Let's see your bestest and ugliest ghetto mods or builds!

[Reef-junky]

Spacer on return pipe.

 

[Reef-junky]

My refugium want's to grow Ha instead of chaeto. Hey it's a nutrient export so I don't care. However it's a pita to clean off the glass. So I hung a screen in there likw a scrubber& lined the inside walls & floor with white plastic cardboard. I learned the ha doesn't like to grow on the plastic & I used white to see if it might reflect some light back into the ref. I started this Dec 16th & the screen is already greening up. Any Op's or ideas to improve the design?

Might as well make it into an ATS

 

[Reef-junky]

Ato anti siphon rig with spacer ; )

 

[Dominic Prezwanski]

Love the Australian colours you’re sporting here!

 

[Flippers4pups]

What are those fittings? I've never seen those before.

Those are 1/2" PVC tees, cut down to accept the heaters.

 

[TetoCCB]

How does this actually perform?

Water is pumped from the sump through the coiled hose inside the fridge and back to the sump... I use an Inkbird controller to turn on the pump to cool or heat the aquarium as needed...

If I ever redo the diy chiller, I’ll use a larger fridge and more coils of tubing (or a water reservoir instead )...

 

[TetoCCB]

Ha I remember the days of the diy pvc overflow. Many a flooded dorm room for this guy due to those set ups.

I like the chiller idea. I wonder if that would keep up.

I should have used a bigger refrigerator and more coils (or a reservoir)...

It’s good in a pinch... it buys me extra time to get the temp back down...

 

[TetoCCB]

Spacer on return pipe.

Yeah... that grating is great (seriously, no pun intended)... I’ve used it for a raised bottom and container platforms in my Brute sump...

 

[Reef-junky]

Love the Australian colours you’re sporting here!

LOL
Those are Packer colors

 

[Reef-junky]

I should have used a bigger refrigerator and more coils (or a reservoir)...

It’s good in a pinch... it buys me extra time to get the temp back down...

From what I've read refrigerators can't do much as far as cooling capacity. You could be at the limit of what you will get. I've seen cheap chillers for $260 which would work better but evaporation would be the cheapest and work the best.

 

[Reef-junky]

Those are 1/2" PVC tees, cut down to accept the heaters.

Oh

Cool

 

[Mattrg02]

Some of you guys really need to try harder ;-)

 

[jduong916]

DIY SKIMMER

 

[Reef-junky]

It's a robot

 

[Reef-junky]

DIY SKIMMER

I can suggest an improvement to that design. Make it more like this.

 

[Allen752]

Water is pumped from the sump through the coiled hose inside the fridge and back to the sump... I use an Inkbird controller to turn on the pump to cool or heat the aquarium as needed...

If I ever redo the diy chiller, I’ll use a larger fridge and more coils of tubing (or a water reservoir instead )...

Are you use ITC-308 from Inkbird? How about the cool and heat goes? works good?

 

[jduong916]

I can suggest an improvement to that design. Make it more like this.

lol

 

[Alexander serrano]

I’ll play this is my mp40 battery back up it save my tank during huracane Irma.

 

[bobman]

Is JB Weld saltwater resistant?

Yes it is I have used jb weld on at least 1 piece of equipment in every tank I have ever owned. I even dropped a reef octo external skimmer off my counter once and it shattered and I JB welded it back together. Just never ever ever use the JB clear weld 2 part. It says in the msds harmful to aquatic life for long term effects. All the rest are safe to my knowledge but I just just the standard jb weld it works

 

[TetoCCB]

Are you use ITC-308 from Inkbird? How about the cool and heat goes? works good?

Yeah... the Inkbird works very well...I use it to control heating and cooling... it’s simple, but has good features...