Well, its 2 AM and I just got pretty much done with the canopy.
Supplies:
1 4x8 plywood (red oak)
16 ft. large molding trim
16 ft small molding trim
17 ft smal angle modling trim (to make the cabinet doors)
2 sets of hinges.
1st: Cut the ply wood into strips to make the front and side of the cabinet:
P9020006 by HangTheMan, on Flickr
2nd: Make sure the edges of the strips are 45 degrees to make ...
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Horizontal Tank Divider
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ScorpiosWife
Horizontal Tank Divider
OK, so the entire thing took about 20 minutes to build! Of course, as I suspected, hubby wouldn't let me play with sharp objects. While he was cutting, I removed the filter, gathered some marbles for the sides & then realized I forgot to take pictures of the material before we started. Oops. I didn't remember till he had already cut the mesh, egg crate & had started with the zip ties. Hubby measured & cut the egg crate as close to the inner dimension of the tank as possible. Then he cut the ... -
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DIY LED Build
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cichlid1409
DIY LED Build
So, I've been wanting to upgrade to a LED fixture on my coral tank for a while now. As I looked online at all the fixtures I found they were either too much moolah or not bright enough IMO. So I decided to pull the trigger and try to build my own. After digging around online and figuring out a game plan this is what I decided to go with: 12 - 3w cree XP-G (white) 12 - 3w cree XP-E (royal blue) 1 - meanwell 35-700 driver 1 - meanwell 60-1050 driver 60 degree lenses 10in X 10in heatsink Custom ... -
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Continual Air Removal From Siphon Tubes On Overflow Box
I was looking for a way to automate the air removal from the siphon tubes on my overflow box without running risk of pumping the siphon tubes empty. I was also worried about siphoning them dry during a power outage via the air tube.
Using an aqua-lifter pump, I came up with a solution.
Attached is a DIY video link.
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Wet/dry Filter Outlet Anti-Siphon Hole - Shield preventing messy spitting at startup
I had a problem with water squirting out the anti-siphon hole on my wet/dry outlet and Dustin at Houston Aquarium Warehouse gave me this idea.
Simple and easy to do.
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DIY Background- Vinyl
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Zebvance
DIY Background- Vinyl
I had a black background on my 240 from Petsmart. I had a lot of problems with it. Water would get in between the background and the tank when I would service the tank. It got on my nerves enough for me to rip it off. I ended up having the idea of laying down one big piece of vinyl (a big black sticker) on the back instead of painting it. I am not a very good painter and I didn't want to do something that permanent to my tank. So I picked up a 96x30 sheet of vinyl from the local decal shop... -
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Quieting an Overflow Box
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jarrodaden
Quieting an Overflow Box
I recently became involved in aquaria when a friend of the family "gifted" us a 17 gallon aquarium. I had very limited experience with keeping fish, but figured I was smart enough to keep a larger tank. Sadly, I quickly and definitively killed all of the fish that I inherited. In the quest to figure out what I had done wrong, I found the box. Cycling 101....
I was consumed by the www.houstonfishbox.com website. It is a never ending wealth of information that I find myself... -
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Using paint as your aquarium background
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black_knight
Using paint as your aquarium background
Background color choice may depend on your type of tank, and more importantly your fish. Eg. many blue discus tend to darken with a black background or pepper up in the case of pigeon blood colors (something about the appearance of the void may frighten them). Some Tropheus, like Moliro reds, may not show their brightest color with a black background (unless you've got some nice white gravel). However, blue can be quite blaring (this is subjective), especially on a tank without much front to back... -
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Sodium Bisulfite Dispenser
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fshfrk
Sodium Bisulfite Dispenser
Sodium Bisulfite will remove the oxygen from your water (Prime, Safe and Amquel Plus, among others). Especially if you have drained 75 percent of the water and dump in enough for the whole tank. I would rather introduce the dechlorinater as I fill the tank, with the nozzle hitting the water at the same spot as the replacement water. When the tank is full, the container with the declorinater is just getting empty. The air valve on the end adjusts the flow. I fill the container up with tank water... -
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DIY DeChlorinator
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PhishPhreek
DIY DeChlorinator
Sodium Thiosulfate, Na2S2O3, is a colorless crystalline compound, also called sodium hyposulfite or "hypo". It is soluble in water and is a mild reducing agent. Thiosulfate will break the bond in Chloramine between the Chlorine and the Ammonia, and it binds Chlorine and most heavy trace metals’.
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