keithtanbb

my 3 footer- intended plants only refugium, housing the clown fishes- as they were bullied in the main tank! bought (( initially had troubles with water levels- but with adjustments and ensuring no clogging of inlet/outlet pipes- everything settled in nicely!! the U pipe hanging is the $2 one I use in addition- fine tuning.....

the " mechanical "overflow box-supplemented by gravity siphons

this is not the best solution, but is a quick way for me to convert an overflow till i think of a better way. The commercials ones out there employ almost same theory and have the same kind of issues....

this is not the best solution, but is a quick way for me to convert an overflow till i think of a better way. The commercials ones out there employ almost same theory and have the same kind of issues....

I have currently done a conversion of "JEBO" fountain filter to suck out mechanically water into my overflow box and down thru diy pipings to sump, supplemented with a "U' pipe from Planted tank store at thomson , next to THE NATURE AQUARIUM also a planted tank store, opposite thomson medical centre.$8 and $2 for the smaller one.As your main problem will be adjusting the flow from sumop to tank :very trickly!, my thread = http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41578 you may wanna consider buying 2 "U" pipes for added flow, they come with ball valve.

Good job! applause for the effort.maybe you can culture them, same methods as for rotifers, use baker yeast to feed (economical) and dose with phythoplanktons before harvest! Been doing this with my LFS -bought rotifers, (got to make sure they have enough food to eat or the culture will crash!

swopped!!! given out the red mangroves pods in exhange.....and good to meet up with him.(nice guy!!!)

good stuff kaykay, do you live around here, I am just walking distance from the shop, they are very good folks- got alot of my wood diy stuffs from them,just bought a 4 step aluminium, ladder and some varnish from them this very morning

do you really need a pure culture? you can get some "green water ' from reborn, and other LFS that sells them to start up a culture program.Ocerall may not be cost effective to import the culture disk.Also beware of the phosphates in the fertilizers that u will need to dose to get a green bloom....I have tried culturing, but due to lack of time to care and maintain the cultures..it crashed on me!

take a clean plastic bag, cut the end (sealed portion to create a "tunnel") use rubber bands or cable tie , and clip to your outlet pipe.It helps to reduce the turbulence and noise from that end

I have some red mangrove pods, will swop for chaeto macro algae-

Ah!!!! thats why the JEBO internal pump kicks back in! and balance out- I added the gravity siphon as a back-up incase my JEBO pump fails.NO offence taken from your injects-the reason why I post the job is as an alternative and what material are available to us locally, also like other ideas/opinion on the work.

If there is a power black out, 1) Jebo pump stops drawing in water supply 2) the return pump stops -but potential problem of back flow/back siphon!!! 3) the gravity siphon still works!!! 4) I fitted a valve to adjust the rate of flow-by monitoring visually!!! only for the inlet /return pump, as the rate of flow from the gravity and JEBO overlfow is pretty much constant.... I drilled a hole in the 2 pipes at a pre-determined point to prevent back -siphon from return pump and the gravity siphon. Below is a sketch of the system, but mine is gonna be linked to my main tank .My outlet will be channelled to my main tank as hopefully lots of copepods, amphipods will feed my corals . my water supply to the refugium will be from the outlet of my protein skimmer -to my secondary sump with live rocks and up to hopefully a lush crops of chaeto's and other macroalgae's ( I have been having phosphate issues!! )

the 3 feet juwel tank converted-gonna use DSB and add macroalgae later on- temperature reads 30.5 degree!!! as I did not use a chiller-my main tank has a 1 horse powered so gonna tap that.my additional sump below, old skimmer, some live rocks, (( just found out that BIO BALLS are bad!!!!!!) gonna take those out from my main tank in-build overflow box- OTHERWISE- all system are go for the refugium, cycling nicely-

by the way the JEBO overflow has a control valve to tweak the inflow rate- but rather leave it as it is- the gravity siphon is not working out! will try to rectify later when i have the time.Other wise the top view looks like this, the elbow in place acts to reduce the noise of water Gargling Sound -down wards

still working on it- letting the tank cycle with no chiller before incorporating into my system-had collected fresh sea water from east coast to hastent he process- 6x 20 litres jerry can!!! and still short ! had to use tap water to fill in the gap- will flush all out and collect more fresh water this weekend. anyway got my overflow filter to work, with success!!! the flow rate is steady, only need to pay special attention to the return pump-I fitted a valve to control the flow rate. check out this guy's work -he is fantastic! http://www.weatherson.com/links.htm another interesting site to read up on overflow -modifications; http://www.rl180reef.com/180/index.html

Don't mean to shock anyone with this level of craftmanship!! But "work in progress' I alway like the before/after effect of diy jobs. My 7 feet main tank on the right.The 3 feet refugium sitting pretty on the top. Ordered another sump tank for my live rocks -collecting this evening! 1 day job for the tank maker-good price too.Will restart my plankton ,brine shrimp, rotifers factories once I clean up the mess......

add a end cap (drilled some holes to be able to adjust the flow rate ) drilled a hole as protection from over-siphon.plan to start the siphon going by using a pump initially--had a busy schedule despite the 2 holidays , had busted a drill trying to bore thru my chengai wood cabinet...but plan to devote time tomorrow on starting the system.Fingers crossed of course!

back view -as in the back of my refugium.the pump will feed amphipods rich water into my main tank(hopefully) the gravity fed overflow pipe(on the right) will provide additional volume, as well as serve as a back up in the event my pump goes kaput! taken into considertion to drill a hole incase of over siphon. and will add a air tubing into my circulation pump to take trap air from the angle of the overflow-pipe.

top view of the filter (apologies for the hazy snap shots!....still hang over!) anyway incorporated 2 elbow to raise the height as the pump cannot be run dry also needs a quieter overflow down. not using any filter floss as this overflow is meant for the critters from the refugium to be fed into my main tank

Meant to get one of the commercially available overflow kit.But found this Jebo ($27 at LSF) fountain filter (with in-built pump) went about converting it by drilling 2 outlet down to sump to be pumped back to my main tank I also incorporated a gravity feed into this system as a back up for my Jewel 3 feet refugium.

get a sand shifting starfish if you want to move it! or better yet, get a black sea cucumber for that random vacumn effect! but remember these guys are after those sweet amphipods, and other critters that are germinating in the sand.

Hi, did 2x 12v fan for my 2 feet indoor tank(in living room) monitored the temperature for close to a year. Night=25 to 27 (w/o 26.5-28.5) Day(with 2x T8 ,30w tubes on) =27-28.50.The fan helps cool down temperature 1.5 to 2 degree celsius, but evaporation was close to 1 litres per day!As the idea temperature is 25-26 for corals.It is wise to invest in a chiller-But locate it properly as it generate a fair amount of heat too!

Hi, guys like to share : Home-Fix-It having a road show at Compass point. I bought a black and decker 600kw drill package with a electric jig -saw for $120/-. Great bargain if you have not own a drill set.Sale till 6th Nov.(busted my 4yrs old Bosch whilst drilling thru chengai wood cabinet-

very neat and seems pretty stable- but be very careful of the heat/try to insulate the ballast with aluminium strip, wish more people will "experiment " and post their Diy projects, good or bad, alway good to have ideas to brain -storm, thumbs up on yours