Sophisticated drip acclimation setup

[ourcoralreef]

So I got really tired of holding a airline tube in the tank or tying rubber bands to a rock to hold the tubing in the tank so i decided to look online and see what they had to offer for trip acclimation, I saw a item that was simple hard tubing connected to so to soft tubing that had air control valve on the end to control the drips
The company that was selling this was selling it for about $15 and after taking a look at the picture I figured I could do this myself for free with stuff that I already had

I had 3/16" rigid tubing
Some airline tubing
And a air valve

The 2 "tools" i used was
A lighter
A piece of foil balled up and made into a u shape (big enough to fit over the brace on top of the tank)

First I measured out how much I want in the tank I wanted about 3 inches
I cut a 12 inch piece of rigid tubing
Next I started heating the rigid tubing with the lighter (using the blue part of the flame and moving it back and forth slowly about 4 inches) 3 inches away from the end of the tubing
When i saw that the tubing started going limp i placed it on the foil and formed a u shape making sure not to pinch the rigid tubing held it in place for about 30 seconds so it can harden
Then I connected the soft tubing to the other end
Connected a air valve to the other end of the soft tubing
And there you go a drip acclimation kit

Since I wanted more than one I decided to make more I purchased the rigid tubing the soft tubing and more air valves and made some more here are some photos and links to what i purchased to make them
if its to complicated for you i can make it for you for free you would have to buy the materials

One rigid tube makes 3 short (good enough for me) U shaped tubes

Rigid 3/16 in by 3 ft Tubing
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002APYRM

Soft tubing
http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=170860193846

Air valve
http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=182050759960

 

[dbl]

Nice work. It looks just like the one I paid $15 for...lol. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ourcoralreef]

Nice work. It looks just like the one I paid $15 for...lol. Thanks for sharing.

Soft tubing about six pieces out of 25' costed $3.45 divided by six is about $.57 each

Air control valve $4.98 divided by 20 is about $.24 each

rigid airline tubing $4.64 divided into three pieces $1.54 each

So each costed about $2.35 and thats if you don't have the stuff already which most of us do

 

[jasonb87]

A buck at harbor freight to hold my tubing in the tank/sump.

 

[Osiel Alvarado]

Hey thanks for the links!! Awesome post

 

[ourcoralreef]

A buck at harbor freight to hold my tubing in the tank/sump.

At $2.35 each i think this is cheaper then the clamp [emoji2]

Edit: Sorry missed the buck part

 

[Gloryofthereef]

I used to use little suction cups with clips for holding airline in place instead of the clam or the rigid tubing. I think the LFS I used to work at sold them as an airline guide kit, and it came with 10 little auction cups and clips.

 

[1987]

Looks a lot nicer than my iv bag setup I used lol