diy

I've been a long time lurker and finally decided it was time to have a thread to document my tank... over 3 years after I started it. This thread will be covering the progression of the tank over the last 3 years of trial and (many) errors. The tank began with an idea right around the time of...

Hello everyone I have a 5+ year old power head that works perfectly well I got of Amazon. I'm not sure what the name is and I know that the power head guards online won't work. Is there any DIY technique I can use until my to be introduced anemone settles down

Hello everybody tuning in on my build thread! I am new to the reef2reef forums, and I am going to be building a 2 Gallon pico reef in a Jar. Follow along as I slowly but surely bring this ordinary Jar to life! Why? There are a few reasons on why I am looking to build a reef in a 2 Gallon Jar...

Tank build tab updated 11/28/2023! I debated putting this in the frag tank section but I don’t know if I can resist the temptation of building it out into a lagoon or something. Current situation: -Saw a lowboy on a custom steel stand at LFS. I love shallow tanks, had to have it. -bought the...

going to be my first time mixing water

The problem: I have a 4 foot CADE peninsula, will back up to a wall with shiplap. Hanging lights from ceiling not an option (open to 2nd floor above). I was planning on using ReeFi Uno 2 lights, 2 units. I don't have them in-hand, but they weigh 2.2 pounds each according to their website. I...

Did any one try building a lid with using this shower door seal as a Frame structure and clear mesh from Amazon as screen? It seems theoretically possible but would love to see some of your designs on how the end product would turn out

Long story short, I'm in the middle of moving and found the old Kalk reactor in storage. It is a Two Little Fishes Kalk reactor 300 and I never really liked it. It never seemed to agitate the Kalk and was a glorified container. Money is tight with the move, so I decided to modify this one...

Pretty large tank, will be around 700 gallons. So should I cut the carpet under the stand and have the stand sit directly on the concrete? Or just leave the carpet in place?

I fish regularly and I'm wondering if there's any reason that freshwater fish meat wouldn't be a good source of food for my reef tank if I blended up some scraps and froze it like regular frozen fish food.

Hello All, Putting together my first reef tank 40B that will have a 20L sump. I’ll be leveraging the FijiCube baffle kit to make things a bit easier. My questions concerns the sump chamber dimensions…I’ll have a filter sock compartment, skimmer chamber, refigium, bubble trap, return chamber...

Hello everyone, Anyone who's done a DIY mount for the AI Hydra 32 or any other size, can you please list the steps and materials you took to do it? I have a Hydra 32 and want to mount it over my nano but I'm not looking to spend $100 just for a bracket when the light itself already cost over...

Hey everyone! I recently ordered a Waterbox 25-gallon tank... Upgrading from a Fluval Evo 13.5. I wanted to build a quality stand and got some inspiration from another individual on here. Here are some pictures of the stand in its current form. (Please ignore the mess in my family's garage, I am...

I’ve just ordered a Waterbox Peninsula 4820! While awaiting arrival, I’m going through the planning stages and I would really like to have some type of canopy. My thought is to try using some black opaque acrylic sheets and gluing them together into 3 pieces so that it will slide on and off of...

I am referring to this video he made It looks like a great idea for both cleaning the sandbed and performing water changes. However I have no clue how he got that pump to stay on that setup. I got the same pump as he did. I found a 1/2 in nipple that screwed into the pump but its only held into...

Hi everyone, we had some issues performing maintenance in the Sump due to cable clutter. This was mainly due to the additive nature of how different accessories find their way in the system (via crisis ). this is obviously not the optimal way to organize an aquarium (you can see in the video)...

Cost without skimmer: $122.50 (skimmer can substituted with a regular pump) Using this on a 20 gal high with 2 clownfish, 2 fire shrimp This thing absolutely destroys nitrates. I am new to the hobby (2 months) and didn't want to pay for a HOB refugium, since they would be much smaller than...

Hello, I have little to no room in my sump for a refugium and was looking at a DIY plan to build one that was external to my display. Does anyone have any advice/success with this? Some concerns I have are: 1. If it’s pump driven back to the display, in the case of a pump failure what are some...

I have this beautiful 110 stand that was custom made by an old carpenter. You can tell that a lot of work was put into it and this thing is super sturdy and high quality. My only problem is because it was made for an arowana tank, I cannot fit a sump in there. All the panels have been screwed...

Hello, I am trying to think of a way to provide another failsafe for my ATO on my tanks and the only idea I could think of is to use a float switch wired inline with the pump wiring. Therefore, if the float switch is activated, the ato pump will not be able to pump water into the tank because...

So I’ve got a 90 gal and I’m interested in making a stand out of aluminum. Standard size that’s close to my tank size is 48” but my tanks max length is 48.5”. Short version of my question is this…do I need to find extrusion that is greater than 48” and cut it down to exact size? Has anyone built...

I have a a rack system set up that currently has a 55 gallon aquarium set up on it in the middle and two 10's and a 20 on the top...

So, The pieces I have been waiting on have arrived - pump and outflow accessories - and I'm going to try my hand at rebuilding the AIO chamber of the tank I have. The tank is a 3 gallon Marineland contour AIO that I ripped the back partition out of in order to give the tank a larger display...

Many of us order in pods or algae or any other assortment of things to add to our tanks, and some of them come in these nifty little plastic jars. I've already found a half dozen uses for these jars from temporarily housing small fish to watering windowsill plants. Primarily they're...

im looking to make my own chaeto reactor and i cant seem to find a decent set of led lights for the reactor can anyone offer any help