Lego-
I used lego as bio balls in my diy trickle filter (fw). The kids were p.o.'d

As far as magnets go I used a green scrub pad (non detergent type) and hot glued it to my old magnet then trimmed it down to fit, works AWESOME and when it's to far gone, I just do it again. It works on coraline algae and others ususally with little effort.

Doug

Uber-getto
 

Glued pot scrubber to wooden spoon for algae scraper . . . saw a guy using pot scrubbers as bio-balls - groovy!

I used lego to raise the skimmer out of the water more.

I have a light bar made out of a piece of eavestrough. I wired a couple sockets into it that hold Home Depot power compacts. Painted the whole thing flat black. People seldom notice until I point it out.

My mh ballast is sitting in a Folgers coffee can under the stand

Just about everything is ghetto, but here's a pic of my kalk drip in the top left corner and what you can't see is my salt bucket seat :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...17misc0016.jpg

I use cindercrete blocks for my stand and a 2L pop bottle for my skimmer's collection cup. Used to use tinfoil for reflectors, but my VHOs melted the adhesive holding it on, so I ended up painting the inside of my canopy white.

My welfare 33 gallon tank stand! :mrgreen: (Just laying in the corner of the garage now.)


http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...tank_stand.jpg

It's an old floor model TV that I gutted all the electronics out of and chopped the legs off of. Then I just added a shelf and painted it with that speckle stone paint.

When it's all set up and clean, you can't even tell it's a 1970's TV.

Pretty lame......I know. :rolleyes:

That's not Ghetto, that's DIY genious!