Ghetto Rig

[easterly81]

OK i have a few more to share... I just moved and some ghettoness has came from the move
(waiting to upgrade tank and broke my light in the move)

(light made tank too hot)

(fan made to much evaporation...so had to rig auto top off)

All temp till i setup my 210

 

[bobparker]

I dont think anybody wants to buy a skimmer so, I took a window air conditioner and removed the case, secured the fan, and now im just hoping its gonna be okay. may burn down my house who knows. lol

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I'd hate to get my hand caught in that thing, WOW

 

[rguyler]

Daniel, I thought by your first couple of pics that your ghetto worthiness was in question but after I saw the electrical box mounted right to the wall...and directly under your RO/DI I had to laugh out loud!

Jamesvallison, you have completely embraced the ghetto methodology of aquarium keeping!

 

[itsmateo]

This is pretty ghetto:

Stu

FREAKIN AWESOME!!!! I would make one if it would fit under my stand... great Idea tho...

 

[marinebarn]

More please!

 

[Fireworm]

I need to get my pics on here. My new one is a cool whip container that I cut a hole in to fit over the drain to stop bubble splash

 

[lastlight]

I have a new addition to this thread. I guess if I'd read the Tunze Osmolator specs I'd have discovered the puny little pump has a max height of 3.7m! I thought I better mount my topoff bucket as close to the tank as possible (main floor). So here she is and I've already smoked my head on this thing.

 

[sabbath]

Why not put it a the other side of the wall down stairs. You don't need it to go down much.

I have a new addition to this thread. I guess if I'd read the Tunze Osmolator specs I'd have discovered the puny little pump has a max height of 3.7m! I thought I better mount my topoff bucket as close to the tank as possible (main floor). So here she is and I've already smoked my head on this thing.

 

[lastlight]

I'd have to extend both the power cord and the black Tunze tubing to do so and I'm basically too lazy. After doing laundry today I walked up the stairs and planted a shoulder into it. The bucket and I are off to a good start!

 

[Spazdad]

you guys are hilarious, i need to take some pics of my jigs

 

[nanonubey]

bump

 

[turbo21]

bump^^^

 

[Gill_bucket]

I used an old bar for a stand on my first tank. Then the doors fell off and I never did get a hood. I guess it's not very "rigged" just ghetto.

 

[AquaKnight]

Pic from 2004'ish (notice poor cell phone quality). Tank stand was a tv stand. Basically 4, 1/2" dowels screwed into particle board. Oh how that stand did shimmy and shake;

This is from my former 125gal;

This gem, notice the "uphill" skimmer return line. Top of the skimmer was hitting the lip on the back of the stand so couldn't go higher. The crown jewel was that the skimmer gate valved leaked. Notice the beer bottle catch can, with tupperware container for added volume. Of course with an exposed switchboard just in case it ever overflowed...

 

[AquaKnight]

Here's how the rubbermaid sump worked. Basically one inside the other, the inner one was slotted to allow water in, acting as the return area. The thing I overlooked was that the inner would of course have less water, and the force from the water in the larger container would force it up, and it would suck dry.

The fix? Two pieces of PVC, notched to fit over the lip of the inner container, wedged against the top side of the stand. The two vertical PVC pieces in the second pic.

 

[HippieSmell]

Check out my emergency drain from my water change tanks and display stand. It goes downstairs, through a workout room and under the bench where my rough-in was.

I was too lazy to remove the junk I had in the window. Guess it stays now!

Lol, when I saw the pipe going to the bench press, I thought you were going to say that it was your ghetto pump. You know, like a Flinstone car, but with bench pressing.

 

[Brett J]

Wow.

 

[Vegas.]

Suspended ironically by fishing line.

 

[Create]

That is awesomely clean vegas.. not ghetto at all

 

[coketech]

Vegas, the wires dangling up to your light make it even more awesome!
Whats the red wire thats dangling there for?