jyeberghofer Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Was just curious of what people make for their fish tank, if you have any nifty ideas you want to share please do. I would love to hear ways of saving money by creating things myself. (such as homemade filters, backgrounds etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobles Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) I would love to hear of these as well. Here's a couple of things I've found lately; Discus Fish Food Recipe http://www.qldaf.com/forums/articles-faq-20/pvc-pipe-filter-1469/ http://www.qldaf.com/forums/product-diy-technical-discussion-11/diy-background-42855/ Edited October 18, 2011 by Wobles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest 11 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 has anyone tried that pipe filter??? wouldnt mind giving it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 hey josh a friend filters his 6meter tank with a 450mm 2.5meter high one here my k1 juice bottle , been meaning to drill another hole in the top and putting it on the sponge filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest 11 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 were would i buy k1?? does anyone sell it on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 yes age of aquariums does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo2302 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 question is what dont I DIY.... DIY Stand (3ft & 4ft) DIY Cabinet (2ft) DIY Discus Dinner DIY Beananimal Overflow System & Sump. DIY Hi-Powered CREE XPG LED Light Unit. DIY 3D Sealed Cememt Background (3ft) DIY Gravel Cleaner DIY Surface Skimmer DIY Co2 Reactor DIY Co2 (yeast/sugar method) DIY Co2 (vinegar/Bi-Carb method) thats all that immediately comes to mind....theres probably more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobles Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hey Simmo can u let us know some details on that discus dinner and the background please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo2302 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 my discus diner is a variant of a well known receipe from a discus dedicated forum. 2kg lean beefheart 1kg Prawn (orange) 1kg green prawns - de-shell and de-vein all prawns 1kg of any white ocean fish fillets 1 cup frozen green peas 3 heaped tablespoon of Spirulina powder half a cup of minced garlic 1 or 2 cups of good quality fish flake food mix it all up, throw it through a mincer (not a food processor) 2 or 3 times, if you have left over cube trays from commercial frozen food, put some in there. otherwise put X amount in resealable Glad bags, roll flat & freeze. feed as required. my DIY background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangles Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hi was wondering if you could post up some details of your cree light as i was thinking of doing the same thing.Just dont know where to start.eg where to source the lights . Cheers Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1silvia Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Sorry to bump an old thread (im not really) but... If i was to put a large powerhead in the base of the pipe filter, utilising adjustable T pieces in the lines to fine tune the pressure, could i service 2/3 tanks with it? Any obvious problems with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 could i service 2/3 tanks with it? Any obvious problems with this? Undrilled tanks........... possibly IF you were willing to stand by the filter and fine tune it if it looked like one tank was recieving too much return water. drilled tanks.......... if the filter was in the sump, then sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Was bored today and made a little canister from stuff we had laying around.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenterra Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Was just curious of what people make for their fish tank, if you have any nifty ideas you want to share please do. I would love to hear ways of saving money by creating things myself.(such as homemade filters, backgrounds etc) DIY can save you heaps of $$$. For me it is every thing from filter to the tank itself. See link for tank and filter build in my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
