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Old 02-05-2004, 09:34 PM
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I used lego as bio balls in my diy trickle filter (fw). The kids were p.o.'d
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Old 02-05-2004, 10:57 PM
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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.

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Old 04-25-2005, 04:23 PM
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Glued pot scrubber to wooden spoon for algae scraper . . . saw a guy using pot scrubbers as bio-balls - groovy!
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Old 04-25-2005, 04:54 PM
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I used lego to raise the skimmer out of the water more.
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Old 04-25-2005, 06:19 PM
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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.
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Old 04-25-2005, 06:44 PM
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My mh ballast is sitting in a Folgers coffee can under the stand
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Old 04-25-2005, 07:00 PM
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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
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Old 04-25-2005, 07:04 PM
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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.
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Old 04-25-2005, 07:06 PM
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My welfare 33 gallon tank stand! (Just laying in the corner of the garage now.)




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.
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Old 04-25-2005, 07:07 PM
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That's not Ghetto, that's DIY genious!
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