Revisiting this one so it may not count for an entry but decided to throw it out there anyway. How about a magnetic glass scrubber style acrylic buffer with a round footprint that can be attached to a power drill to make quick easy work of buffing out acrylic tanks.
I have this skimmer, skimz 123dc? I never used it. Started to do a build about 8? Years ago or more and lost steam before it even started. I held onto it thinking i would use it one day..... still never have used it lol!
oh gods, I don't have any new equipment, they're all at least 3 years old, apart from my uv...
Assuming tank is not considered equipment, oldest I still have is an inkbird from 2021:
With everything else you have, a doser option would be cool. I have been looking for other options.
Let's to the game, but happy that my wife and New son made it through the delivery healthy in the end. There was a NICU stay and preeclampsia.
This is interesting- for wet use with a Dobie pad or similar? To pull off tough coralline?
I see that often too; a race to the bottom in pricing and hence build quality. I personally hate the throwaway mentality. “Oh, it broke, I’ll just toss it and buy a new one since it’s cheap”. So we really try to design and build our Avast gear to prevent that. Parts do wear out, that’s unavoidable. But fixing equipment should be accessible and straightforward.
to his point, something that would scrape coraline off acrylic would be great! there is the tiger shark, but it's hard to spend that kind of money. I 3d printed a handle to hold a piece of acrylic that borks bell enough, but keeping my arm out the tank or getting tight corners are a no go with mine.
be sab this with our vacuum (the green brand stick from hd). the head broke after too much dog and wife hair. they sent us a new vaccuum, so now i have to deal with a perfectly functional motor and stick, without the head.
Interesting! I've run MH, T5, T12, and LEDs over the past 30+ years I've been doing aquariums (I actually started with the old 10 gallon with regular light bulbs). Living in Arizona, the heat distribution of the LEDs works a lot better, but it makes sense as watts are watts, ri?
This was backcin 2011ish, but I had only been in the hobby for 2 or so years and Ichad friends in the hobby for way longer who would say my tank was the prettiest and cleanest they have seen in person. everything was doing great and sps were really taking off. I can't wait tochave corals really do well in my current tank.
My controller on this also crapped out... I bought a reef octopus various 4. And with a little cramming and modding. The skimmer has run flawless for 3 yrs 24/7I have this skimmer, skimz 123dc? I never used it. Started to do a build about 8? Years ago or more and lost steam before it even started. I held onto it thinking i would use it one day..... still never have used it lol!
I have a issue with "collecting" equipment!
Anyone else have a pile of stuff?
I overcame a tank crash! Back in February or March of 2022 my 75 gallon reef was getting a HUGE amount of GHA and nothing I did fixed it. Water changes seemed to make things worse, fish were dying for no reason it seemed, my corals were getting covered and smothered and dying, and I couldn't keep up. Then, I found the problem - a rusted magnet. I removed the old powerhead and within a week all GHA was gone. The only things left alive were a few Leptos and Favias and some Montis. Within a couple of days I noticed that the Montis were still struggling - then I found Montipora Eating Nudibranches. I had already setup my 125 and was prepping to transfer everything over. I transferred 2 Lepto/Pavonas, 2 Cyphastrea, and a Favia. I moved my Tomini, Lawnmower, and some Bangaiis. Everything else was a loss. I couldn't reuse the rock or sand because of the Nudis.
