I have an aquarium with live plants and I wanted to add CO2 injection so I made this yeast-powered CO2 reactor from a 2 liter pop bottle and some tubing.
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3/16″ Rigid Tubing – http://amzn.to/1KMJPvS
Check Valve – http://amzn.to/1KhijZk
Quick Set Epoxy – http://amzn.to/1ASKjR1
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In this video, I show you how to quickly, easily, and cheaply make some DIY frozen fish food. This is a very simple recipe that I will be feeding to fish fry and other small fish. There are many other ingredients you could add. Do you have a favorite ingredient? Read on…
Here is how to quickly and easily drill holes in glass. In fact, you can drill a 1″ hole in a 10 gallon aquarium in under 3 minutes from start to finish! I’ve tried several methods and the method I describe is by far the fastest and easiest. All you need is an electric drill, some cheap modeling clay, and diamond drill bit. I’ve also included a how-to video! Read on…
Updated: 7 Nov. 2010
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I acquired a large, odd shaped, glass jar that I thought would make a cool aquarium. Due to the strange shape, a traditional aquarium hood/light combo would not work on this aquarium. I decided that a cheap aluminum 8.5″ clamp light would work well but I needed a way to hang it over the tank so I designed and build this simple wooden stand. This lamp stand can be completed easily and cheaply. Read on…
Once upon a time I had a 2.5 gallon nano reef tank and I wanted to add a refugium to it to grow macro algae. Being such a small tank it did not make sense to set up a smaller tank to act as a refugium like some people do for larger reef tanks. So, I came up with the idea of adding a refugium to the small power filter that provided water movement to the tank. Read on…
Several years ago I needed to replace the ballast for the compact fluorescent bulb on a 13 gallon Nano Cube aquarium. Looking around for replacement ballasts I discovered that they were quite expensive. I had the idea to try to use the ballast from one of those screw-in fluorescent bulbs. Well, It worked and since then, I have used this same process to power other compact and normal fluorescent bulbs. Read on…
