You most Ghetto equipment
 

So, what's everyone's most ghetto equipment? Mine has got to be my stand. I use garbage bags as doors! :eek:

*Whew* Now that that is off my chest, who's next?

My kalk dripper is a tropicana orange juice bottle

I run a skilter400 as a refugium for my 10gallon nano :lol:

I'm using the plastic stuff that comes on 2x4 foot fluorescent fixtures to block light from my hood that's on pulley's. Not really as getto as the garbage bags though :razz: :lol:

Oh yeah, that's right. I'm HARDCORE BOOYA! :lol:

I gotta chocolate MOO container holding up a mag2 for flow in the 230g until we plumb the other end......... :lol: :cool:

i use cling wrap to cover my mechanical filter section in my sump... haha :lol:

I have a cardboard shoebox lid for a fan shield :smile:

Use husband's lego to boost the MH fixture 2" off the glass on our 42g hex.

Whoa I'd freak if my girl did that. NEVER touch a man's Lego :razz: :lol:

Bev's DIY lego lightstand story is becoming almost as famous as her :razz: :mrgreen:

Jim

DH has two huge Rubbermaid bins of Lego :eek: He doesn't use it for anything. It just sits in the tubs. You'd be amazed at the many everyday uses Lego has. DH doesn't mind, either. He's a pretty good guy :cool: He even thinks I'm the more "normal" of the two of us, if you can believe that :lol: :mrgreen:

LEGO??? :eek: :eek: :eek:
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dOORS
 

i used towels for doors on my stand and canapy for 6 years or so I finaly made real doors this fall. :mrgreen:

Im using tinfoil for the reflector in refugium. Has to be replaced about every three weeks because the salt eats it. At least I am using new tinfoil.


Cheers,

Al

Now that I think of it you may be right. Suddenly I can see Lego coming in handy for alot of things!

Hmmm....

heres a pic of my kalk dripper that i spoke of....

http://members.shaw.ca/jessehamel/dripper.jpg

Hehe, that is pretty "ghetto" I like it :cool:

:lol: Yes, the duct tape certainly adds :razz:

:lol:

Great topic!

Mitch

I think the duct tape adds a certain classiness to it :lol:

Tin foil
 

I use tinfoil as well for the reflecter on my canopy door.

My padding on my cleaning magnet came off so I have it inside the silk case that Okleys sunglasses come in so it doesn't scrach the out side of the tank.

A margerine container ( upside down ) in my sump as a stand for my Mag 18 skimmer pump :eek:

Oh, that just reminded me, I have a rubbermaid stool in my 108g as a skimmer stand. :mrgreen: :lol:

stand made from 2 speakers stacked together and repainted.

Re: Tin foil
 

Padding started to come off of my magnet too. Use an old dish cloth wrapped around the outside magnet. Doesn't scratch my glass either.

Also use Lego INSIDE my tanks. Have Hagen 802s and have put Lego between the 802 holders and the back glass so the PHs are perpendicular to the water's surface. Gotta love that Lego :cool:

Hey me too!

:mrgreen:

Why ghetto equipment?
 

Why not just post pics of your ghetto reefs? Mine has some ghetto features and is pretty much a ghetto reef!

1) My surge tank. Toilet hardware and a fancy 2 dollar bucket.

2) My moon light system. A string of christmas tree lights across the top of the tank with only one blue bulb in it. I scratched off some of the blue film on the bulb to give a nice blue-white moonlight effect.

Heeeeey...that's a pretty good idea!

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!