diy

Namaste y'all, Sammy here from Eastern india. I am having another foray into reefing after a long while. I was 16 when I started my first setup, I am 27 now. I had a 3 feet, 70 gal setup with mostly Lps, a huge sebae anemone, few tridacna clams, tubastrea and nps gorgs, and few acros too, with...

Turns out that you need to change the needles used by the Mastertronic every 4 weeks and today I saw that Coralvue started selling a pack of 6 needles and 4 syringes for $25!!! I'm used to big markups in the aquarium trade but I think this is huge considering you can buy a 100 pack of syringes...

5g bcaa (unflavoured, no additives) 125 ml vinegar 375 ml ro water

I am currently converting my brackish aquarium to a saltwater aquarium. It is a 14 gallon bio cube and it is also my first introduction into saltwater. I bought the tank used and the light in the hood did not work. I removed the electronics and retrofitted an under cabinet white led bar, and an...

Hey guys, I'm getting back into the hobby after a year off due to work commitments. I really missed it. So, I've gone with the Aqua Nano 40 Cube (40x40cm) for my tank. I thought of buying the stand for it but realized that I could DIY one for a fraction of the price, so I've given myself this...

My wife is finally letting setup an new tank!! I'm looking at getting a standard aqueon 210 then drilling it for a synergy reef 16 overflow. I wanted to drill the return lines into the back as well but a friend recommended not to. Any advice? I'm going to build my own stand fallow the rocket...

Well, it’s finally time, again. From 2009 to 2015, I ran a total of 650 gallons in tanks in my “fish room”. 180 fowlr, 90 LPS/Zoa, 60 SPS, 8x40 breeders for a mix of quarantine tanks and frag tanks. When I moved, I tore everything down and sold off everything I owned. Ever since then, I’ve been...

I have a new 150 Gallon, tank and am building a DIY Sump out of a 40 Gallon Breeder tank. I bought the Fiji Cube Sump Baffle kit for it and am in the process of laying it out. So far, I know how big the intake and return are going to be, where I need help is with the size of the refugium vs the...

Found use of this reactor thats been collecting dust in my garage. My question is for those who has a cheato reactor, do you have the output plumbed to your skimmer? Or filter sock? Or right back into the tank?

Have you ever used a power filter? Man this thing is a game changer! It was basically snowing in my display and 24 hours later it was so clean! Then moved it to the sump and it cleaned it all up for me. This thing is legit! I know this is old school so I didn’t create the idea, I just made some...

Hello fellow saltines, I want to make a screen lid for my 5g rimless AIO. I have watched plenty of videos and read a bunch of posts but most of them don't say what type of screen they used so I'm hoping to get some ideas here. Near as I can figure there are three types of mesh I can use: -...

So...I've got no clue what I'm doing when it comes to plumbing, but I want to replace the diaphragm valve with a gate valve system. Does anyone know what parts I need to get for either a Red Sea Reefer 625 or 750?

I haven't seen an example of a Clarisea SK-5000 installed on a Reefer 525XL without removing the auto-topoff reservoir. I figured out a way to do it and have some photos showing how I did it. My unit is the one with the auto-topoff on the right, the filter socks on the right, and the baffles...

I wanted to install a hybrid t5ho led light fixture above one of my smaller grow out tanks just to see how it affects growth patterns and the growth rate of the corals in this system. Nothing fancy by any means but I’m happy with the look. Two 24” t5ho light fixtures running ati coral plus...

Hello fellow reefers, I recently started using the Hanna Nitrate HR and I think it is a huge improvement over the Low range checker. With this new checker I no longer dread testing Nitrate so me and my tank buddies are very happy with the purchase :) The problem is that I ended up with a $50...

Hey Guys! This is my first tank! And money is tight, so I have been using DIY and cheap stuff, or stuff I had laying around. It's a 200 liter display tank with a 54 liter sump. Tech: Populargrow 165W Reef LED Eheim CompactON 1000 return pump Fluval CP4 Circulation pump DIY Overflow 20 kg mix...

Hello! I'm starting a build thread for a DIY project that I'm working on (if this should be in another forum section, mods please let me know). The sheer cost of consumer/prosumer grade UV sterilizers was enough to motivate me to try to build my own. Quick required safety disclaimer: Even...

Hello folks, I came across this instructable on how to make a backup power supply using deep cycle marine batteries: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Build-a-Battery-Backup-Generator/ I did a quick read of it and it's very detailed and it looks complete. I looked for a diy post on r2r but...

Hello reefers! Im new to this hobby and Im thinking up of making a DIY AIO tank! Ill be attaching the design below and Id ask for your suggestions and comments. All dimensions and equipment I want to use will be listed also. Please give me comments and recommendations/tips in building this and...

Hello reefers! Im new to this hobby and Im thinking up of making a DIY AIO tank! Ill be attaching the design below and Id ask for your suggestions and comments. All dimensions and equipment I want to use will be listed also PARAMETERS Glass - 8mm thick (the whole exterior build) Acrylic - 6mm...

Hello! This is actually my first post on R2R, but I just had a few questions for y'all. I recently bought a Biocube 8 from a buddy, and was wondering if y'all had some mods that would make the tank better? The lid was already removed, so I need some light recommendations as well. I', thinking of...

Good morning / Afternoon / Evening All, I am looking at redesigning my current Fluval 57 L tank filtration system for better filtration / water quality. At the moment i am currently using the system as designed except i changed the return pump to a UV filter pump. As you can see below, this...

Running those gutted leds directly off solar panels, can it be done? https://youtube.com/shorts/oZkUAF9Deug check out my 5gallon reef bowl

Hey everybody, So to start off, I don't live in the USA, and where I live the options for buying lights for a reef tank are somewhat limited. I bought a T5HO fixture (4x54W) and I have 4x54W T5 bulbs ready to use. After some issues and troubleshooting, I have found that I need to replace the...

So I hard plumbed my Red Sea 170, I filled it up and it is running well so far. I do have a tiny leak but that is not what I am worried about lol. That should be an easy fix. My concern is in the emergency drain, middle pipe, and the weight of it caused by how I hard plumed it. With the entire...