Reefdaddy

First off I am no guru on skimmers like Luke33 is on other forums. However I do know a thing or 2 on what works for me. I started on this project with a Reef devil skimmer,It was a devil to setup and stabalize. I called it Satan. Anyhow I stuck with this for part of my process but eventually got my hands on turbo clone


Well I got my hands on turbo clone, but it needed work badly
But hey it was free, ...

Ok here we go.

Step one get yourself a container with screw on lid,, a 2 liter coke bottle will work to.

step 2. clean completely of labels and residue.

Step 3. Drill a hole in center of lid measuring 3/4 inch

Step 4 Pick up a Hose Barb from Home depot measuring 1/2 barb with 3/4 in male adapter

Step 5. Drill holes of 1/8 inch around the hose barb.

Step 6 Get yourself a little Maxi jet 90 pump.

Step 7 obtain ...

In my Previous blog I gave some of my background in tanks. Now it is time to get down to it. I scored a acrylic 55 gallon from a fellow club member here for 100.00 with stand and canopy. the tank was pretty rough, mico scratches all over and just looked bad over all. I gave it good cleaning and it came looking like this.

After much rubbing with Novus ( great stuff for acrylic owners) it came out lookiing like ...

I have owned all different kinds of sumps from Trickle to tub type, This unit is the easiest to do. I wanted a refugium included so Picked up a 55 gallon tank for my 55 gallon Aquarium. I figure the more water volume the better. There is reason to that thought but not a place for it in this blog.

I scored a older aquarium from a local dealer around here for 50 bucks. I had glass at the house already and know how to cut it , so I grabbed the old glass cutter layed the 1/4 inch down ...

Well Iam little confused on how to do this and any feedback would be appreciated greatly. I have a ton of DIY I do, (kinda a habit from back in the day)
Some background. I been keeping reeftanks since 1978 or 9. Back then it was water changes almost daily with soft corals only. We used Plant grow lights light the aquarium and home made filters to keep things in check. So I still make quite bit of stuff, My largest tanks were dual 140's made of plywood back in the mid 80's. They crashed every ...