DIY gone wrong

Discussion in 'I made this!' started by glampka, Apr 5, 2007.

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  1. glampka

    glampka Coral Banded Shrimp

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  2. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    I just see a bunch of names and topics...Is this what you are talking about?
     
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  3. TinFury

    TinFury Fire Shrimp

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    lol, is that list a forum? Talk about DIY forums..... wow.
     
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  4. glampka

    glampka Coral Banded Shrimp

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  5. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    Which part dont you understand? Its basically a normal setup with a buttload of backup stuff. All those indicator lights are to tell him when something fails. Its over engineered.

    The first few pics are his 2sumps, 20 Gallon+30 Gallon sump+37 gallon refugium. and its all plumbed together with his 90g.
     
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  6. muecyl

    muecyl Feather Duster

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    Impressive, yes very creative. Karma to him if he had a "Karma score". However, I see the electrical configuration as a monstrosity of a nightmare. I view simplicity as aspiration.:stars:
     
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  7. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    YES to Simplicity!! KISS!
     
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  8. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    The space under my computer desk looks alot like this...:-[

    Would like to see what all this hooks up to. Seems to be a lot of prior planning - something I was woefully negligent in.


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  9. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    At first, I thought he was building a time machine. ;D
     
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  10. Sh0ckbyte

    Sh0ckbyte Astrea Snail

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    Something interesting I've noticed... the guy loves siphons. Two as drains in the main tank, one (maybe) in the fuge, and the two sumps seem to be connected together via what looks like a UV with siphons to each of the sumps? :eek:

    Just... wow. A truely bold experiment. I wouldn't build it that way, but then, he's not me. He's got his own way of engineering it that's diametrically opposed to mine in some respects, similar in others, but above all, very very interesting.

    I want to see it run.
     
    Sh0ckbyte, May 30, 2007
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