diy

Hello, everyone! After searching for an affordable tank stand without success, I decided to design my own. Through a family member, I have access to the tools necessary to construct this build. That said, I have never built something like this and am seeking feedback from the community to make...

Hey Y'all, In about 3 months I'll be moving across the country from Knoxville, TN to Denver, CO (1,300 – 1,400 miles). I've got a Red Sea Reefer 170 (43 gal). I feel like it’s going to be much too expensive to restart all of my corals and as a result am looking to move them with me. The idea...

Hey everyone. So I tore down my old tank and moved from an apartment into a house. I had a large closet space facing the front door that I dreamed of building a display tank into. I then took the plunge!! Everything is custom built from scratch except for the display tank, sump, and equipment...

Hello, I have 2 different tanks, my first tank is a 40 gallon breeder with a Fugi 20 sump, it has an Apex controller. I use a Apex DOS and do AWC with the DOS. This tank and the AWC has been up for two years and the fish and coral has been doing great and is growing. I started a 120 gallon tank...

95% of my devices run off DC power at a few common voltages. I've been thinking that I could get together a marine battery, some DC/DC power supplies, and power my pumps & powerheads off battery-backup backed DC power which will simply keep operating in the event of a power failure. IP67 DC/DC...

Hello I am purchasing a Xepta AutoBalance from Spain and am wondering does anyone know if the “reagent” used is just 0.1 N Hydrochloric acid or equivalent? It’s going to be difficult/expensive to get my hands on the Xepta brand reagent so I’m wondering what my options are for DIY reagent for...

So last week I walked to the store for some cigarettes at about 2am. When I got the the mini mart someone had dumped a truvu hexagon tank with stand and lid. The tank was a scratched pretty good like someone got sand on the cleaning pad. After I got my cigarettes I asked the clerk about it and...

Hey! my name is Anthony. I previously had a build thread on my old Red Sea nano. It ran for two years before I wanted to upgrade. I decided to start a new build thread on my upgrade. The upgrade details: fijicube 76g rimless tank with exterior overflow system. The tank dimensions are...

Hello! I just got into the hobby. Decided to save some money and build an acrylic tank. My tank is 36x24x12 (lwh). I have attached some pics as well. Before I add water and start cycling, I was wondering if anyone has any experience building acrylic tanks. I wanted to know if one brace across...

Hi, I just purchased a used 180 gallon bowfront aquarium that is going to need to work before I can get it up and running. It currently is drilled for a single overflow in the right corner but I am considering adding an additional overflow in the left corner for better water filtration down to...

After reading a million posts here, I am trying my hand at a turf scrubber. Cobbling together ideas from other reefers, I decided to convert the skimmer sock area and try to maximize surface area. Using waterproof LEDs and boat load of hot glue, I came up with the following design. I post every...

Some weeks ago I started playing with the idea of breeding and raising my own Artemia. The only fish store I have around me that carries them from time to time is 30km away and they rarely have Artemia of a quality I want to throw in my coral soup. But how would I breed them? I tried with one of...

So I have a 90 gallon saltwater tank. I’m using a external overflow. It’s getting old and there is two cracks forming on each side of it and I’m afraid one day it’s just going to give out. My 90 gallon tank has a hole drilled on it. It has a bulkhead installed it’s about 6 inches from the top on...

This will be approximately 1200 gph internal overflow box. The measurements will be 8w x 5.5 h x 2.5 d I bought the black acrylic sheets off amazon. It was a 2 pack 12 x 12 1/8 inch. After getting into cutting it I'm thinking I should have done 1/4 inch. This is a bit choppy. But it's working.

Hi Reefers. Its been few weeks i was Searching for some details on a DIY Wave Box , but couldnt find simple detailed making procedure specially on youtube or r2r. Therefore I decided to Try to make one myself with Hit and Trial and It Worked Wonderfully. Here are some details 1. Using a Used...

Hey! So I got into saltwater a little over a month ago and I got the fluval evo. I love the size and look of the tank and it’s the perfect size for me as it fits on my nightstand. As I did more and more research I learned it’s much easier to have a higher water volume so I considered adding a...

Hey guys, I’m getting ready to plumb my 310 gallon tank and IceCap 48XL sump, was wondering if anyone has this sump and has considered modifying it for more water volume and if it’s possible and if so how difficult it is or how easy it might be to accidentally screw the whole thing up. The...

hi all, wondering if this is the right way to go about it. Right now I am on day 2 of my setup and the only thing that concerns me is the color of the water/phyto. Used this stuff to start the phyto culture Used only enough to give the water a tint of green even though this stuff does not...

I have a Red Sea 200xl and couldn’t find a dosing container that wasn’t huge or really expensive. Came across this website that 3D prints reef accessories and made my own little dosing setup out of the smaller Voss bottles. Don’t have a need for the third bottle as of yet, but I’ll think of...

Let's get into the AIO DIY build Here is a link if you have not seen the Build Thread for the DIY stand - OHReef's DIY 20 Gallon Long Stand - Build Thread Current Equipment: Sicce Syncra Silent 1.0 - 251GPH Eheim 75W heater 2 - Current USA eFlux Wave Pumps 660GPH (only running 1 currently...

Hey Everyone, This is going to be the build thread for my DIY AIO 20 Gallon Long Reef. Everything was built from scratch. This idea has been in my head for years, and has finally come to fruition. To begin, I designed the stand. I work from home (even before COVID came around) and wanted to...

So I setup a DIY copepod culture to try to keep a supply of pods around to dose my new tank. I have a 2 Liter Erlenmeyer flask w/stopper hooked up to a air pump. I added a jar of Tig pods f/algae barn and have added some ocean magik to tint the water. My water is not quite as dark as some of...

Hello reefers! I’ve been reefing for about a year now and we got a great deal on a 75 gal+sump at the LRS that was on consignment. HOWEVER I am completely stumped as to how they had this sump set up. any pointers would be great.

Hello fellow reefers and freshwater aquarists! After years of development and testing I finally made up my mind to introduce to you my AquariOS controller project, intending to use this thread as its long-term support platform. It's about a 20-channel low-cost DIY aquarium controller, capable...

Planning a 75 gallon DIY sump. Wanting the first chamber to hold the skimmer and media, second to be a large refugium, and third to be a return with variable water height. I would like the refugium water level to be as high up as possible while chamber one is about 7-8in. Any ideas on how to set...