Ghetto DIY Picture Thread

[oregonian]

dracor- i say retarded is when it is not effective or has no purpose, otherwise game on

perfect-like how the plants hide the filter. what do you keep in it?

 

[Morledzep]

here's my ghetto indoor pond. im using a 1/4hp wayne sump pump pushing out somewhere around 5k gallons per hour. with mechanical filtration pre pump goes in the hose in the top of the rubbermaid, falls through a rack with filter mat on it, into the pool in the bottom full of bio-balls then falls out the pvc back into the pond.

that is a most excellent indoor pond.. ghetto or not i LIKE it.

 

[AJordan]

This is my DIY fish bridge. I love these things and so do my fish!

Edit - This picture is far worse than I remember. The red lines outline the tank, blue lines show the water flow and the yellow circle is the entrance/exit of the bridge

 

[dragonfish]

Don't know how ghetto or DIY you will consider this but it solved two issues for me cheaply. I make my own fish food and freeze for later. Just to be sure they get a little extra vitamin in the diet I add a pellet to the mix. Unfortunately this ends up floating or being ignored by the fish. Secondly, if you feed a pellet but have different size fish, what do you do? Get a pellet no bigger than the smallest fish can handle? Get multiple sizes? Crush them? Option one is wasteful. Option two gets expensive and option three is a pain, or is it. This simple, cheap and easily obtainable appliance fixes both of these problems. Go ahead, laugh. But I bet at least one of you tries it. Important safety tip. Get your own, don't steal the one out of the kitchen. You don't want to explain the looks on peoples faces when getting fresh pepper, or why your fish are sneezing.

 

[AJordan]

the pepper mill is brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

(go throw the word "aquarium" on some pepper mill packages and make your fortune!)

 

[dragonfish]

the pepper mill is brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

(go throw the word "aquarium" on some pepper mill packages and make your fortune!)

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[bigbaddad]

This is my DIY fish bridge. I love these things and so do my fish!

Edit - This picture is far worse than I remember. The red lines outline the tank, blue lines show the water flow and the yellow circle is the entrance/exit of the bridge

I don't get it the yellow line just look's like a circle

The idea is that the fish can travel from one tank to the next (am i correct)

how does it work ?

 

[Dr Joe]

Don't know how ghetto or DIY you will consider this but it solved two issues for me cheaply. I make my own fish food and freeze for later. Just to be sure they get a little extra vitamin in the diet I add a pellet to the mix. Unfortunately this ends up floating or being ignored by the fish. Secondly, if you feed a pellet but have different size fish, what do you do? Get a pellet no bigger than the smallest fish can handle? Get multiple sizes? Crush them? Option one is wasteful. Option two gets expensive and option three is a pain, or is it. This simple, cheap and easily obtainable appliance fixes both of these problems. Go ahead, laugh. But I bet at least one of you tries it. Important safety tip. Get your own, don't steal the one out of the kitchen. You don't want to explain the looks on peoples faces when getting fresh pepper, or why your fish are sneezing.

Didn't WyldFya post the pepper mill a year or so ago?

 

[dragonfish]

Didn't WyldFya post the pepper mill a year or so ago?

Did he? If true you have once again dashed my dreams of fame and fortune.

 

[Dracor]

Cool Looking indoor pond!