Murminator
04-08-2005, 10:10 PM
Well after a few months "Project Ghetto Reef" is almost ready for fish a coral. It started out as a quarintine tank in the 5' crawl space of my house and kinda took off from there.
I wanted to see how cheap I could build a reef with everything purchased from Canreef :mrgreen: I came up a little short ghetto stand from wood I had and a heater from Big Als boxing day sale.
So far the tally goes:
- 29g, Live sand, 1# rock & 2# rock covered in 75 zoos..$30 (Thanks Harveys friend Kaygen)
- 400w MH... free (Thanks Rich)
- 20# Live rock... $80 (Thanks Russ)
- 2 Powerheads... $18 (Thanks Dez)
- 500AC filter... $10 (Thanks Vic)
- Prizim Skimmer... $15 (Thanks Vic)
- 10k Bulb... $55 Aquaria.ca (Thanks Rich for ordering in for me)
- 150w Heater B.A...$20
- Misl wood kicking around from other projects...free
- Loving wife who can't figure out why I would put a tank there....priceless..(and she's standing behind me :mrgreen: .. Hi Dear)
Total $228
...And the quarintine tank
- 5g....free (Thanks Rich)
- 12" PC light strip...$20 (Thanks Dez)
- Heater and powerhead I had
Everytime I meet someone they have a story had cheap they set up tanks whether it's glass, equipment or livestock tag on and share :mrgreen:
Now the pics
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Ghetto.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Ghetto2.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Ghetto3.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305ghetto4.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Light.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305filters.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Quarintine.jpg
I recently lost all in progress pics due to spyware and having to reformat :bad-word:
Now to fill it if anyone has frags or fishy's to sell PM me
I wanted to see how cheap I could build a reef with everything purchased from Canreef :mrgreen: I came up a little short ghetto stand from wood I had and a heater from Big Als boxing day sale.
So far the tally goes:
- 29g, Live sand, 1# rock & 2# rock covered in 75 zoos..$30 (Thanks Harveys friend Kaygen)
- 400w MH... free (Thanks Rich)
- 20# Live rock... $80 (Thanks Russ)
- 2 Powerheads... $18 (Thanks Dez)
- 500AC filter... $10 (Thanks Vic)
- Prizim Skimmer... $15 (Thanks Vic)
- 10k Bulb... $55 Aquaria.ca (Thanks Rich for ordering in for me)
- 150w Heater B.A...$20
- Misl wood kicking around from other projects...free
- Loving wife who can't figure out why I would put a tank there....priceless..(and she's standing behind me :mrgreen: .. Hi Dear)
Total $228
...And the quarintine tank
- 5g....free (Thanks Rich)
- 12" PC light strip...$20 (Thanks Dez)
- Heater and powerhead I had
Everytime I meet someone they have a story had cheap they set up tanks whether it's glass, equipment or livestock tag on and share :mrgreen:
Now the pics
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Ghetto.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Ghetto2.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Ghetto3.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305ghetto4.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Light.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305filters.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1305Quarintine.jpg
I recently lost all in progress pics due to spyware and having to reformat :bad-word:
Now to fill it if anyone has frags or fishy's to sell PM me