Stuff you use that was never intended for aquarium use

[Fin]

What? No one mentioned .... TURKEY BASTERS?

 

[Katrina71]

I use all of the above.

 

[Syntax1235]

What? No one mentioned .... TURKEY BASTERS?

You beat me by 9 minutes!

 

[ScubaShane]

Medicine cups for dosing and feeding.

 

[james2662]

Most seem to be mentioned here already, measuring cups/spoons, bamboo cooking spoons/spatulas for moving and stirring things, and Rubbermaid shelving rails and brackets for light hanging attached to back of stand and not wall.

 

[Fin]

Specimen cups!

 

[Retro Reefer]

Government issue M4 cleaning brush, great for cleaning frags the small end is useful for getting into nooks and crannies.

 

[ScubaShane]

5gal bucket.

 

[Katrina71]

Government issue M4 cleaning brush, great for cleaning frags the small end is useful for getting into nooks and crannies.

My son uses that!

 

[Iona Skye]

5gal bucket.

Hahaha

 

[Katrina71]

Specimen cups!

That is NOT a shot glass Fin.

 

[ScubaShane]

Your bedroom dresser!

 

[ScubaShane]

PVC Pipes to make protein skimmers before they were manufactured.

 

[Fin]

CPAP hose.

 

[Tamberav]

Bayer and stump remover

CP

Sand from lake Superior

Plus everything previously posted

 

[wesman42]

Bayer and stump remover

CP

Sand from lake Superior

Plus everything previously posted

Which part of lake Superior...please tell me it's not in a reef tank lol. I went to Michigan Tech and did a geological survey of the types of rock found in/around the keweenaw...and you can bet copper was in the list.

 

[Tamberav]

Which part of lake Superior...please tell me it's not in a reef tank lol. I went to Michigan Tech and did a geological survey of the types of rock found in/around the keweenaw...and you can bet copper was in the list.

Yup in a cold water reef tank for 4 years now and the nems and inverts coraline algae.. star coral...some sort of encrusting hard coral?? i dont rememeber the name...just... thriving.

I grabbed it near Duluth MN and washed it in some rodi and in it went 4 years ago.

Actually the dang cleanest sugar sand I ever used...no dust but obviously not arganite.

 

[wesman42]

Yup in a cold water reef tank for 4 years now and the nems and inverts coraline algae.. star coral...some sort of encrusting hard coral?? i dont rememeber the name...just... thriving.

I grabbed it near Duluth MN and washed it in some rodi and in it went 4 years ago.

I think you lucked out since there's a TON of copper in both lake Superior and the surrounding shorelines.

 

[Coralreefer1]

Toothbrush, turkey baster, plaque remover tool, vodka, vinegar, baking soda and cutting blades...so far!

 

[Tamberav]

I think you lucked out since there's a TON of copper in both lake Superior and the surrounding shorelines.

I looked what Pacific coast had for types of rock and it looked similar. I used to have stones in there too...I removed some but a few left.

Im not near the Pacific and arganite seemed unnatural Soo...