TOTW Topic of the week

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Ok some of you that browse the other forums see this going on. We are gonna do it here too. This is where we will keep a current index with links to all of the TOTW

2-15-10 TOTW Joe builds a canopy using particle/compressed wood!

5-26-09 TOTW 240 Gallon tank setup a new member w/some great skills and ideas!

1-26-09 TOTW Making a bubble algae remover another great invention from chuck aka Samper!


12-3-08 TOTW Making a DIY LED canopy Nice Work!

7-1-08 TOTW Modifying a needlewheel skimmer by putting mesh mat on the needlewheel Making a needlewheel skimmer even more effecient!...Whoever would have thunk!?!

6-1-08 TOTW converting o-flow or hangon filter to a Fuge One of our members from Florida shows us how use some old equipment as a fuge and save $$

2-20-08 TOTW DIY T5 lighting setup Once again Mark aka FireEater shows us how to DIY a T-5 lighting setup, nice craftmanship!

1-27-08 TOTW Making an RO/DI unit more effecient by removing RO?
Mark has shown us the way here to just utilize DI resin as your only purification and have NO wastewater!

1-5-08 TOTW blow detritus off your rocks w/out getting wet or turkey baster
Tim threw this ingenious idea together on a shoestring budget!

11-25-07 TOTW Building a canopy for a corner tank (54g)
Russ did a great job on putting together this 54g canopy, and saved some $ to boot

10-13-07 TOTW How to build stand pipe overflows
Pictures, tips, instructions, and variations to building your standpipe overflow...good read

9-10-07 TOTW Poisedon builds a nice CA reactor
Mike schools us on how to build a high quality square CA reactor, lots of sweet pics too!

9-6-07 TOTW Chuck's 180G build for Arkansas University
Samper aka Chuck, struts his stuff on a complete setup for the Arkansas State University biology department!

8-25-07 TOTW Dons diy project & intro
Don is a first class DIY hack! He shows a custom designed canopy, stand (nice 2tone woodgrain too), sump and more even. Check this thread out its definately off the hewk!

8-13-07 TOTW 10g Sump/Fuge
New member Yuri makes an EZI CHEZI sump fuge for his nano...Great job Yuri!

7-17-07 TOTW ASM & G2 MODS
ways to make some of the most effecient skimmers even better!

5-18-07 TOTW DIY 4" Recirc Skimmer
Randy does a great DIY on a fairly easy 4" recirc skimmer!

5-07-07 TOTW DIY Plywood tank
Chuck shows us how to build a large scale plywood tank, check it out

Sorry I havent done much lately w/this but im gonna try and get back into it now

11-07-05 TOTW DIY Square skimmer
Making a square vs cylinder skimmer.

11-03-05 TOTW Carbon bags
Bags and approaches for carbon holding.

10-21-05 TOTW Sump design
Showing some sump design approaches.

8-30-05 TOTW Cookie Jar Skimmer
Making a skimmer using a cheap cookie jar and a few PVC pieces, and a MJ1200 powerhead

8-23-05 TOTW Prizm skimmer Mods
Modifying the Red Sea Prism skimmer (or Pro, Deluxe models)

8-8-05 TOTW RO plumbing
Issues you can come across during setup of your RO system

6-01-05 TOTW Durso standpipe problems
Is your durso overflow pipe gurgling? Not getting enough flow? try this thread

5-17-05 TOTW 375 Gallon Tank and Sump Plans
Greg has spent alot of time designing this large tank and will no doubt help many DIY'ers

5-10-05 TOTW 12volt fan wiring
12 volt fan wiring

5-3-05 TOTW Information for DIY Glass tank design
Glass thickness for different sizes of tanks, and constructing methods.

04-19-05 TOTW Sump water level
Controlling your sump water level.

04-11-05 TOTW Paint for plywood aquarium
Painting and sealing a plywood tank.

04-04-05 TOTW Sump baffles
layouts, designs, and more on your baffles.

03-28-05 TOTW Needle wheel skimmer
Building your own skimmer similar to Euroreef, ASM style skimmers.

03-21-05 TOTW Mini waterchange system
Stop carrying 5g buckets!

03-14-05 TOTW Garage sump/frag system
Utilizing your garage as your equip. room.

03-07-05 TOTW Ground probe.
Ground probe out of titanium bicycle spoke.

02-28-05 TOTW carbon holder
Methods for utilizing a carbon holder

02-21-05 TOTW Calcium Reactor
Building your own calcium reactor.

02-14-05 TOTW Simple kalkwasser doser
Designs for dosing kalk water.

02-07-05 TOTW 2-part Ca & Alk additive
A recipe for Ca. and Alk. additive, and understanding the chemistry.

02-01-05 TOTW Cutting acrylic and glue
Working with acrylic, bonding agents, tools, methods etc.

01-24-05 TOTW Drilling glass tanks
Bits, procedures, hole sizes, bulkhead sizes etc.

01-17-05 TOTW Aragocrete
Making your own base rock using crushed oyster shell and concrete.