Ghetto Rig

[rennne39]

you can run both, but the carbon is exhausted much sooner than the phosban. you could probably do another acrylic disk that fits into the pipe to separate them and put the carbon in the top so it could be changed more often than the gfo. i only run carbon now and have since made a completely acrylic one (like these) that doesnt have to be in the sump

do you have some diy plans I could follow to make this

 

[Whitebread]

That's gotta make you wonder, How many times has a case of Nati Lt got it done?

 

[OodleyBoodely]

I love this thread! My fav has to be the 'emergency drain', too!

Well, I guess if you guys can show yours, I can show mine! :celeb1:

This is my 6 gallon nano. This was only meant to be very temporary. Really! It is been like this a few months now.

Tank: aprox: 4gal Exquisicat Kitty Litter bucket
Lighting: Tar'get clip-on with 38w LED flood lamp with 6700K color
Filter: Rapids Mini Canister with 1/2 DeNitrate and 1/2 Phospure/carbon filter pad
Heater: Tetra 10w
Flow: Maxjet 600 (still running since early '90s!)
Sandbed: two remote (very remote, as in not attached in any way!) sandbeds in seperate bucket and milk jug with single microjet powerhead in each.
Liverock: aproximately 10lbs Figi
Livestock: 5 or 6 astrea/cerith snails, 1 blueleg hermit (He killed all others) One bunch of Halimeda and a few LPS and soft coral frags. :spin2:

 

[username in use]

All I can say is wow. I dont even know where to go with that one. Definitely a unique display.:lolspin:

 

[Rhodes19]

I think I missed the emergency drain, what page is it on?

This page!!

You know how we roll.


As for me, I'm currently running a herbie overflow with no emergency drain whatsoever. Does that count as ghetto???

 

[easterly81]

I love this thread! My fav has to be the 'emergency drain', too!

Well, I guess if you guys can show yours, I can show mine! :celeb1:

This is my 6 gallon nano. This was only meant to be very temporary. Really! It is been like this a few months now.

Tank: aprox: 4gal Exquisicat Kitty Litter bucket
Lighting: Tar'get clip-on with 38w LED flood lamp with 6700K color
Filter: Rapids Mini Canister with 1/2 DeNitrate and 1/2 Phospure/carbon filter pad
Heater: Tetra 10w
Flow: Maxjet 600 (still running since early '90s!)
Sandbed: two remote (very remote, as in not attached in any way!) sandbeds in seperate bucket and milk jug with single microjet powerhead in each.
Liverock: aproximately 10lbs Figi
Livestock: 5 or 6 astrea/cerith snails, 1 blueleg hermit (He killed all others) One bunch of Halimeda and a few LPS and soft coral frags. :spin2:

Hands down i think we have a winner!!! lol good job

 

[Rhodes19]

I love this thread! My fav has to be the 'emergency drain', too!

Well, I guess if you guys can show yours, I can show mine! :celeb1:

This is my 6 gallon nano. This was only meant to be very temporary. Really! It is been like this a few months now.

Tank: aprox: 4gal Exquisicat Kitty Litter bucket
Lighting: Tar'get clip-on with 38w LED flood lamp with 6700K color
Filter: Rapids Mini Canister with 1/2 DeNitrate and 1/2 Phospure/carbon filter pad
Heater: Tetra 10w
Flow: Maxjet 600 (still running since early '90s!)
Sandbed: two remote (very remote, as in not attached in any way!) sandbeds in seperate bucket and milk jug with single microjet powerhead in each.
Liverock: aproximately 10lbs Figi
Livestock: 5 or 6 astrea/cerith snails, 1 blueleg hermit (He killed all others) One bunch of Halimeda and a few LPS and soft coral frags. :spin2:

And the winner is....

 

[username in use]

The best part is if you look close there is even a little frag rack in the middle of the bucket. Im just about peeing.

 

[OodleyBoodely]

lol! yeah, that's a frag rack in there!

 

[wis_fishing_guy]

I love this thread! My fav has to be the 'emergency drain', too!

Well, I guess if you guys can show yours, I can show mine! :celeb1:

This is my 6 gallon nano. This was only meant to be very temporary. Really! It is been like this a few months now.

Tank: aprox: 4gal Exquisicat Kitty Litter bucket
Lighting: Tar'get clip-on with 38w LED flood lamp with 6700K color
Filter: Rapids Mini Canister with 1/2 DeNitrate and 1/2 Phospure/carbon filter pad
Heater: Tetra 10w
Flow: Maxjet 600 (still running since early '90s!)
Sandbed: two remote (very remote, as in not attached in any way!) sandbeds in seperate bucket and milk jug with single microjet powerhead in each.
Liverock: aproximately 10lbs Figi
Livestock: 5 or 6 astrea/cerith snails, 1 blueleg hermit (He killed all others) One bunch of Halimeda and a few LPS and soft coral frags. :spin2:

My kids keep telling me they want their own nano... I should just set them up with their own bucket:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:

Classic and the frag rack...Here you go kids enjoy..

at least the water changes are small:fun4::fun4:

 

[zojro]

OMG this thread should be marked nws (not work safe) lmao
When I saw the drain I let out an uncontrolled stifled laugh that got my boss staring into my office. Love this thread.

 

[FortyFour]

Not much, but here is my rigged ATO. Actually it's more like a drip, but I've set it to match my evaporation rate. 2.5G. Limited on space, so had to make due!

Also notice my super sweet vacuum hose that I used for the gravity-return on my refugium. Nothing else would fit the bulkhead! (It was threaded)

<a href="http://s750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/jbua44/?action=view&current=rig.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/jbua44/rig.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

[Little Lucy 27]

Ok, I'll play....ghetto is my bath and body works approach..lol...oh, yeah I am such a girl! I use an exfoliating bath glove to clean the acrylic of the brown coraline algae and a back scrubber to rake the sand...the bath glove is awesome because I can "feel" the algae and also I can feel when I get a grain of sand that will scratch the acrylic...it gets way more ghetto than that as I am unemployed lol...but that's a start!

 

[Joe Pusdesris]

Clamp lamps and 6500k bulbs with silica sand. Critter keeper as a skimmer box.

Cost of the entire tank: 20(clownfish) + 10(rock) + 3.50(sand) + 10(lighting) = $43.50
(I had the 10 gallon, xenia, skimmer and pump, so those are not included with the cost)
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Hang on back skimmer:
Mini vitamin water bottle + aquatech hang on back + PVC + heat gun + wood stone
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PVC overflow siphon:
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(You can see a bit of my old pvc frag rack there too, but that was taken out)
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Storage shelving as a stand:
(really old picture) (also notice the way my baffle is supported by a cut piece of pvc after the silicone seam broke.)
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Hm, I think that's all the ghetto I have, not sure.

 

[Joe Pusdesris]

Hm, turns out I have some more:

Diy moonlights and diy t5s. You can see the moonlights at the top of the picture and the ballast + 2x4 on which the reflector is mounted on the bottom:
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And the actual lights: <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6x-qHRLJ2zo5S_6F-Yn70A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xXnKvgKPgX4/SN69TsyBEhI/AAAAAAAAAPs/Q_2QDMEheCg/s800/DSCF0002.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/deformative0/70g?feat=embedwebsite">70g</a></td></tr></table>

 

[username in use]

Love the dangling electrical cord next to the sump.

 

[parker313]

This is an incredible thread.

I am definitely going to use the foam noodle idea and the led lights...

 

[Rhodes19]

Vacuum hose, gloves, diy lights, HOB skimmers, and storage shelves, that's what I call getto!

 

[Lifefreak0007]

love it all

 

[Kemah]

amazing