Ghetto Rig

[username in use]

I can just imagine walking through there with my arms full of laundry and face planting because of that coil. That doesnt mean I wouldnt do the same thing haha.

 

[sgtcalypso]

ghetto rig

ghetto rig

here's mine...

a 1.5 ltr. soda bottle.

 

[Plankt0s]

So many No No's

 

[Plankt0s]

firereef: is that bucket under your utility sink, instead of a drain?... I relate to your laziness.

 

[username in use]

For some reason those dang basement drains never want to flow up.

 

[Plankt0s]

I think his is outside and mine is at ground level, I just haven't gotten around to plumbing the drain on mine.

 

[Reeferon]

i thought mine was ghetto... some of you guys are some real hood rats. i love it.

 

[username in use]

East Coast represent boyeee

 

[insane]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14886705#post14886705 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jbird69
my $7 wave box

Is that an Inland Turf Scrubber? LOL It looks a little smaller than the one my sister has!

 

[insane]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15000496#post15000496 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by biowerks
Whats up with that open power box behind everything? Thats kinda scary. Nice idea with the water bottle, I had the same problem with a 55.

Not my system but I can tell you that is coax for cable TV. Dude has his stuff wired for video!

 

[insane]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15001828#post15001828 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scaryperson27
Coax cable has electricity. Doesn't it?

Very low voltage on RG59 coax. You can feel it if you place the wire on your tongue. If you get up to the 1/2" thick coax it will shock you if you touch it. If you mess with the big coax amplifiers they use for distribution in neighborhoods it can kill you.

 

[username in use]

He doesnt have any fish or corals, its a flat screen mounted in a fishtank with a looped video of someone elses tank haha.

 

[insane]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15179505#post15179505 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lombard0
Here's another of my ghetto rig "ricordea frag station"

Cheers!

Where can I buy plywood that is textured like that? I been looking everywhere! Excellent propagation! Very nice.

 

[insane]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15192076#post15192076 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stripevt
Moonlights or known at the dollar store as book lights. Clipped to side of tank or on my light, not sure yet.

If you want to change it from white light to blue, go to a local musical instrument store that sells lighting equipment for nightclubs. Ask for gel sheets. When choosing one, hold it up to a bright light when you look through it. Blue is the hardest color to recreate. Most blue gels look bad. Too dark, too light or just plain icky looking. They usually run about $2.50 for an 8"x8" sheet. You can do the same on a flourescent tube by buying the large sheets and wraping it around it. Gel sheets are made to withstand high heat for long periods. Do not let it touch a halide or halogen lamp directly. They can withstand 1,000 watts at a 6" to 8" distance.

 

[insane]

Ok, I give in to peer pressure

Ok, I give in to peer pressure

Since I have made comments in this thread I felt the need to post some of my own "ghetto" even though they don't come close to some of the creativity I have seen on here. You guys/gals are a real inspiration to others that can't just run out and buy the latest and greatest of equipment needed to sustain marine life.

Having a 55 gallon sump/refugium sitting on the floor in my dining room to serve multiple purposes. 1) More water volume for better water stability. 2) A place to grow caulerpa to remove proteins. 3) A place to put skimmer(s), pumps, heater, auto top off, etc. 4) A place to isolate naughty creatures that disrupted the harmony in the reef. 5) A place to grow pods to help feed the reef.

Picture is when I was in the process of changing from a Precision Marine HOT to a Berlin HOT.

After switching over to Berlin HOT.

Home made return manifold with 4 Hydor Flo.

Ghetto 4 way lighting! 36" oak moonlight with about 24 LEDS plus 4 LEDS from a 48" 4 lamp PC fixture, 2- 65 watt actinic PC, 2- 65 watt 10k PC from the same fixture and 1- 400watt 20k MH. All inside what was a 55 gallon stand I modified into a hood with top hinged lid and dual front doors.

A peek through the back.

A shot down the front of the 75 gallon reef.

The thing about this setup is that it was under a year old and I had just moved 20 miles within a couple months prior to taking these pics. This was the first saltwater I had ever done. The lighting was done that way because I kept my SPS at the one end with the return there as well, LPS and softies were mainly all at the other end.

 

[Skeptic_07]

my ghetto chiller is a frozen bottle of water in my sump. drops the temp by about 3 degrees until the ice melts then i swap it out for another one

 

[lombard0]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15373520#post15373520 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by insane
Where can I buy plywood that is textured like that? I been looking everywhere! Excellent propagation! Very nice.

You mean the first pic? That used to be a very fine plywood. Until I use it for working on hobby related stuff... cutting PVC pipes, breaking rocks into multiple pieces, etc. for many years.

And thanks for the compliment.


Cheers!

 

[troylee]

was rolling ghetto for the last 3 weeks since i moved in the new house.....my temp. rodi unit lol........all is better now check my thread to see the new and improved unit....."red house"

 

[biecacka]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14985778#post14985778 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by username in use
Im still waiting to see a tank with a mack10 or a pair of 9mm's, that would be ghetto, haha.

i know this was posted months ago, but i just seen it. i seen on CL a guy selling his fish tank of ciclids with a chrome rim in it. yes a life size rim!! :rolleye1:

 

[HUNTINREDNECK]

hers one for ya my back up