DIY Plans and Articles

Sumps and Refugiums

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sumps, Part I

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sumps, Part II

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sumps, Part III

How does a sump work by Marc Levenson

Sump Design by Marc Levenson

Converting a Hagen Aquaclear Power Filter into a Refugium by Steven Pro

Variations on a Refugium: Installation Options

Working with Acrylic

Working with Acrylic

IPS Weldon Instruction Guide (for working with acrylic)

Tips on working with acrylic by Jon Garner

Everything you didn't want to know about acrylic

Acrylic Facts

Standpipes

Stockman Standpipe

Durso Standpipe

DIY Databases

King Vinnies DIY plans (over 350 projects)

Snailman's Reef database

Ozreef DIY Database (over 100 projects)

General Info and other Equipment

Once Again: Electricity and Plumbing: Part I by Adam Blundell M.S.

Submersible Pump Comparisons - Efficiency and Price Assessments by Steven Pro

External Pump Impressions by Steven Pro

Revisited Reviews, Part II: LiterMeter III Peristaltic Pump, IceCap Pendant, 150 Watt Ballast, and Iwasaki 150 Watt Bulb by Gregory Schiemer

X10 Controllers - An Economical and Functional Approach to Aquarium Timers by James Gasta

Pressure Locking Sump Baffles

Weir Overflows

Water Top-Off System

Canister Filter Impressions by Steven Pro

Heater Impressions by Steven Pro

Fluidized Bed Filter

Fluidized Bed Filter

Closed Loop System

Kalkwasser Reactor

Kalkwasser Reactor

Plumbing 101 with Jon Garner

Why you should use RO/DI water

Finch Shut-Off Relay

Kalk Dosers

Gravity Fed DIY Kalk Doser

DIY Kalkwasser Doser

Surge Devices

Aquatouch Surge Bucket

Carlson Surge Device by Bruce Carlson

A Simple Surge Device...Make It Yourself in 30 Minutes for $30 by Dana Riddle

Refugiums

DIY Above-tank Refugium

Canopies

DIY Nano Canopy

DIY MH Canopy

Chillers

Product Review: Teco SeaChill TR20 1/3 HP Aquarium Chiller by Clare Driscoll

Skimmers

Skimmer Design 101 by Shane Graber

SeaClone Modifications by Clinton Yiu

In-Line, In-Sump, Foam Fractionator by DarkHorge

8" Counter Current Skimmer by Snailman

Airstones

Airstones for skimmers

Suppliers (this is a work-in-progress...please bear with me)

Home Depot

Lowes

Grainger

McMaster-Carr

MSC Industrial Supply Company

Plumbing Supply Company

Graybar Electric

US Plastics

Ridout Plastics


Stands

DIY Aquarium Stand Dimensions

DIY Stand Design for a 125 Gallon Tank

Iron Stand Dressup

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Hooking Up an RO Unit Directly to Your Sump - A Recipe for Disaster by Marc Levenson

 

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