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Masoch · 06/11/2004, 04:41 AM

I think there should be categories for awards ...

Best (in)appropriate use of regular household objects.

Nuttiest wiring.

Most creative use of tape (could be split into duct and electrical, if the need arises).

Nuttiest plumbing.

Most dangerous.

Best location.

Best overall.

I was going to show how I crammed 2x55 watt PCs into a retrofit designed for 1 ... with legs made of a muffin fan and a piece of acrylic ... sitting on a glass cover so it wouldn't fall into my 20.

But, damn, that doesn't even come close to some of these.

Yellotang · 06/11/2004, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Masoch
I think there should be categories for awards ...

Best (in)appropriate use of regular household objects.

Nuttiest wiring.

Most creative use of tape (could be split into duct and electrical, if the need arises).

Nuttiest plumbing.

Most dangerous.

Best location.

Best overall.

I was going to show how I crammed 2x55 watt PCs into a retrofit designed for 1 ... with legs made of a muffin fan and a piece of acrylic ... sitting on a glass cover so it wouldn't fall into my 20.

But, damn, that doesn't even come close to some of these.

This is sounding cooler all the time. Lets do it.

tacocat · 06/11/2004, 10:44 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...ght=helicopter

Yellotang · 06/11/2004, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by tacocat
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...ght=helicopter

Haha, that is too funny. These guys will think up anything.

jun41 · 06/11/2004, 03:29 PM

That is awesome.

invincible569 · 06/11/2004, 04:39 PM

I always wondered why so many people have so many problems with their aquariams. This shows some of the reasons why. If the tank is ghettofied, then im sure whats in it is also.

Yellotang · 06/11/2004, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by invincible569
This shows some of the reasons why. If the tank is ghettofied, then im sure whats in it is also.

Yep, I have used hairnets, super glue and rubber-bands to attach corals in my tank.

toshad · 06/12/2004, 05:44 PM

from page 10, The kenmore filter system works like a charm. no i can buy some fish.

bronzermike54 · 06/12/2004, 09:01 PM

Just wanted to say, I don't have a ghetto tank, but my wife ripped out the carpet and replaced it with ceramic tile in our great room to make way for my 350g acrylic tank just so's I COULD spit out siphon water if I wanted.
What a great wife!

kfisc · 06/15/2004, 11:29 PM

my sump- a 10g sitting on plastic bins in a 30g, nasty 'ol N.O. with cookie tin reflectors, a euro-reef next to a 15-year-old whisper jet and, ahem, a prizm skimmer. Nice bunch of pods, tho- a mysid factory.

Frick-n-Frags · 06/16/2004, 05:10 AM

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Originally posted by invincible569
I always wondered why so many people have so many problems with their aquariams. This shows some of the reasons why. If the tank is ghettofied, then im sure whats in it is also.

This would be the part where I get totally yelled at by the mods for cussing

I will defend my science project as being very sophsticated and fine tuned over many many years. Why do the corals care if there are no doors on my stands and all my ballasts are screwed into the wall or on top of the stand backs(for safety). I have dispensed with(or never implemented it in the first place) all the aesthetic frippery because the corals don't care and it just gets in the way. $200 acrylic sump or a pair of $4 tubs are still of no concern to the corals. Anyway, you get the idea.

If you want to get into a wee-wee contest of biodiversity/species count and overall bioproduction vs $ thrown into equipment, bring it!

Furthermore, I think if you do an accurate study on the profiles of people with problems, you will probably find that it was those people who rushed their reef, did inadequate maintenance/testing etc or just didn't accumulate enough knowledge before starting who have the biggest problems. And everyone gets blindsided occasionally with crazy left field things they never saw coming. This has nothing to do with $ spent either.

Also regarding ghetto contents, a pair of Iwasakis @$55 each, a pair of $30 advance ballasts and a pair of $8 mogul sockets will grow coral as well or better than ANY other pair of 250w lightbulbs on the market. (10kK HQI DE's excepted)
The big$ is for when you get pickier about the color or want a really nice lighting unit. The corals still don't care.

