Well got bored today and decided to try a little DIY (still doing rock but it has to cure, then dry, then ph leech and then can do something with it). This was a simple project and cost very little. It was to make some frag racks so when I buy them I can put them in the "rack" in the tank they are acclimating into OR when I have it doing the 10 gallon frag tank to QT them and one day who knows store them for trade/sell.
So I went to Kents and bought some eggrate...plastic screen some old light fixtures use as a screen...and then went to freshwater fish store nearby and turns out they had deal there...buy anything and get a marina mag-scrub for 5 bucks. So I bought 3 things one at a time to get 3 of the mag floats.
Then I measured small racks and using cutters cut them to size.
For sake of storage made a lot of large shelves for future use IF needed (left side)
Then I glued the mag-float onto the edge of the shelf so the velcro part was facing out....when dried can place it IN tank where you want as high or low as you want or need depending on the frags on the rack and the other part of it on outside anchors it in place.
With a HUGE piece left over but small enough for the 10 gallon bottom or 20 if wanted took parts too small for shelves and used them as legs and glued them onto bottom of larger piece to make a stand that sits on glass bottom OR sandbed.
I got to stop getting bored lol. Next will be sump tank maybe lol.
I know I am not the first to do this this way but figured I would post this for others new to this like me.
So I went to Kents and bought some eggrate...plastic screen some old light fixtures use as a screen...and then went to freshwater fish store nearby and turns out they had deal there...buy anything and get a marina mag-scrub for 5 bucks. So I bought 3 things one at a time to get 3 of the mag floats.
Then I measured small racks and using cutters cut them to size.
For sake of storage made a lot of large shelves for future use IF needed (left side)
Then I glued the mag-float onto the edge of the shelf so the velcro part was facing out....when dried can place it IN tank where you want as high or low as you want or need depending on the frags on the rack and the other part of it on outside anchors it in place.
With a HUGE piece left over but small enough for the 10 gallon bottom or 20 if wanted took parts too small for shelves and used them as legs and glued them onto bottom of larger piece to make a stand that sits on glass bottom OR sandbed.
I got to stop getting bored lol. Next will be sump tank maybe lol.
I know I am not the first to do this this way but figured I would post this for others new to this like me.