Articles by garbled
A word of warning
This is a pretty advanced DIY. You will need basic soldering skills, and reasonably good computer skills to pull this off. You also probably have to have built your own DIY LED's to make use of this. This is by no means plug and play. But if you are up to the challenge, by...
If you want to build a DIY LED for your tank, there are plenty of resources on the internet to get you started on the usual setup of a driver, and a bucket full of little 3-watt stars to make your lovely strip-style light. But maybe the strip lights aren't what you want? Maybe you want...
Intermediate Topic
How to Build a Carlson Surge Bucket, Part 2
So, in Part 1, we started putting together our small-scale Carlson Surge Device for your home reef tank. We started testing it, and now we're going to finish and get the device where it needs to be--next to and above your display tank.
At the end of the article are two videos that will help you...
Intermediate Topic
How to Build a Carlson Surge Bucket, Part 1
In the late 1980s, Dr. Bruce Carlson, who was the Director of the Waikiki Aquarium, built a surge device based on information he had received from David Powell at the Monterey Aquarium. This surge equipment became known as the Carlson Surge Device or CSD.
The Carlson Surge Device is a...
