diy

Someone requested yesterday that I post some pics of the stand and canopy I did for my 210g. Here it is. Please remember I have no artistic skill! I think the cabinet doors should be redone in a 4 door configuration and I want a bigger crown moulding for the canopy. The design is essentially...

Here's my DIY BG that I just completed a month ago. I've included instructions/materials further down this thread in case someone wanted to try it. I decided to stay away from the concrete because I didn't want to deal with an elevated pH. I also didn't want to sacrifice much tank space. The BG...

in my old article DIY : 24/7 New Water Drip System it works great for chlorine. but when i found out about Chloramine in my water. That system will be useless when chloramine is in the water. So i start looking for NH2CL (Chloramine) Filters but it will leave ammonia in the water. and its...

Water Changes... do you love doing them? Well I'm tired of the doing water changes every other day on 18+ tanks... The 24/7 drip system is a constant drip of "new" water and any excess water will overflow out the tank through the drains. Similar to a Overflow filter except it has a much...

Hello, all. :) I thought I'd share pictures of my DIY styrofoam/concrete background that I made for my 55 gallon Tang tank. If anyone else has gone through this laborious project, feel free to share pictures, descriptions of how you made them, etc. Mine took several months of off-again...

Anyone try to build their own canopy with a built-in compact fluorescent bulbs? I'm not talking about the power compacts that run $50. I'm thinking about the cheap screw-in type that you can buy at HomeDepot. I'm wondering if there is a drawback to using them. I'd expect that they aren't the...