~~ Thread of the Month ~~ Ghetto Tanks!

[yoofish]

More please.

 

[tacocat]

Nice Avatar. Not ghetto, but nice.

 

[5y5tem 0verload]

Genetics - Not to sound cliché , but it's what's on the inside that counts. However I think we need to work on your organizational skills a bit.

 

[Paul B]

Here is my homemade skimmer in the fish closet. The five gallon bucket collects the skimate. When it gets full you can see the string in the bucket connected to a float that swings the mercury switch to shut down the pumps to the skimmer. If it leak it also shuts down. The MH light you can see to the right of the top of the skimmer is an extra fixture that I installed all over the outside of the Plaza Hotel in NYC. The temp guage behind the skimmer is for plumbing. About a quarter of the rock in the tank I built out of cement on melted PVC pipe. The water comes from the Long Island Sound right after it passes Manhattan. There is a homemade reverse UG filter in there since 72 that operates with acrylic manifolds that send equal amounts of water under the gravel. I collected a lot of the rock from the tropics but the rest is asphalt that was dumped in the water 50 years ago to control beach erosion. I collect amphipods, copepods, seawater, seaweed, bottles from shipwrecks and an old rusty chain that I found on a sunken ship that I encased in fiberglass resin.
Just your average run of the mill 100 gallon 32 year old reef.
Paul

 

[Paul B]

Some of the bottles.

 

[Paul B]

Ghetto enough?

 

[DLS]

Paul, that's not ghetto that's modern art. ;-)

 

[5y5tem 0verload]

And quite good modern art at that

 

[mickey57]

....I was thinking about doing something like that.I found an old two burner coleman stove and a lantern.I was thinking it would look slick in a tank.One day soooooooon...........Now that it has been called art I will approach my wife with this part of the thread.Thanks guys.
.......Mickey

 

[Genetics]

Genetics - Not to sound cliché , but it's what's on the inside that counts. However I think we need to work on your organizational skills a bit.

Sadly I can tell you where everything is. But if you want to come over and show me how to organize feel free!

 

[Masoch]

Paul,

Your tank's far from ghetto. It's either a masterpiece or a work of evil genius. Maybe both. But not ghetto.

Killer tank, by the way.

 

[Sting]

This is THE ABSOLUTE FUNNIEST thread I've ever read! I love LobsterofJustice's pictures the most- He most definitely most certainly undoubtedly wins the prize- amazing and inspiring. But there's one burning question that hasn't been answered! What happens when he misses the toilet!? Last time I check Turbo Snails did not require urine to successfully breed!!!

 

[Bamm Bamm]

Ok here's a my sterlite 20 or so gallon reef setup. I have a 3" live sand bed a bunch of live rock, a frogspawn, a few mushrooms a ton of caulerpa, aquaclear powerhead, cpr bak pak with mj1200mod, 200 w won heater, Home Depot Light of America 65w powercompact and a true percula, yellow tailed damsel(have had for 4 years), a cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, two serpant starfish, and various snails.. It's kinda the leftover stuff from my 90g swap I did a week ago.. this will all go into my friends 25tall reef we're setting up in the next few weeks.. but until then its sitting on my counter in my kitchen next to my 44g ro/di holding container..

 

[Bamm Bamm]

here's all the powerstrips, probe wires, controller, and timers underneath my 90g reef I setup last monday..
and the next is the little frag tray I made out of eggcrate last night to hold my sps frags.

 

[tacocat]

I put my old 90 into that enviornment? I'm calling Reef Protection Services! BTW, do you have any more blue masking tape?

 

[clowntank10]

ghetto but it woks. no need for aqua fuge. alot of jockers on this one. very simple through lights on a hot filter put macro algea and sand and wala you got fuge.

 

[Bamm Bamm]

yep, Hector, those last two were your old 90g=).. Hello my name is Dan and I'm addicted to reefkeeping. I've got 10 different tanks I can see right now while sitting on my couch=)

 

[slimytadpole]

In the ghetto...

...in the ghetto!

Fire Marshall Bill would not approve.

Nor would my landlord.

 

[Masoch]

Slimy,

That looks dangerous.

But ... since your lights are going to fall into the tank anyways, why bother with the waterproof endcaps?

I think that's a 3, going on a 4 for the danger factor + wires hanging out.

 

[Masoch]

Slimy,

That looks dangerous.

But ... since your lights are going to fall into the tank anyways, why bother with the waterproof endcaps?

I think that's a 3, going on a 4 for the danger factor + wires hanging out + ... whatever that is you're using as a reflector.