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Since we are all safely quarantined at home I wonder what DIY projects my fellow reefers have been up to? To start you off I thought I would share my DIY ATS. I wanted a small ATS to fit on my sump and supplement a refugium and weight for weight an ATS will remove more nitrates. Here is the cut list...(pic1) 5mm Black Acrylic • 210mm x 200mm (qty 1 for base. Mine was 150mm wide as I only planned on using one light due to my needs) • 100mm x 170mm (qty 2 for sides) • 100mm x 210mm (qty 1 for lid) • 150mm x 10mm (qty 2 for support rails) 4.5mm polycarbonate solid clear transparent • 200mm x 170mm (qty 2 for windows) • 199mm x 79mm (qty 1 optional for lid) Cost of materials was around $25 from Dama. Sales@dama.com.sg (ask for Yuki) I also picked up a 20w grow light from shopee $19 each. Then I needed some plumbing (pic2) cost was around $20. For my design I was going to have the water drain down into sump, so I wanted two drainage holes. One would be for main drainage and the other will have a taller pipe inside for emergency drainage. Pics 3 shows the diamond drill bit I used to make the holes and pic 4 the construction of the base using acrylic glue. The light will sit on the lip and the tank connectors are used to screw into the base for drainage (you could always have it come out of a side wall) Pic 5 is final construction. I used a 16mm pipe for the spray bar. Drilled in a few holes and added some knitting material for the GHA to grow. Pic 6... that lovely pink glow! Hopefully the GHA will be growing soon. Hmmm just have to finish the tank now hahaha. Anyways, what have you reefers been upto in Circuit Breaker?? Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

what are you planning to upgrade to? Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

Hi, just sharing a very simple diy frag rack. As you can see the supplies needed are just some suction cups and an egg crate. The suction holder fits nicely into the eggcrate and it is stable. I got 5 suction cup for $1 and the eggcrate cost me $1 also! Just $2 for a frag rack as compared to those selling for $20 plus plus. I would buy extra suction cups as they tend to wear overtime and have to be replaced. Hope this helps some of you reefer who are on a tighter budget like me! Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk

Hi @soggycookies, yeah, now I will wear glove when touching cheato / rock / having small wound after the incident , but sometime wearing glove really hard to do the work. When one of my friend heard my incident, she also told me last time her friend went to diving. then the elbow get cut by the rock. End up also admit to hospital due to bacteria infection and his elbow shallow like a tennis ball. That's my bad luck experience in this hobby, now sharing some +ve story. Caught the anemone open in love shape when I return to home and the 2 nemo are Falling in Loves!!!

Nice come back!

Thanks Admiraltian, hope you enjoy my sharing. Let's continue the story..... It is quite normal we scratch/injure our hand during the maintenance job. One day I went to a LFS and saw newly arrived GSP. The uncle told me get it only next day, because he haven't clean the GSP, those GSP from wild could be very dirty. But I am lazy to come to the LFS again, so I just bought it and ask the uncle how to clean the GSP when I bring it back home. So once I reach home, I followed his instruction to dip the GSP with fresh water (after adjusted the temp and ph) with bare hand and then put the GSP into my tank. But after that time, I realize the tiny wound on my finger slightly swallow again (it has slight swallowed previously and recovered already, but I just injured it again). I can feel my finger getting tide and hot but I just ignore it and think it will recover it self. After 2 nights, I felt my finger getting swallow, hot even when sleeping. So went to clinic next morning and the Dr just give antibiotic. After taking the antibiotic, 3 or 4 hours later I feel my back a bit itchy, so went to take bath, but I saw the redness spread by following my blood vessel. Then I went back to the clinic, but the Dr told me: Mr, you have 2 problems now, 1st is your finger is infected and the situation looks bad, we need to give you the strong antibiotic, but now you have allergic! He advised me to go to hospital asap. Then my wife and I took cab to Ng Teng Fong emergency department, but the queue is damn long, the nurse said we have to wait at least 4 hrs (which is after 12am) then only my turn to see the Dr. Then we just find another nearer hospital which is NUH, thanks god the q still acceptable and about 1 hour my turn to visited the Dr. At that time, I am already look like a "crab" and behave like a monkey, scratching here scratching there. My hand, my leg , my back and neck already with erythema. After investigated by the DR, they give me an injection and medical drip ( I always drip coral. now my turn 'kena' drip). End up I was admitted to hospital for 5 days and placed under allergic category. The Dr used "trial and error" method to test which antibiotic won't cause allergic to my body. Until day 4, they found my body can tolerate with the 4th antibiotic, and my finger getting better. During that time, the Dr keep asking me do you want to take operation? They can check what's going on in my finger and clean it, otherwise it may come back but I insist to monitor it 1st. Because this is the 1st time I hospitalized in Sg hospital (although I cover with medical insure but I am not sure what are claimable, so just choose the cheapest solution, and I am also blur, did't check my insure agent) I am also don't understand how can I stayed 5 days in the hospital with a hand phone and laptop (NO WIFI but with data) only. Everyday woke up around 6.30am wait for Dr come for check up, then wait for breakfast around 7.30am, continue sleep and wake up at 1pm for lunch, then wait for 4.30pm tea time and dinner at 7pm, and sleep at 10pm!!! (Usually I go to bed around 1 to 2am) After discharged, every month I have to come back to the hospital to take allergic test. Each time can only test for 1 type of antibiotic. Below is one of the allergic test (skin test before test). The C, M, Pc, are not Calcium Magnesium or PH!!! But thank god, all the medical fee are covered by my insure and the payment process is sooooo convenient, everything are deducted automatically and the hospital will settle with my insurance! After all the tests, the result show that actually my body does not allergic to any antibiotic. It could because due to the infection, my immune system become very active, what ever strong medical detected in my body, they will just react and attack it! So lesson learn, It could be very dangerous if the bacteria go into your body and it could cause septicemia! remember DO NOT touch your tank water if you have open wound and no matter what size is it!!

Since installing the Ecotech Versa peristaltic pump last month, it was possible to better control the dosing rate & time to dose. And hence gave me the motivation to improve the kalk stirrer. Decided to re-do the stirrer box with better water proofing & cable management. The drawing here shows the feature to hold the speed controller PCB in place. Using a good quality PC fan (uses ball bearings). A PWM speed controller. And a couple of magnets. The top & bottom halves were printed with ABS material. Total time about 32 hours (top & bottom) halves. View of the kalk set up. Programmed to dose 2L from 12am to 12pm. And 200cc from 12pm to 12am. In this way, the bulk of the kalk is added during night time where pH is lowest.

simple and effective innovation! like how it’s cost-efficient and a good recyclable choice as well. even “single-use” plastics can be recycled if we just try! Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

This is the next morning after the setup. Added some easy corals to give some life to the tank. Do take note that filter and water were from an established tank. This is why I could stock up the tank immediately. For people who is may try to do the same, you will have to cycle the tank before adding any livestock. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app

Ok so for equipment list so far. 5 Stage RODI with booster Skimz QuietPro QP9.0 DC Submersible Water Pump Jebao SLW-20 x2 CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink x2 CaribSea Life Rock 40lbs Tropic Marin Pro Reef Plans: Marinepure or Maxspect Nano (still undecided) Bubble Magus curve 5 for 1/2year before going Nyos 120/160 (reason being initial bioload very low) Radion XR15G5 Blue x2 (only after 6 months plan to run lightless for now) Gyre Pumps x2 Kesill H80 for refugium

Fed up with rusting magnets and hardening suction cups, decided to DIY my own frag tray. Not too bad a job:)