OK sorry for the delay, things have been busy. Here is how I get the look of a wooden stand for less than half the price, twice the strength and longetivity, in fact I think this stand will last almost forever.
STAND Pt 1
First get your metal stand and drill holes all the way through the […]

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Hi All
Here is part 2 of building my Amazon tank and it all about the plumbing, here are a few tips that I hope you will find handy. I’m sorry if this gets to basic for you tradies and handypeople out there but I am doing this so beginners can understand it too.
PLUMBING Pt 1
These […]

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Hi All
This holiday period has finally given me some spare time to build my new Amazon tank. My aim is to build a tank that looks like an Amazon river bank.
Please no PM’s with questions, if you have a question please post it up here so that I dont have to answer same questions […]

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Here is some pics of the Background i made for Scat (Craig)
Same method as the other one

Cut poly to size of tank and build the shape with pieces of poly
Go over with spray foam and use a wood rasp to shape when dry u can use an angle grinder with a sanding attachment […]

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Just thought i would share this
Wanted to make a background for my new(secondhand) 6×2×2.5
Had a look at a few different ways of doing it and ended up mixing some ideas from backgrounds that have been made
Got some poly from the WIZ for free Thanks Mate
What do you all think?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step 1 cut poly to size […]

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A Short tank journal by Northstar
I will start from the beginning. The 18mm ply sheets were cut to size,
the two side panels were cut at1000mm x 1100mm, the bottom panel at 2440 x 900mm,
the back panel at 2440mm x 1000mm and the front was cut at 2440mm x 1000mm with
the oval cut out of it […]

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I’d been mulling over my background on my 8*3*2.5. I couldn’t find any paper backgrounds that were 2.5 foot tall and really I wanted to do something special with this tank so after a little looking around I based my background after this one on another forum.
These backgrounds are really easy to make and I’d […]

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Now this is where it all starts coming together. You will need to grab one of your cans of spray foam and start joining everything together. Do everywhere….top,underneath down the joins and seams everywhere. It will look fairly ugly and you will think that you have taken a step backwards or done something wrong. Dont […]

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This is a simple fry saver that I use for when my fish breed. The benifits of using a fry saver is that the fry can be allowed to grow for a few weeks in water that they are accustomed to without risk of shocking them with different water parameters when moving into a growout […]

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One of the most useful things I have made is the hose attachment that I use when I do my water changes. I have a dedicated hose that I use for my water changes. I think from memory that its 21mm or so and while a little more expensive than normal hosing, it really dumps […]

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Recently I have been messing around with modified “side drop” filters - mainly because I have found they are a pain with bristlenose and fry, and also to try and cut down costs in building them. After a few early prototypes on smaller tanks Chuck was kind enough to let me run loose on his […]

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9. 3mm glass bits are used to hold the mesh in place around the uplift section. I glue it in so the mesh is at an angle to make it easy to get the air stones in and out.

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This topic has created a fair bit of interest so I thought I would do an article on it and hope you all find it useful. These filters are incredibly easy to make, very cheap and work very well. (It’s also fun eating and drinking the contents of the items required - not […]

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I make about 15kg of food at a time so you can adjust all these ingredients according to how much you want to make for yourself.
Ingredients:
5kg frozen marinara mix
5kg white fish meat (any type, although no skin and as little sinew as possible)

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DIY fry saver, by Daniel Radaich.
So what is the difference between other fry savers and my design? Well here are some points which may persuade you to use this design instead of the common designs:

The first advantage is increased volume of the container; this is because the container is attached under the polystyrene, unlike other […]

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Here’s a very easy, and CHEAP lettuce clip you can make with just a piece of PVC and a hacksaw.
Cut a piece of PVC about 20mm long, I use 20mm PVC because it forms a nice tight clip for holding nori. Cut the piece length ways with the hacksaw (split the pipe). If you want […]

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