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newfishguy
09-11-2006, 2:20 PM
A Few New Pics...
Psycho
09-11-2006, 6:30 PM
Looks good! How do you clean the debree out the sand?
newfishguy
09-12-2006, 4:36 PM
Looks good! How do you clean the debree out the sand?
Thx!... I Syphon It Clean Using A Garden Hose, I Drag The Hose Just Over The Top Of The Sand...(works great) As For The Stuff That Gets Under The Sand, I Made a "Rake Type" attachment For The Garden Hose That Works Very Well...
Psycho
09-12-2006, 6:32 PM
Hummmm.....That sounds like a good idea, I wanna put sand in when i upgrade. Do you have a pic of the rake thing?
newfishguy
09-12-2006, 7:26 PM
Yea here it is... Its just a piece from my old hair clippers and a zip-tie... Very easy an works great...
Psycho
09-12-2006, 10:57 PM
humm interesting..lol. And the hose sucks out the debree? How does it not suck up the sand?
singap0reanb0i
09-13-2006, 3:25 AM
A Few New Pics...
cool pics man
haha awesome DIY, and like Psyco, id like to know how it doesnt suck up sand
Dr Joe
09-13-2006, 2:41 PM
Good idea on the hair clipper comb.
To answer about sand...You keep it at a distance so that the sand falls back down but the lighter detrius gets sucked up. A little tricky, but you learn fast. Adjust the water flow rate for the height of the comb helps too. I made mine by melting a large comb and removing every other tooth and siliconed it to a piece of clear 1.25" pipe.
I hooked this to a power head to do gravel with.
Dr Joe
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newfishguy
09-13-2006, 7:23 PM
thats true, it does suck up alittle sand, but mostly just the light dusty stuff...
welsher7
09-13-2006, 7:26 PM
what size tank is that? looks nice, but might be to small.
newfishguy
09-13-2006, 8:08 PM
I was told its a 70g... 39"Lx29.5"Hx12"W I know its not ur typical piranha tank, but i got it for $50... an they seem to love it...
Dr Joe
09-13-2006, 8:27 PM
60g actually http://www.drhelm.com/aquarium/areajava.html, But a really nice 60g...I think tall gives them somewhere to go and breaks up the scenery for us (like they care).
You do good work.
Dr Joe
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Psycho
09-13-2006, 9:01 PM
Thats a tight web site!!!
newfishguy
09-13-2006, 9:08 PM
60g's eh.... ( I was told 70g ) Oh Well, thanks for the compliments everybody...
85rbpbro
09-13-2006, 11:07 PM
I would go for a longer wider tank its going to get tight when they get bigger.
mulrooneyryan
09-20-2006, 10:41 AM
nice tank