the budget aquarist

[fshfrk]

comets .10 feeder fish grown out to 8-10". they just finished the cycle on my new 210. Awesome fish for cycling tanks.

[mark razmandi]

I've got a few ideas. But you have to show up for the meeting on the 24th to find out. I can't explain it. you just have to see it.

a few? PSH! your whole house is full of awesome DIY ideas

[cichlid1409]

i thought he said 'ideas other than diy' . diy is how you save money in this hobby.

[blacksmith37]

Salvage fans from junked computers, refridgerators, etc; and use them to circulate air in hoods ;I use one in my small (8 X 12) greenhouse and it does very well.
For large , old (wrought iron frame- before SS and RTV) aquariums ,make center brace by welding a large washer to one piece of angle iron and threaded rod on a matching angle iron; one angle on each side of the tank top, with rod through washer. Then thread a nut on the rod , tighten slowly (against the washer) with feeling, until the sides of the tank are closer to straight/parallel. I would leave a little bow in the tank.
"Find" motar sand at construction sites; although it is too fine for some plant roots. "Find" short lenths of steel rebar at construction sites; used for sinking drift wood.