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Offline Gratiot

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Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« on: March 29, 2009, 05:42:53 PM »
Drilling with a giant holesaw and sticking PVC, through my living room wall


Some acrylic cut to shape, siliconed in place, a diamond coated hole saw grinding through the side.


More PVC, quick disconnects, toss in an ultra quiet pump.



A shiny new protein skimmer




Leak check



Already pulling waste out, icky






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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 05:47:01 PM »
This better end with whiskey/vodka/gin or I want my 38 seconds back.
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 05:50:07 PM »
Now it's a happy and healthy reef









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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009, 06:01:57 PM »



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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2009, 06:05:09 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 29, 2009, 05:47:01 PM
This better end with whiskey/vodka/gin or I want my 38 seconds back.

Vodka was actually fundamental ingredient.  It's not just to sustain our lives, but it's great for feeding bacteria in an aquarium  :cheersmate:
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2009, 06:08:40 PM »
Very cool!  :)
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2009, 06:11:52 PM »
That's cool.  I'll have to take some pictures of my stepdad's aquariums next time I'm over there.  He has a couple salt-water ones and a rainforest terrarium with a bunch of miniature colored frogs.

What is that gunk coming out of the last picture?
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2009, 06:14:25 PM »
Oh, how lovely!  :) 
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2009, 06:22:12 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 29, 2009, 06:11:52 PM
That's cool.  I'll have to take some pictures of my stepdad's aquariums next time I'm over there.  He has a couple salt-water ones and a rainforrest terarium with a bunch of miniature colored frogs.

What is that gunk coming out of the last picture?

Nice!  :cheersmate: I'd love building a nicely set up vivarium/paludarium for poison dart frogs.  Unfortunately, between a fish tank and a parrot, I just don't have the room for another set up.

That gunk is skim-mate from a protein skimmer, which is pretty much the most quintessential tool for maintaining a healthy saltwater aquarium.  It pulls out dissolved organic waste from the water column by way of foam fractionation, before it breaks down into aquarium pollution.
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2009, 06:26:52 PM »
The frogs are neat.  They're only about the size of your fingernail. 
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2009, 07:31:03 PM »
Can't you just go to the seafood section and order stuff like normal people?









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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2009, 07:33:28 PM »
And here I thought this was the beginnings of some super-cooled computer project. :(
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2009, 09:26:11 PM »
Quote from: Gratiot on March 29, 2009, 05:42:53 PM
Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
And here I thought we were talking about Schade...
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2009, 09:40:47 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on March 29, 2009, 09:26:11 PM
And here I thought we were talking about Schade...

It's true, I built Schade in my basement during the eighties, along with a few of the other CC gals.  A movie was made about it actually.  Sadly do to some legal shenanigans involving the Swiss, a "Groat", and things best left in the dark.  We had to pretend that wasn't the case, and made up a story about her being from some quasi-liberal Northern State instead.  Sigh, like anyone believes that  :whatever:
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2009, 11:03:43 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on March 29, 2009, 07:31:03 PM
Can't you just go to the seafood section and order stuff like normal people?

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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2009, 12:47:30 AM »
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Re: Adhesives, Silicone, PVC, Dewalt Drill, and Alcohol
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2009, 01:10:37 AM »
Wow, neat project!
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