Inventions you’ve made for your Reef

[Liftoff]

If you read this on a phone, it doesn't show up. It's on Amazon. "The Avant-Garde Marine Aquarist" and 100 % of the profits go to MS research

What a man of honor <3

How do you know your brine shrimp contraption lasts for a week?

How do you calibrate it?
Kindest regards

 

[Formulator]

My wife has MS and she injects herself with a drug for it, so I keep some of the needles.


Your still not getting a copper fish.

Ah, I see. I develop and manufacture drugs like that. I want the tool grinder that makes money!

 

[Paul B]

Can u explain how your brine shrimp hatchery and auto feeder work @Paul B please

That is all in my long thread on here someplace and it would take to long to describe it all here. But the picture of it should show you how it works. You put the eggs on the dark side, wait for them to hatch and slide open the door between sides and cover the side with the new born shrimp with a black cover. The shrimp all swim to the lighted side and the eggshells stay there.

A man can only dream I guess

Or a man can go to a hardware store, buy a bunch of copper and build the thing like I do.

Wow I never knew you built some of your scape like that!

Always have. I originally collected all my rock using SCUBA, but I feel I can make better looking rock myself.

What a man of honor <3

How do you know your brine shrimp contraption lasts for a week?

How do you calibrate it?
Kindest regards

After about a week the bottom of the thing is full of eggshells and the water gets "funky" so it needs to be removed and cleaned as fewer and fewer eggs hatch the longer it stays submerged.

There is no calibration as this isn't a space shuttle and not that important.

 

[GARRIGA]

Wanted to test a modified undergravel filter where each water molecule had the longest travel to ensure full itemization of dissolved oxygen through nitrification to allow denitrification. Worked at first but then discovered I could carbon dose more effectively and confirmed I didn’t need a skimmer to use it although having a large media bed might be why it worked. This was a proof of concept in designing my QT/observation/grow out and main tanks.

Bottom layer consisted of pumice being light and porous but not too fine as to clog and channel. Driven by a Tidal 75 where I could add mechanical and chemical filtration. Above the plate was Reborn as I liked the bigger texture and wanted to see how it would handle high flow. Tidal supposedly draws 300 plus gallons per hour. I also wanted to see if nitrification would result in melting of the coral to provide a poor man’s calcium reactor but that’s for another test although being told it won’t likely but I’m still going to try.

For this design however to be effective the flow needed to be reduced to allow extended contact time allowing nitrification to exhaust all DO and leaving behind only bound oxygen such as nitrate yet enough to avoid the build up of hydrogen sulphide. Was able to keep nitrates around ppm and phosphates under 0.25 ppm. Carbon dosing just more effective and less complicated therefore I won’t be transitioning this design to future builds. At least not for its original intended purpose but will likely go with a standard undergravel plate and bottom drilled as that will allow me to stir the bottom and thereby easily move detritus into the main filtration. Focus on ease of maintenance vs clicks on instagram.

Flow was interesting because it was down at the one end thereby allowing it to travel 24” with a 4” section vs traditional undergravel systems which offer a large expanse to draw water yet it only travels through a couple of inches of substrate. My way the nitrification process is extended and DO more likely to be exhausted allowing denitrification. It also houses a very large population of beneficial bacteria as this plate sat on top of 25% volume as I was able to place approximately 15 liters of pumice plus a bag of Reborn on top. Might explain why although I tested overdosing carbon well beyond recommended dosages I rarely saw a bacterial bloom and only once did fish show signs of stress. Not needing a skimmer was the end goal. It wielded in that respect. This overall concept to be implemented on all future builds regardless of purpose.

 

[GARRIGA]

Another idea although also not unique although approach taken perhaps. Tried creating a diy Fuge and/or ATS. Worked very well however the Tidal 75 kept overflowing as the growth of algae both Pom Pom and GHA clogged. Idea was to have denitrified water void of DO and loaded with co2 to get scrubbed by the algae before being returned to the display. This I will incorporate going forward but need to find another way to execute. Was also hoping perhaps the plants removed any hydrogen sulphide created. No clue how that possibly works.

 

[William Chiavetta]

It works like this. You put new born brine shrimp in the funnel at the top over the water and they slowly try to get through the mesh as the fish eat them all day. They are all over this, and other forums just search for "Paul B" feeder.

I really like this feeder design. I might try it when I eventually get mandarins

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Another idea although also not unique although approach taken perhaps. Tried creating a diy Fuge and/or ATS. Worked very well however the Tidal 75 kept overflowing as the growth of algae both Pom Pom and GHA clogged. Idea was to have denitrified water void of DO and loaded with co2 to get scrubbed by the algae before being returned to the display. This I will incorporate going forward but need to find another way to execute. Was also hoping perhaps the plants removed any hydrogen sulphide created. No clue how that possibly works.

That's pretty cool you were able to make a DIY ATS!

 

[GARRIGA]

That's pretty cool you were able to make a DIY ATS!

Only issue was HOB chosen as it overflow when clogged. Might try an Aqua Clear most others use.

 

[Liftoff]

That is all in my long thread on here someplace and it would take to long to describe it all here. But the picture of it should show you how it works. You put the eggs on the dark side, wait for them to hatch and slide open the door between sides and cover the side with the new born shrimp with a black cover. The shrimp all swim to the lighted side and the eggshells stay there.

Or a man can go to a hardware store, buy a bunch of copper and build the thing like I do.

Always have. I originally collected all my rock using SCUBA, but I feel I can make better looking rock myself.

After about a week the bottom of the thing is full of eggshells and the water gets "funky" so it needs to be removed and cleaned as fewer and fewer eggs hatch the longer it stays submerged.

There is no calibration as this isn't a space shuttle and not that important.

Ah you actually cultivate them in the feeder?
I will try to find your post that you mention
Kindest regard
liftoff

 

[Paul B]

I want the tool grinder that makes money!

That one sold in an art gallery right away. I wonder how much money the guy made on it by now?