Rock on all you ghetto reefers!!!!!!!!

edit: Well it is 7 am, time to turn the valves on to the junk box, the prop tank and the SPS tank, as they have been feeding since 4am
The gorg tank will get to eat tomorrow. Sometimes I do wish I had the cash for a PLC and some solenoid valves so I could automate the feeding sequences, but such is ghetto life

mickey57 · 06/16/2004, 05:43 AM

.....You PRISSY LITTLE________Your ignorence about reef keeping surpasses your people skills

......quote:
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Originally posted by invincible569
I always wondered why so many people have so many problems with their aquariams. This shows some of the reasons why. If the tank is ghettofied, then im sure whats in it is also.
.....***,I would put the tanks in here up against any thing you could possibly conceive from you narrow minded butttttt.You must be very unimageble,If it wasn't for the DIYer you wouldn't have that sweat pretty little girls tank.

.......Frick-n-Frags did I about cover it for us experimentors???
....This is a draft of what I was going to write,but I would like your opinion before I

petedoc · 06/16/2004, 06:27 AM

I have been following this thread for some time now and have really enjoyed the amazing ingenuity that some people employ to solve challenging and difficult problems. From some of these ideas I am certain eventual usable inventions may be made. Some appear rather hazardous, but you can't judge a book by it's cover. Just because a plumbing or electrical system appears neat and elegantly designed doesn't guaranty disaster won't occur.

BUD · 06/16/2004, 06:52 AM

I got to see Lobsters pics, but I just get red x. Any tips on how fix this? thanks-Brian

sdbeazley · 06/16/2004, 07:08 AM

Look at my ghetto hood! If there wan`t so much glare you would see my drip airline of topoff!!!

Frick-n-Frags · 06/16/2004, 08:44 AM

mikey57, you possess the essence of my frustration at comments like that for sure.

But also, no matter how frustrated we get at people, you cannot get personal. Trust me, I have to choose my words very carefully at times

. IMO, you maybe should edit that one line in your post, and yell at them really loud in your monitor, and everything will be kosh

. I would rather throw facts and results at hogwash vs also stooping to hogwash.

I also fear I am helping kill this thread, so I'll get off this topic and let the thread get back to all the cool ghetto rigs that people own.

Also sometimes poverty is the mother of invention

petedoc: have you ever seen the "vidi vicci veni" t-shirts? I lost it when I saw that one, nuff said

porky · 06/16/2004, 08:50 AM

sdbeazley, put a reflector on that thing bro!

Or some aluminum foil or something!
Just a side note on Frick, I don't think there are very many people on this board that know more about reefkeeping than Jeff. Period!

sfshea · 06/16/2004, 08:51 AM

sdbeazley: great day to day use of the Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotations, and Grammar books. (lower left of photo.) You clearly have the most literate reef.

tacocat · 06/16/2004, 09:31 AM

beazley, that looks like The Luxor hotel

sdbeazley · 06/16/2004, 03:54 PM

Thanks, the glare is from the room lighting reflecting off of the laminated map behind the tank. But yeah I need to do something about some of the glare since the bayco reflectors dont cover half of it. I guess I will usesome of my aluminum tape!

Yellotang · 06/16/2004, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by sdbeazley
Look at my ghetto hood! If there wan`t so much glare you would see my drip airline of topoff!!!

Wow, that hurts my eyes just looking at it through a laptop monitor.

4 out of 5

Scorched_Ice7 · 06/17/2004, 02:02 AM

Just commenting on the clown fry with Mr Potato head. That is one of the coolest pictures Ive ever seen! I can only imagine if you showed that to a group of little kids what would happen. Look its NEMO, and NEMO, look at all those NEMOS.

BallaBooyeaH · 06/23/2004, 05:16 PM

Well I am glad to see that the Getto is alive and kicking in Saltwater land.

i am currently building a 90 gallon stand and boy does it suck. i am thinking of scraping it and starting again but here it is anyway for a laugh.

