Let's See Those Wacky DIY Tools That You Can't Live Without!

pscheel2 · Mar 30, 2023

907_Reefer said:
Ever get tired of knocking your Hannah cuvettes over? Not any more! Block of 2x4, drill 3 holes half way down, run a router around the edge for flair!

pscheel2 · Mar 30, 2023

My cuvette holder

crusso1993 · Mar 31, 2023

This is not really a wacky tool but it is a cool idea and design.

Thread 'Wall-Mount System for Organizing Microcontrollers and Other Hardware'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/w...g-microcontrollers-and-other-hardware.976876/

Fish Styx · Mar 31, 2023

crusso1993 said:
This is not really a wacky tool but it is a cool idea and design.

Thread 'Wall-Mount System for Organizing Microcontrollers and Other Hardware'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/w...g-microcontrollers-and-other-hardware.976876/

Those are really cool! Well done @rhizotron

crusso1993 · Mar 31, 2023

@rhizotron developed this wave making system and it is simply too cool not to share!

A couple nights ago I published a video with a setup that includes one of these wall mounts securing a controller with stepper driver. The aquarium is on a 80/20 shelf and it matches the t-track and my plastic parts pretty nice...

Post in thread 'Wall-Mount System for Organizing Microcontrollers and Other Hardware'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/w...llers-and-other-hardware.976876/post-11239809

i cant think · Mar 31, 2023

Mine has to be my water change siphon using a lucozade bottle and just a random piece of tubing I found round the house.

JoJosReef · Mar 31, 2023

i cant think said:
Mine has to be my water change siphon using a lucozade bottle and just a random piece of tubing I found round the house.

Ah yes, Lucozade, where pragmatic meets elegant. Sponsored by Roger Federer, Elton John and Morgan Freeman*

*Not sponsored by anyone

crusso1993 · Mar 31, 2023

Annnnnd another creation by @rhizotron . Is this thing cool or what!

Here's another setup to show a few more options. This is a decorative nightlight/area light that grows live phytoplankton culture inside. I really like 7-segment displays and I designed an enclosure for one to show the time. The case just below that holds the Ardiuno microcontroller with RTC on a 1/2 breadboard. The timekeeping also controls a relay switch for a mini air pump that stirs the culture once every hour.

The whole thing is about 48" tall and looks pretty cool.

docforestal · Mar 31, 2023

so i have my "fish room" upstairs in a side room and use the bathroom sink for water on my ro/di - rigged this little caddy to bring the unit in and out of the bathroom when time to make water:

docforestal · Mar 31, 2023

no pictures, but years ago i used a pump inside my 125 tank overflow, up to a buck on a hinge and a toilet plunger that would flush once the water level got to a certain level, giving a big wave effect in the tank - took it down after the flush didnt work and made a big puddle - ooops
the effect on the tank was cool tho

Fish Styx · Mar 31, 2023

docforestal said:
no pictures, but years ago i used a pump inside my 125 tank overflow, up to a buck on a hinge and a toilet plunger that would flush once the water level got to a certain level, giving a big wave effect in the tank - took it down after the flush didnt work and made a big puddle - ooops
the effect on the tank was cool tho

Did you post this on a different forum back in the day. This sounds very familiar...

BZOFIQ · Mar 31, 2023

docforestal said:
no pictures, but years ago i used a pump inside my 125 tank overflow, up to a buck on a hinge and a toilet plunger that would flush once the water level got to a certain level, giving a big wave effect in the tank - took it down after the flush didnt work and made a big puddle - ooops
the effect on the tank was cool tho

You can do same without any moving parts that could fail.

It's called Carlson Surge Device