DIY 5.5 Refugium

reef4beer · Feb 12, 2013

Decided to make a refugium for my 12 gallon nano.

Using a 5.5 gallon. Making the first compartment a wet dry with a egg crate ontop with floss to reduce the flow and leading to the refugium.

I cut the glass I had laying around at home and it came out decent (pretty sketchy actually lol)

Looks ugly in the first compartment because couldn't find clear silicone which I then used for the other panels.

First wall

Finished - the small blocks in the first compartment are to hold up the egg crate. Looks super messy lol

Giving it 24 hours to dry and then will run a water test to see how it goes.

shovelrider · Feb 19, 2013

WOW! Didn't have any paper towels handy. That thing looks like a hot mess. What did you use to cut the glass, a pocket knife and a hammer?
:jaw:
Seriously though, if you could have waited for the clear silicone half of that mess would not be noticeable. Did you make sure the silicone was 100% silicone with no mold inhibitor?
Be careful around the top of that jagged glass. Next time you cut glass, slow and forceful to cut and break along a hard straight edge with smooth force.

I'm not hatin', just giving some constructive criticism. Good luck!

jgraz · Feb 19, 2013

My suggestion, remove it all. Head to lowes and have them cut the glass. You don't need 1/4" glass for such a small tank the flow will be minimal at best. You would really be better off for it.

ahtatt · Feb 19, 2013

Im not saying I could do better man, but that does look a little rough. why not use acrylic?

None the less Kudos on the diy action man.

reef4beer · Feb 19, 2013

Lol the first slab was my first was somewhat in a rush (things rushed come out longer) realized I grabbed the wrong bottle and got sealant and things got messy, came out really bad. So after getting this criticism I decided to take of that first compartment and ended up cracking the tank LOL

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