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

[HB AL]

The cup i use to drain the skimmer cup which i also use for mixing my dosing chemicals is the household item I use most, baster would be second and the little Tupperware container for defrosting fish food is 3rd.

 

[Fishinabarrel]

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

 

[DaddyFish]

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

I thought it was a pressure washer to blast their rocks???

Ooops, my bad!

 

[720 Reefer]

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

Another great idea. Then you get the addition of a salt rinse the next time you use it on your mouth lol

 

[ZoWhat]

I use this EVERY STINKING DAY to keep my hands dry-ish to maintain things inside the DT

24in stainless steel Hemostat

 

[720 Reefer]

I use this EVERY STINKING DAY

24in stainless steel Homosassa

For feeding a predator tank? Or what do you use for mostly?

 

[ZoWhat]

For feeding a predator tank? Or what do you use for mostly?

You name it.... everything that would require my hands in the tank.

Moving rocks, picking up loose frags, picking up debris. A million uses...

These are extensions to my hands

 

[720 Reefer]

You name it.... everything that would require my hands in the tank.

Moving rocks, picking up loose frags, picking up debris. A million uses...

These are extensions to my hands

Ahhh I gotcha. I have these that I use, but sometimes they are not delicate enough for what I am doing. Might have to try out yours...

 

[revenant]

plastic fork attached to multi-tool wand with a rubber band to pull back layers of cyano on my sand bed...

 

[McArcher]

Stainless steel strainer for rinsing frozen food; used multiple times a day.

Looks like an absinthe spoon

 

[Deano the reefer]

Pantyhose for holding carbon in a high flow area of the sump

 

[ReefBeta]

this is a live saver for cleaning glass

 

[JumboShrimp]

"Clownfish swatter"... Ahahahaha!

 

[135zman]

this is a live saver for cleaning glass

I hope you mean the outside of the glass not as an algae scrapper inside the glass.

 

[William Morris]

Power washer... best thing ever for my reef. Need to clean your reef items with zero elbow grease...Power wash it! Ive used my power washer to clean: Power heads (MP40's), Protein skimmer, filter socks, dirty pipes, hoses...it work folks and no heavy chemicals required. It works amazingly well on my mp40's...i can clean all 4 less than 10 minutes.

Which one are you using?

 

[LatinoHeat]

Any random sized Tupperware I can hijack from my wife

 

[ReefBeta]

I hope you mean the outside of the glass not as an algae scrapper inside the glass.

didn't think that obvious need clarify. but

 

[CanuckReefer]

Turkey baster should forever be known as reef multi tool. I utilize it for everything....

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

CPAP Two headed Blue brush for cleaning tubes. The one I got has a Six Foot Stainless Steel Spring, that won’t rust, no matter what you throw at it. Philips Advent Baby Bottle Brush. Baby Oral Medicine Syringe with a section of Lee’s Rigid Airline on it, for direct feeding corals. Plastic DIY Soda Bottle Traps. The Corrugated Plastic sign material, made Copepods, Amphipod Hotels.

 

[anthonygf]

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

I seen that and am using it myself, I have arthritis in my hands and this is better than squeezing a bulb for any length of time. Great idea.