Favorite tool or random household item used most in your reef tank?

[redeyejedi]

Old credit card to clean the glass without scratching it.

 

[Sdot]

What psi tip do you use? I have four tips and my guess would be the second weakest

i use the 2000psi, from a distance of course.

 

[Jilly92]

I am constantly trying to think of tools or household items that could be used in my reef tank to make life easier. What is your favorite tool that you could not live without? What are some household items you use in your tank that most would not think of? I will start with one. Everyone uses turkey basters for various things, but I found this one that is used for brewing beer. The extra length helps keep your hands out of the water.

Digital Meat probe thermometer, so handy

 

[nereefpat]

Anyone say razer blade yet?

 

[Gup]

I am constantly trying to think of tools or household items that could be used in my reef tank to make life easier. What is your favorite tool that you could not live without? What are some household items you use in your tank that most would not think of? I will start with one. Everyone uses turkey basters for various things, but I found this one that is used for brewing beer. The extra length helps keep your hands out of the water.

I have a 55 high. So I use a 2 piece extra-long turkey baster type. A single piece to feed fish either frozen brine or flakes. Flakes by pushing back and forth twice in a cup, so they float in the tank and not lay on the top. I add the extension so I can feed corals their Reef Roids, that are lower in the tank

 

[Gup]

IN one thread here, someone mentioned using their waterpik to blast detritus off their rocks in the tank. That was a great idea.

I use my 2 piece turkey baster to blow off the brownies on my 3 month Marco Rock Reef. The same time I'm using my electric gravel cleaner to siphoning the majority of it out of the tank and into my filter media

 

[Dorinda]

My small plastic stepping stool. Folds up nicely under my tank. I use it to stand on when working in my tank and sitting on when working in my sump.

 

[Gup]

This bad boy

RYOBI 2000 PSI 1.2 GPM Cold Water Corded Electric Pressure Washer RY142022 - The Home Depot

The RYOBI 2000 psi 1.2 GPM Electric Pressure Washer is powerful and compact, making it perfect to use around the home. This pressure washer features a durable metal roll cage frame, wheels and a telescoping

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???

 

[720 Reefer]

shoulder length gloves. I hate putting my hands in the tank

Which ones do you use? I like them also, but the ones I have are very thick and not real easy to grab small objects.

 

[Arabyps]

Hands down... WATER!

 

[Sdot]

???

This is my pressure washer.

 

[Alan_J_MN]

Fiberglass driveway marker. 48" long. Very strong and has dozens of uses. Glue a toothbrush, scraper, etc to the end. At $2 each they are a steal. (For those of you down south, these are used to identify the edges of your concrete driveway when the snow gets a few feet deep!).

I also used short sections for my rockscape build.

Everbilt 48 in. Reflective Rod in Orange-31474 - The Home Depot

 

[Hubert J. Farnsworth]

a kitchen scale is great for measuring salt, alk, calc and magnesium to make up water and supplements. once you dial in the the salinity on your makeup vessel, there's no need to do anything but spot check the salinity on it once in a while, like when you open a new bucket.

i usually find the salinity is consistent from from bucket to bucket, but calc, alk and mag usually vary from bucket to bucket and even from batch to batch within the bucket.

 

[Ayce]

A plastic spoon put on the end of an acrylic rod. Similar to several other posts. Stirs sand, digs holes to plant anything, scrapes algae, and moves stuff.

 

[William Morris]

This bad boy

RYOBI 2000 PSI 1.2 GPM Cold Water Corded Electric Pressure Washer RY142022 - The Home Depot

The RYOBI 2000 psi 1.2 GPM Electric Pressure Washer is powerful and compact, making it perfect to use around the home. This pressure washer features a durable metal roll cage frame, wheels and a telescoping

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Thanks

 

[787john]

 

[Luciferene]

This bad boy

RYOBI 2000 PSI 1.2 GPM Cold Water Corded Electric Pressure Washer RY142022 - The Home Depot

The RYOBI 2000 psi 1.2 GPM Electric Pressure Washer is powerful and compact, making it perfect to use around the home. This pressure washer features a durable metal roll cage frame, wheels and a telescoping

www.homedepot.com

R2D2 to do maintenance for you?

 

[Sdot]

R2D2 to do maintenance for you?

LOL... right

 

[ca1ore]

New uses every day .....

Amazon.com: SE 16" Stainless Steel Self-Locking Curved Forceps - 616FC: Home Improvement

Plus, I'll be ready should I ever need to perform emergency surgery (bad luck for the patient though).

 

[ca1ore]

This bad boy

RYOBI 2000 PSI 1.2 GPM Cold Water Corded Electric Pressure Washer RY142022 - The Home Depot

The RYOBI 2000 psi 1.2 GPM Electric Pressure Washer is powerful and compact, making it perfect to use around the home. This pressure washer features a durable metal roll cage frame, wheels and a telescoping

www.homedepot.com

LOL .... I just literally bought one of these. Too cold outside to use it right now, but when the weather warms ..... WATCH OUT.