saltbitten
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Lol
Ghetto Rig
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TX..r33f
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You win the ghetto contestThis is pretty ghetto:
Stu
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I beg to differ TX. That's too high of quality. 
Took me a minute to realize the collection cup was homemade too.
Took me a minute to realize the collection cup was homemade too.
Mikesville510
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I agree, that skimmer looks legit to me. Good work kicking that diy hiney! :uzi:
I finally have something of value to contribute 
This is my first foray into marines (Ive only had freshwater before)
Pics will follow with the Ghettoness but the first thing is my power situation, everything is plugged into multiboxes (powerstrips) sitting on the floor under the tank, my skimmer is a HOB AquaMedic unit that is so tempramental, it decided to start dribbling water which trickled down into the multibox, shorting things out, tripping the circuit breaker to the room, I was out at the time and my flatmates called me up (I was at work) to tell me "Your tank has exploded bro, theres water everywhere, its all f**k*d man!"
After 15min of over the phone fault finding everything was back to normal, the excess water shaken out, the multibox is still in service, it just has to stay lying flat or it shorts out again!
Yes I know better, Ill replace it eventually...
This is my first foray into marines (Ive only had freshwater before)
Pics will follow with the Ghettoness but the first thing is my power situation, everything is plugged into multiboxes (powerstrips) sitting on the floor under the tank, my skimmer is a HOB AquaMedic unit that is so tempramental, it decided to start dribbling water which trickled down into the multibox, shorting things out, tripping the circuit breaker to the room, I was out at the time and my flatmates called me up (I was at work) to tell me "Your tank has exploded bro, theres water everywhere, its all f**k*d man!"
After 15min of over the phone fault finding everything was back to normal, the excess water shaken out, the multibox is still in service, it just has to stay lying flat or it shorts out again!
Yes I know better, Ill replace it eventually...
RobinsonFam1
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cant believe ive missed this thread for so long!
when i had display tank on main floor and sump etc in bsmt i used a scratched up reclaimed from a house i built garden tub for sump. it was about 65 gallons. used the drain to feed my sequence pump. had natural fall. lol. worked awesome!
when i had display tank on main floor and sump etc in bsmt i used a scratched up reclaimed from a house i built garden tub for sump. it was about 65 gallons. used the drain to feed my sequence pump. had natural fall. lol. worked awesome!
My Ghetto Rig
My Ghetto Rig
This is my tank, its a 9 gallon with 70w metal halide and heavily modded Aqua Medic HOB Skimmer
Things are running along nicely, I just bought some more coral as the tank params are now nice and stable, its just slightly elevated phosphate that is causing some algae growth - Phosphate remover time!
Notice the overflow for the skimmer pump, its a cut up rigger from our loval brewery, yes it was put in after I had finished the contents! :spin2:
The power situation is entertaining, the skimmer leaks (I keep adding more and more silicon sealant, its down to the odd drip now) causing nice conductive water to dribble into the multiboxes on the floor, its taken the power out with a nice wee bang once or twice!
I have extra rock cycling, nitrate levels are almost zero so its soon time to add it to the tank!
Its a real pain having the holes in the sides of the box, it means every time I stub my toe on the box (at least 6 times daily) it spills out some water too!
Im often experimenting and testing out new LED solutions for my LED hood (Ill get around to it some day, buts its probably going to be equally ghetto)
The white camera is an IP camera thats part of my monitoring system/tank controller thats under construction, when something is detected to be out of parameters the plan is for it to text me so I can log-in to check on it
I feel at home in this thread!!
I hope that this is ghetto enough to qualify :spin3:
My Ghetto Rig
This is my tank, its a 9 gallon with 70w metal halide and heavily modded Aqua Medic HOB Skimmer
Things are running along nicely, I just bought some more coral as the tank params are now nice and stable, its just slightly elevated phosphate that is causing some algae growth - Phosphate remover time!
Notice the overflow for the skimmer pump, its a cut up rigger from our loval brewery, yes it was put in after I had finished the contents! :spin2:
The power situation is entertaining, the skimmer leaks (I keep adding more and more silicon sealant, its down to the odd drip now) causing nice conductive water to dribble into the multiboxes on the floor, its taken the power out with a nice wee bang once or twice!
I have extra rock cycling, nitrate levels are almost zero so its soon time to add it to the tank!
Its a real pain having the holes in the sides of the box, it means every time I stub my toe on the box (at least 6 times daily) it spills out some water too!
Im often experimenting and testing out new LED solutions for my LED hood (Ill get around to it some day, buts its probably going to be equally ghetto)
The white camera is an IP camera thats part of my monitoring system/tank controller thats under construction, when something is detected to be out of parameters the plan is for it to text me so I can log-in to check on it
I feel at home in this thread!!
I hope that this is ghetto enough to qualify :spin3:
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I see nothing that would disqualify you :lol:
Maybe a new top 5.
cbonito
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This is pretty ghetto:
Stu
HAHA! Awesome!!!!!
A "scrubble king!" hehe
Looks like it even works pretty good.