BlennyBabe · 06/23/2004, 06:20 PM

OK I finally got a good picture of my ghetto canopy. Its made from corrougated galvanized aluminum (or something) that is folded and screwed to two half circles of plywood. I plan on building a better one this summer, but until then, here it is. Note the hole in the top where it has rusted through... and the lovely splice job on the wireing.
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/photos_...500&ppuser=217

Yellotang · 06/23/2004, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by BallaBooyeaH
Well I am glad to see that the Getto is alive and kicking in Saltwater land.

i am currently building a 90 gallon stand and boy does it suck. i am thinking of scraping it and starting again but here it is anyway for a laugh.

That's not bad at all.

06/11/2004, 10:44 AM	#253
tacocat Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,447	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...ght=helicopter __________________ Going to need a cleanup on aisle 3 Current Tank Info: 240g Starphire cube

06/12/2004, 05:44 PM	#258
toshad Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: arlington, tx Posts: 14	from page 10, The kenmore filter system works like a charm. no i can buy some fish. __________________ 100gal FOWR. Humuhumunukunukuapua'a, Siganus doliatus,Britlestar, yellow belly yellow tail damsel

06/12/2004, 09:01 PM	#259
bronzermike54 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 245	Just wanted to say, I don't have a ghetto tank, but my wife ripped out the carpet and replaced it with ceramic tile in our great room to make way for my 350g acrylic tank just so's I COULD spit out siphon water if I wanted. What a great wife! __________________ Toto, I don't think we're in an LFS anymore. Current Tank Info: Have a 110-g tall freshwater cichlid tank, and a 350-g-custom-built acrylic tank, cycled and with fish, corals and verts with 400-plus pounds of LR.

06/15/2004, 11:29 PM	#260
kfisc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,020	sump my sump- a 10g sitting on plastic bins in a 30g, nasty 'ol N.O. with cookie tin reflectors, a euro-reef next to a 15-year-old whisper jet and, ahem, a prizm skimmer. Nice bunch of pods, tho- a mysid factory.

06/16/2004, 05:43 AM	#262
mickey57 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,546	.....You PRISSY LITTLE________Your ignorence about reef keeping surpasses your people skills ......quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by invincible569 I always wondered why so many people have so many problems with their aquariams. This shows some of the reasons why. If the tank is ghettofied, then im sure whats in it is also. .....***,I would put the tanks in here up against any thing you could possibly conceive from you narrow minded butttttt.You must be very unimageble,If it wasn't for the DIYer you wouldn't have that sweat pretty little girls tank. .......Frick-n-Frags did I about cover it for us experimentors??? ....This is a draft of what I was going to write,but I would like your opinion before I __________________ Don't back anything into a corner that is meaner than you! Current Tank Info: (3)reefs: 75gl bowfront,(2)46 bowfronts:(1) 76gal bowfront(discus).(1) 49gal quarintine,(1)55gal.chilads (1)29gal.propegating tank

06/11/2004, 04:41 AM	#251
Masoch Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 549	I think there should be categories for awards ... Best (in)appropriate use of regular household objects. Nuttiest wiring. Most creative use of tape (could be split into duct and electrical, if the need arises). Nuttiest plumbing. Most dangerous. Best location. Best overall. I was going to show how I crammed 2x55 watt PCs into a retrofit designed for 1 ... with legs made of a muffin fan and a piece of acrylic ... sitting on a glass cover so it wouldn't fall into my 20. But, damn, that doesn't even come close to some of these.

06/11/2004, 03:29 PM	#255
jun41 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Burlingame, Ca Posts: 683	That is awesome.

06/11/2004, 04:39 PM	#256
invincible569 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5,715	I always wondered why so many people have so many problems with their aquariams. This shows some of the reasons why. If the tank is ghettofied, then im sure whats in it is also.

