DIY projects

My tank has been doing pretty well. As it grows up, it needs me less and less... which makes me a bit bored in my free-time as I am usually occupied by something with the tank. I was perusing some older articles, threads, etc when I came across a "micro-skimmer". I eventually landed on this article by Reef Builders:

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/08/02/m...arium-product/

I thought it looked fun, and decided I could ...

So I finally decided to get off my butt and get some things done. I had, for the longest time, wanted to do several things that I just never got to:


1) Make my tank's info (Temp at the time) view-able WiFi and Cellular networks.


2) I wanted to have all my equipment (Not just the lights and temp stuff) controllable.


3) I was sick of my "Drawer" control board as the toll of pulling the drawer and dragging wires whenever I did it ...

So as some of you know I make "Rock Structures", or however you name them (I've been corrected any number of times!). This is something I like to do, and it keeps me deeper in the hobby without burning me out. I wish I could say I am some type of savant in designing Rock Structures, but this would not be true. It takes me quite a bit of time to create these things to the point I think they look pretty decent. What do I mean by this? Well, believe it or not, I try to make it look as natural ...

Marc suggested I post some of my tinkering of Rock Structures here.

This is Man-Made Rock, using rock studs and resin epoxy on certain joints (Using the rock studs) to make it super sturdy. A cat 5 hurricane may knock it over.

This structure has an arch and a semi-divided branch in the back (depending on how you look at it). I used Snapseed (Google's mobile picture editor) to edit the pics as it's very difficult to actually show what the rocks look like in real life. ...