Ghetto Rig

One of my favorite threads on Reefcentral.com
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1625418

11 pages!!! How dare you waste my afternoon at work by posting this!

matt_longview wrote:11 pages!!! How dare you waste my afternoon at work by posting this!

Hey I haven't posted the 1300 gallon tank from Canada yet....250+pages and over a million views!!! It's worth looking at if you have spare time.

i think almost all my tanks qualify as ghetto rigs lol....

That is great!!

i liked the one where the guy made a skimmer outta a 5gallon instant ocean salt bucket! that was cool!

If you skip to page 31 you will see one of the most ingenious refugium designs of all time!!!

i thought the one with the whisper filter hacked up and siliconed to a milk jug was pretty good...


and i really like your fuge gabe KISS

I like the coat hanger brace!

my favorite part is the hair clip.

There is some scary stuff in that thread. I like the non water tight outlets hanging over the water. I hope they have that thing on a GFI outlet.

That Ritter guy on there is going to be in big trouble when his wife finds here hair clip!!

Lmmfao. Good job gabe

a couple years ago i got a 55 gallon tank from a friend of mine for practically nothing, and it had no hood or lighting, and i wasnt willing to purchase a hood... as i was broke as a joke(some things never change)

so i "IMPROVISED"

i took a 1x12 shelf down out of my shed, cut a couple pieces of it to length, and took a lamp off my desk... as a temporary solution... that lasted for atleast half a year lol...





not very effective.... but better than a dark tank!

then i got creative one day and picked up a 20 dollar shop light from lowes and some leftover plywood scrap from my job, and cut up an ole screen door with a plexiglass window.

i was a few steps into this project before i decided i should document it.




note to self.. predrill holes, splits are bad... w/e it worked.



mmm trimmed out! now it wont fall off the top! but something is missing... do you know what it is??? CANT FEED! DOH!



so i fixed it!!! but they might jump out...



TADA!



a lil stain...



put on the light!



one hell of an improvement!!!! the light fixture, $20, the plant & aquarium bulbs, $12 each (X2). not electrocuting myself by knocking a desk lamp into my fish tank = priceless.



and just for giggles... before i knew better... this was oscar chow every month!



and the same tank a few months later. the 2 goldfish are the only 2 that didnt get eaten.

I think aquarium keepers are some of the most creative people on the planet! Lol

Good job. I just recently got a 55 gallon tank for free from my mom. It has no hood or light. Just havent wanted to break down and buy one. Might try this option

The shelf doubled as a hood but still worked as a shelf! Genius!

That woodbuild was pretty sweet though.

Liking the wooden lid. and creative too!!

thx guys, considering i hacked it out on the tailgate of my truck in about 10 minutes, and got a couple years of use out of it, id say that was a good project for me.

Did look pretty good win

I agree the 5 gallon bucket /skimmer was pretty sweet. got me thinkin