06/16/2004, 06:27 AM	#263
petedoc Premium Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lewiston Idaho Posts: 1,131	I have been following this thread for some time now and have really enjoyed the amazing ingenuity that some people employ to solve challenging and difficult problems. From some of these ideas I am certain eventual usable inventions may be made. Some appear rather hazardous, but you can't judge a book by it's cover. Just because a plumbing or electrical system appears neat and elegantly designed doesn't guaranty disaster won't occur. __________________ Charter member of the Trial and Error Club, when that doesn't work ask the stupid question here on RC to get an intelligent answer. Current Tank Info: 270Reef w/Chrysurus Angel,Vlamingi Tang, Atlantic Blue Tang, Dispar Anthias, Sargassum Trigger

06/16/2004, 06:52 AM	#264
BUD Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kalamazoo Mi Posts: 100	I got to see Lobsters pics, but I just get red x. Any tips on how fix this? thanks-Brian __________________ Im thinking of a good one to post here. Current Tank Info: 40 gallon

06/16/2004, 07:08 AM	#265
sdbeazley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sebastian, FL Posts: 170	Look at my ghetto hood! If there wan`t so much glare you would see my drip airline of topoff!!!

06/16/2004, 08:44 AM	#266
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	mikey57, you possess the essence of my frustration at comments like that for sure. But also, no matter how frustrated we get at people, you cannot get personal. Trust me, I have to choose my words very carefully at times . IMO, you maybe should edit that one line in your post, and yell at them really loud in your monitor, and everything will be kosh . I would rather throw facts and results at hogwash vs also stooping to hogwash. I also fear I am helping kill this thread, so I'll get off this topic and let the thread get back to all the cool ghetto rigs that people own. Also sometimes poverty is the mother of invention petedoc: have you ever seen the "vidi vicci veni" t-shirts? I lost it when I saw that one, nuff said __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

06/16/2004, 08:50 AM	#267
porky CORA President Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Columbus, "Oh-H!" "Eye-Oh!" Posts: 3,733	sdbeazley, put a reflector on that thing bro! Or some aluminum foil or something! Just a side note on Frick, I don't think there are very many people on this board that know more about reefkeeping than Jeff. Period! __________________ One of the hardest parts about being a SuperHero is remembering which telephone booth you left your clothes in! Current Tank Info: 125 AGA, Large Polyp Stonies dominate! Followed by soft corals and clams.

06/16/2004, 08:51 AM	#268
sfshea Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: College Park, MD Posts: 52	sdbeazley: great day to day use of the Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotations, and Grammar books. (lower left of photo.) You clearly have the most literate reef.

06/16/2004, 09:31 AM	#269
tacocat Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,447	beazley, that looks like The Luxor hotel __________________ Going to need a cleanup on aisle 3 Current Tank Info: 240g Starphire cube

06/16/2004, 03:54 PM	#270
sdbeazley Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sebastian, FL Posts: 170	Thanks, the glare is from the room lighting reflecting off of the laminated map behind the tank. But yeah I need to do something about some of the glare since the bayco reflectors dont cover half of it. I guess I will usesome of my aluminum tape!

06/17/2004, 02:02 AM	#272
Scorched_Ice7 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 133	Just commenting on the clown fry with Mr Potato head. That is one of the coolest pictures Ive ever seen! I can only imagine if you showed that to a group of little kids what would happen. Look its NEMO, and NEMO, look at all those NEMOS.

06/23/2004, 06:20 PM	#274
BlennyBabe Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gig Harbor, Wa Posts: 661	OK I finally got a good picture of my ghetto canopy. Its made from corrougated galvanized aluminum (or something) that is folded and screwed to two half circles of plywood. I plan on building a better one this summer, but until then, here it is. Note the hole in the top where it has rusted through... and the lovely splice job on the wireing. http://www.reeffrontiers.com/photos_...500&ppuser=217 __________________ Home is where your tank is... Rachel Current Tank Info: 75 gallon, sps & lps dominated,