DIY Index

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

Nice post, and a good idea! I think someone just picked up about 250 points.

Jcr's Reef · Feb 17, 2011

dougers31 said:
Nice post, and a good idea! I think someone just picked up about 250 points.

Ha I forgot that was going on! No wonder a bunch of new posts are popping up and going on forever....

Nice write up. Should be a sticky in the DIY forum and edited so it don't get outdated..

gar732 · Feb 17, 2011

This isdefinity a good idea. It also reminds me that I should probably update my skimmer thread, lol.

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

dougers31 said:
Nice post, and a good idea! I think someone just picked up about 250 points.

Lol, the problem is you probably posted 30 times in the time it took me to write this.

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

gar732 said:
This isdefinity a good idea. It also reminds me that I should probably update my skimmer thread, lol.

I did include yours right? If not could you grab me a link?

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

akabryanhall said:
Lol, the problem is you probably posted 30 times in the time it took me to write this.

Ha! Man I hope you're right about that. It's giving me a headache just trying to keep up

Question... does the link have to be from this forum or can it be from another?

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

It can be in another if it wasn't moved to this section, absolutely.

gar732 · Feb 17, 2011

akabryanhall said:
I did include yours right? If not could you grab me a link?

Yeah, you got mine in there. Here are a couple of links for stand builds. https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/43713-new-tank-build-underway-3.html, https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/32359-gabes-piece-ocean.html,https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/49640-complete-40-gallon-breeder-build.html

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

gar732 said:
Yeah, you got mine in there. Here are a couple of links for stand builds. https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/43713-new-tank-build-underway-3.html, https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/32359-gabes-piece-ocean.html,https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/49640-complete-40-gallon-breeder-build.html

Awesome, thanks man, I went ahead and added all three of them!

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

Here is one that should be good for helping folks get there rockwork setup.
David Grigors Aquascaping article - TCMAS

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

I'm not sure about hyperlinking to another site. I have added it but will not hesitate to remove it if I get yelled at!

skyesfire · Nov 3, 2015

Great!

glb · Feb 19, 2016

This is great! Thanks!

Brian Treadwell · Jun 19, 2016

Are there any out there , for turning a acrylic wet/dry tricke sump into refugium sump , I just pickup a bunch of used equipment, and would like to turn it to refugium.

dreamsr · Jun 24, 2016

This will be so helpful--once I know enough to understand what the category labels mean! I'm just starting to learn so that I can set up a tank in a year or two. It will need to be low budget, so lots of DIY. Besides, I really like the feeling of learning and applying something news, and the good Delong I get whenever I look at or tinker with it. Much more fun than buying something finished, and not really knowing how to make adjustments.

Thoms_here · Feb 1, 2017

Thank you so much!!!

Ranjib · Jun 25, 2017

I am not sure if forum format posts a easy to maintain an index like that. If this is a google doc or something, it will be easier to collaboratively update it. And may be then weekly/monthly we can copy over the content to a dedicated DIY index post in the forum.
Otherwise maintaining such an index will become hard overtime

Kudos for getting so many posts grouped,
thank you for sharing

cromag27 · Sep 8, 2017

Update, here's the acrylic thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acrylic-fabrication-q-a.224773/

Weasel1960 · Sep 16, 2020

akabryanhall said:
I love looking at DIY threads, but there are so many of them. I have made an attempt to index a few of them. I got about 30 pages into this before my fingers cramped up. Please, if you know of any threads that are not included here, please add them to this thread and I will try to keep it updated.

Acrylic
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/53846-cutting-acrylic-sheet.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/53797-painting-tank-acrylic.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/49420-acrylic-help.html

Auto Top Off
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/47699-ato-ideas-please.html

Covers
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/55176-diy-screen-top.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...52567-wrasse-keepers-show-me-your-covers.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...7-light-friendly-clear-mesh-screen-cover.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...50649-diy-canopy-shade-happy-coral-style.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...on/49204-best-materials-diy-hood-wood-vs.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/5124-clear-mesh-top.html

Dosing
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...ion/54984-my-quick-easy-kalk-drip-bucket.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...ssion/54498-calc-reactor-tunze-ato-setup.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/49622-diy-ca-reactor.html

Fish Food
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/54919-how-i-diy-fish-food.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/47983-diy-reef-food.html

Frag Racks
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/52742-show-us-your-frag-rack.html
Skimmers
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...cussion/50938-my-diy-skimmer-so-far-some.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/50893-diy-skimmer.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...sion/51479-octopus-ddnw-250-skimmer-mods.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...scussion/42786-bk-mini-skimmer-build-diy.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/49285-building-cone-skimmer.html

Lighting
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...2752-i-retrofitted-my-tek-light-dimmable.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/52725-300-dd-diy-leds.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...on/52608-ideas-bulb-wiring-pattern-my-t5.html

Plumbing
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/55192-diy-durso.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...one-plumb-their-aquariums-flexible-water.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...sion/52439-how-do-your-own-plumbing-tons.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/51053-plumbing-questions.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...n/51015-need-help-threaded-bulkheads-pvc.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/46778-bulk-head-loc-line-help.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...46401-plumbing-planning-my-new-frag-tank.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/45926-overflow-weir.html

Rock
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...1971-diy-rock-tutorial-info-thread-rocks.html
David Grigors Aquascaping article - TCMAS

Stands
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/46236-stand-125g.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/43713-new-tank-build-underway-3.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/32359-gabes-piece-ocean.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/49640-complete-40-gallon-breeder-build.html

Tank Drilling
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/55627-drilling-tank.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/54588-40-br-drilling.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/52117-tank-drilling.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/49593-drilling-20g-tall-tank.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...ussion/48496-drill-hole-sizes-need-input.html

Tanks, Sumps and Fuges
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/40462-diy-sumps-101-a.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/55274-diy-external-20g-fuge.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...71-please-critique-my-sump-design-before.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/50914-tank-design-opinions.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/25956-cryptic-fuge.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li.../50378-help-need-sump-design-input-badly.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...49-diy-acrylic-tank-questions-total-newb.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...ssion/46820-troylees-new-diy-prop-system.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/48735-how-diy-glass-tank.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...on/48375-diy-custom-49-gallon-glass-tank.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/46907-dyi-sump.html

Wiring
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/54912-how-wire-gfci-outlet.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...cussion/47138-bad-ballast-do-i-just-suck.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...ion/46376-where-does-wire-go-mh-retrofit.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/li...yone-wired-icecap-giesemann-spectrum-t5s.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/lighting-hardware-diy-discussion/46333-led-wiring.html

Thanks for your efforts it would be great if a table of contents like this could be kept somehow in each of the various forums. its hit or miss when I search but this seems to the point. Thanks again.