x61/2 for trim screwed together and then two lag bolts in each corner. Framed in around bottom as well as top. The wood was already this color, he just rubbed the same oil that he uses to finish his gun stocks to polish wood and give it a finished look. I am so lucky!

Stand for the 210 gal.

jimmymac — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:44:01 GMT

DIY canister

bulldogg7 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:17:50 GMT

Here's an old diy canister I've had hooked up a while. I have 2 of these, this one was the "experimental" model just to see if it would work. I glued in hose barbs in this model, hence the extra can of cement They do make threaded hose barbs if you want to make it prettier.The second is about the same but better construction and reversed flow and filled with pot scrubbers. This one is the polisher. Water goes in the side/ come out the top. I used a cleanout ...

DIY Painted Background~A Twist to the Same Old, Same Old.

nuth88 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:01:30 GMT

Hey~ Some of you here have commented on the background I have started to use for my tanks�. and asked me to do a simple DIY for this easy to complete background that shows well, lasts well, and is much less work intensive than the DIY backgrounds using Great Stuff expandable foam, quickrete, and paint. It�s very simple really, as a guy who is not a fan of the �Great Stuff Backgrounds� (although very cool, they interfere with my HOB filters and take away too much space from a thinner ...

Picture frame door?

bulldogg7 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:32:20 GMT

Has anyone ever used picture frames for stand/cabinet doors? I picked up a few small unfinished frames from the dollar store today with an idea of just putting some luan inside them and hinges. They seem too small once I got them home. I may use them for something else now. But I found some bigger ones at walmart that look pretty nice, If I get some decent plywood, it seems this would work pretty well. Anyone ever try this? Got any pics? No time to do it this week, but my fry tank stand ...

Plywood Tank

GettinTanked — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:15:57 GMT

Well I am in the planning stages for my first plywood tank. This stingray is going to need a new house. Apparently this species is one of the smallest so I will not go too crazy, I think The dimensions will be 72"x36"x24". I will post all the pics and products I use. I guess I am going on another job out of town so it may be a bit before I get started but I will be doing it fairly soon. If anyone has any pointers or ideas let em fly. Nate

$.99 egg tumbler

bulldogg7 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:17:48 GMT

Went to the "beauty-supply" store yesterday They have these bottles for applying hair color. Original idea was to use it to strip some females. The tip is small and pointed, easy to fit in a fish's mouth. They had a $.69 version also but the bottle was thinner. Well, stripped the mom, oops I miscalculated by a week! Had another bottle and decided to try and make a tumbler out of it. Just poked a few holes around the "bottom perimeter" to let the water out. Inserted ...

Filtration media bags

cc_woman — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:30:53 GMT

Since everyone has such great project ideas, I thought i'd put an easy cheap one out there for those who never thought of this. This is great for when you are buying filter media in containers that don't come in bags. Instead of spending all that money on boxes of media bags, go out and buy yourself a pair of cheap pantyhose. The feet sections work the best for holding the media, but you can use the whole thing by tying the ends and stuffing it with the amount of media necessary. You can get ...

DIY Egg Tumblers

MbunaMan25 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:45:35 GMT

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=152353&highlight= or http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=152364&highlight= 2nd link is probably the best one I have seen that is not commercially made.

DIY PVC caves

MbunaMan25 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:44:41 GMT

I made these a couple weeks ago. Made out of 1.5in PVC. Held together by gorilla glue. 3x 5.5 inch long pieces 2x 4.5 inch long pieces Then used Krylon Fusion (Black) and painted them.

DIY Bio Filter

MbunaMan25 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:55:20 GMT

I don't have the step by step pictures, but I'll try to explain it. Ok here are the things needed... 1 bottle (I used a water bottle) 1 Drill with a 3/8 drill bit and one that is bigger than your airline tubing 1 Liter of Bio media 1 Airstone Airline Tubing Air pump 2 Zip ties 2 Suction cups First drill a lot of holes in the base of the bottle. As many that will fit is best. At the same time make a larger hole in the middle for your airline tubing. Slide the ...