What piece of non traditional aquarium equipment do you use to help maintain your reef aquarium?

[Tastee]

+1 on the magnetic stirrer. I use this and a 1 litre conical flask to mix my own Aquaforest dosing liquid (1/3 the price of the premix) and also to mix SW to add to the ATO of my QT when I am raising salinity for fish in quarantine. Considering I am now mixing up to 30 litres of dosing liquid at a time I couldn’t live without it.

 

[CoralNerd]

Power washing your mp40s won't save time lol. Just brush and water what 10 seconds. Then you need to soak the cage in citrus acid to remove the coraline. I can see using a power washer on socks yeah but mp40 nah.

 

[Triple.T]

I'm a neat freak. Magic erasers and zip ties have been huge lol.

Also condiment cups...throw some rubble down in them and let corals attach ( mushroom) .

 

[LOWRY_PT]

I bought a small shop vac and customized the attachment to get those hard to get spots.its all aquarium dedicated.

Care to share what and how you customized. Mine sucks it up too fast (water) I don’t have time to get everything

 

[rusty hannon]

Care to share what and how you customized. Mine sucks it up too fast (water) I don’t have time to get everything

sure, i didnt do much, i took the small narrow attachment and cut it down to easily fit in all corners of the rear unit in my aio. it does suck fast and i restricted the flow somewhat by gripping and squeeing the hose.it helped although it will proably burn up motor eventually,but in this hobby that cost wont b noticed.

 

[driftin]

Jeweler's loupe. Great for checking frags, or getting a closer look at critters on the tank glass.

 

[Sdot]

Jeweler's loupe. Great for checking frags, or getting a closer look at critters on the tank glass.

Hey thanks, you have a picture of this?

 

[blasterman]

20watt LED shoplight for my fuge/cheato. $10

By my math it throws more PAR than a $160 kessil

 

[driftin]

Hey thanks, you have a picture of this?

Sure - I use this one but there are a ton out there on the market:

 

[Sdot]

Sure - I use this one but there are a ton out there on the market:

Thanks!

 

[ScubaFish802]

Another one, got this off amazon - great for cleaning off frags and stuff, as well as anything stuck in rock crevices etc . .

 

[Sdot]

Another one, got this off amazon - great for cleaning off frags and stuff, as well as anything stuck in rock crevices etc . .

Stainless steel? Very interesting... do you have the link to amazon?

 

[mapleredta]

Turkey baster
Toothbrush
Tupperware

Nothing crazy here, but I'm in for suggestions.

 

[Pkunk35]

I’m always hanging things off my sump or tank like livestock bags, siphon hoses, or RO tubing into buckets, so I have used these plastic clamps over the years more than anything except my turkey baster:

 

[ScubaFish802]

Stainless steel? Very interesting... do you have the link to amazon?

 

[ScubaFish802]

I’m always hanging things off my sump or tank like livestock bags, siphon hoses, or RO tubing into buckets, so I have used these plastic clamps over the years more than anything except my turkey baster:

I recently found the Ace near me sells 4 packs of these!

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

It pokes...It moves...It cuts through cans!!!! (well, not really, but I haven't really tried that yet...) This is a do-hickey I made that has about a foot of wrapped wire on it that I can adjust in length and shape as needed. I use it almost on a daily basis to minimize putting my grubby hands in the tank... I also use it to syphon vacuum by rubber tying a tube to the wire...

 

[Sdot]

I recently found the Ace near me sells 4 packs of these!

Yes! i need these in my life.