Insane Inventions I Want

DK450reef · Oct 14, 2021

KenRexford said:
1. A spinning attachment to my water change siphon to stir up sand and break up the occasional cyano to better suck up crud.

2. A Roomba-ish submersible for the front glass that I can program to do a daily squeegee on the inside surface daily.

3. A programmed saltwater-proof submersible laser that can zap Aiptasia. I mean, watch How It’s Made and see those devices that blow out the black corn kernals in micro-seconds. Why can’t I have an Aiptasia canon?

4. An aquarium controller powering all devices by way of a Tesla coil so that I don’t have the Flying Spaghetti Monster of cables any longer. Now, no cables at all!

5. A third plumbing line, so that I get pre-mixed saltwater from a faucet that works like those faucets for filling pots on your oven. This one seems doable if I mixed saltwater in my daughter’s upstairs bedroom. Why does she need two closets?!?

All are some great posts. How about WiFi that never drops out ? When can we get that

Calm Blue Ocean · Oct 14, 2021

A flexible toilet brush type thing that I can attach a hose to for cleaning out AIO back chambers.

Calm Blue Ocean · Oct 15, 2021

I thought of another one. A "hat" for my skimmer. It's an ugly thing and the vat of fish poo takes away from things a bit ;Hilarious

ErehwoN · Oct 20, 2021

Isopod80 said:
I kill aiptasia in my tank with a burning laser currently. I zap them at night through the glass. I know people say it will only spread them but in my experience it works well. There's always 1 or 2 you don't see that manage to release spores but the spread to me is no worse than any other method. I typically zap 3-4 very tiny ones a week.

PLEASE tell me about this "burning laser". I'm assuming it's more than just a laser pointer??

Thanks,

Jim

Isopod80 · Oct 20, 2021

ErehwoN said:
PLEASE tell me about this "burning laser". I'm assuming it's more than just a laser pointer??

Thanks,

Jim

Actually it is just considered a laser pointer. It's just a fairly powerful one. (4w) You'd also need a pair of laser safety glasses rated for the particular wavelength of laser you're using. They're definitely not toys. It's basically the same type of laser the Antifa jerks are using to try to blind random people with in Seattle.

MillennialReefer · Oct 29, 2021

Something like the TOM Rapids discontinued filter/sump skimmer ATO combo, but of much higher quality. That would change the industry in so many ways. Imagine just buying a standard glass tank and then just plugging the filter in and it just starts. without having to tweek or adjust anything.

Cell · Oct 29, 2021

So basically an aquarium Rosey.

GaryE · Nov 19, 2021

Isopod80 said:
I kill aiptasia in my tank with a burning laser currently. I zap them at night through the glass. I know people say it will only spread them but in my experience it works well. There's always 1 or 2 you don't see that manage to release spores but the spread to me is no worse than any other method. I typically zap 3-4 very tiny ones a week.

I've been using one to kill aiptasia and eradicate GSP. Works great..

Tamberav · Nov 19, 2021

KenRexford said:
1. A spinning attachment to my water change siphon to stir up sand and break up the occasional cyano to better suck up crud.

2. A Roomba-ish submersible for the front glass that I can program to do a daily squeegee on the inside surface daily.

3. A programmed saltwater-proof submersible laser that can zap Aiptasia. I mean, watch How It’s Made and see those devices that blow out the black corn kernals in micro-seconds. Why can’t I have an Aiptasia canon?

4. An aquarium controller powering all devices by way of a Tesla coil so that I don’t have the Flying Spaghetti Monster of cables any longer. Now, no cables at all!

5. A third plumbing line, so that I get pre-mixed saltwater from a faucet that works like those faucets for filling pots on your oven. This one seems doable if I mixed saltwater in my daughter’s upstairs bedroom. Why does she need two closets?!?

#2 already exists. Robot snail or something.