Ghetto Rig
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katchupoy
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Groovy,
I like your solution... very similar to mine (pages back) but I use water pumps instead of air pumps... also on irrigation drippers and also on digital timers. I used the 0.5 gph drippers and used 7 day programming timers so i can do different dosage per day so I can meet the total dosage a week I need. FYI for those people who does not know, the drippers are pretty accurate irregardless of pressure.
Good Job....
Beaun
It's pronounced Bone
I made an "overflow box" with household items.
Tell me what you think.
What happens when there is a power outage?
emantclphie
New member
canister from a super soaker water gun!
collie man
Stoney Reefer
i keep running new ides for a canopy through my head and so far i have seen each idea on this forum.... guess i know my category.
Rhodes19
New member
nothing super ghetto but i try
the hood i made: made from some shelving that was leftover after a remodel
and my cheap overflow system: some pvc and two little storage containers from staples
heres behind the tank.
Ghetto and recycling. Well done!!
The inch of head in the water bottle flows into the sump and that's about it. No siphon to bring the water to the sump, just gravity.
I love this thread. I plan to contribute to it often.
Here is the latest.
2xVHO actinic + 2X 175w Metal Halide + walmart shelf + animal print tapestry = hood...
The brackets for the shelf let me update my overflow which has been running strong for a while now. I added an air vent to the drain tube and got rid of the garden hose. Yesterday my MH ballast melted on me and tripped the ground fault while I was at work. Proud to say my system didn't flood.
I think I'll leave the shoe lace. What do you think?
Here is the latest.
2xVHO actinic + 2X 175w Metal Halide + walmart shelf + animal print tapestry = hood...
The brackets for the shelf let me update my overflow which has been running strong for a while now. I added an air vent to the drain tube and got rid of the garden hose. Yesterday my MH ballast melted on me and tripped the ground fault while I was at work. Proud to say my system didn't flood.
I think I'll leave the shoe lace. What do you think?
HippieSmell
Occupy Reef Central
You look like you're home alone and waiting for the burglars to show up.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.
NEReef
New member
Here is my home made wet/dry trickle setup on a 29g Reef in my bedroom that i set up in Feb 2009.
These are the completed filter towers and overflow line.
Here is one of the drawers that i drilled holes in the bottom for drainage and stuffed with dollar store pot scrubbers.
This is the top two drawers with filter floss to remove large detritus. Its since been switched to the blue and white pad type floss. Also i sandwhich carbon between two layers of floss.
I used an 18g rubbermaid container for the sump and I have a small tetra pond pump for the return pump.
Shot of the tank a week after it was set up.
These are the completed filter towers and overflow line.
Here is one of the drawers that i drilled holes in the bottom for drainage and stuffed with dollar store pot scrubbers.
This is the top two drawers with filter floss to remove large detritus. Its since been switched to the blue and white pad type floss. Also i sandwhich carbon between two layers of floss.
I used an 18g rubbermaid container for the sump and I have a small tetra pond pump for the return pump.
Shot of the tank a week after it was set up.
