Favorite Tool or Gadget? - Page 5

Craig Manoukian · 05-23-2006, 08:04 AM

Awesome AR, with one of those and gloves your tank is completely safe from skin oils!

Witfull · 05-23-2006, 08:56 AM

where do you get them from....

PS.,,i still love my fish towels,,,,i even have a bucket to toss them in,,,i gotta learn to keep my hands out,,,and as much as craig yells at me,,no hand condoms for me~~

ArcticReef · 05-23-2006, 08:47 PM

I get them from a New England (RI,Mass) store called Ocean State Job Lot for about 99c each but I think a lot of automotive stores sell them for when mechanics lose renches and bolts when they're working on cars.

The great thing about them is the fact that you can bend them and they hold shape to get around corners. I have saved many a frag with these things.

Craig Manoukian · 05-26-2006, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witfull

,,,i gotta learn to keep my hands out,,,and as much as craig yells at me,,no hand condoms for me~~

Just lookin' out for your tank's welfare Witty!

Gina · 05-27-2006, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcticReef

I get them from a New England (RI,Mass) store called Ocean State Job Lot for about 99c each but I think a lot of automotive stores sell them for when mechanics lose renches and bolts when they're working on cars.

The great thing about them is the fact that you can bend them and they hold shape to get around corners. I have saved many a frag with these things.

Those are pretty cool!
I have a regular one like you get at the LFS but you can't bend them like mentioned above for this.
I might have to look around and see if I can find some!

Teeka · 05-27-2006, 01:44 PM

I love my turkey baster. My hubby modified mine by taking a 1/2 " pvc pipe and exteending they baster to where I don't have to put my hands in the water. He just zip stripped the 3 pieces together. I can reach all over my tank with it,

Gibeon · 05-30-2006, 08:31 PM

All Hail the Mag Float! Got my first one tonight, and my tank glass hasn't been that clean since I first set it up.

ReefDave · 05-30-2006, 09:55 PM

I voted for other and my other items are:
36"kent pro scraper with metal blade and aqua-mop
20 gallon trash can on wheels with rio 1700 and 6 feet of 3/4 tubing
50' python with 20' extension (draining purposes only for salt!)
all these products and gadgets have made maintaining my own tanks easy as well as the maintenance i do on the side.

Cartman89 · 06-21-2006, 05:30 PM

I voted for "Big Equipment" because I LOOVE my skimmer ( I can't believe I love a "Fish" toilet so much lol). But I have to say it was a tie with the internet and Skimmer. Love them both.

Melvyn Tan · 08-08-2006, 11:27 AM

My greatest equipment so far are my H&S skimmer and Sulphur denitrator. Worth every single penny.

boozeman · 09-04-2006, 12:38 PM

I think every reefers favorite 'tool/gadget' is their credit card!!!

Icebox · 09-05-2006, 03:18 PM

I have to vote for the auto top off... No more hauling gallons of water to my tank every day. (Or should I say 5 gallons every 2-3 days) It is wonderfull. I can not believe that I lived without it so long.

I either drip my hands on the floor, or I use my shirt, so the towls are out for me... Magnetic scraper is a close second.

Craig Manoukian · 09-06-2006, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boozeman

I think every reefers favorite 'tool/gadget' is their credit card!!!

For scraping the glass, eh?

View Poll Results: What is your favorite tool or gadget?
Internet &/or Books	48	32.00%
Magnetic Scraper	32	21.33%
Old Credit Card (as scraper not to buy more with..lol)	4	2.67%
Aquarium Tongs	4	2.67%
Automatic Top-Off	21	14.00%
Big Equipment (i.e. Ca &/or Kalk reactor, skimmer)	21	14.00%
Fish/Hand Towels	16	10.67%
Net &/or Traps	2	1.33%
Wooden Skewers	1	0.67%
Can't Choose! - All of the above and then some	22	14.67%
Other (please describe)	21	14.00%
Turkey Baster	31	20.67%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 150. You may not vote on this poll

05-23-2006, 08:04 AM	#61 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? Awesome AR, with one of those and gloves your tank is completely safe from skin oils! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

05-23-2006, 08:47 PM	#63 (permalink)
ArcticReef Tubeworm Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 35 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? I get them from a New England (RI,Mass) store called Ocean State Job Lot for about 99c each but I think a lot of automotive stores sell them for when mechanics lose renches and bolts when they're working on cars. The great thing about them is the fact that you can bend them and they hold shape to get around corners. I have saved many a frag with these things.

05-27-2006, 01:44 PM	#66 (permalink)
Teeka Tubeworm Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 26 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? I love my turkey baster. My hubby modified mine by taking a 1/2 " pvc pipe and exteending they baster to where I don't have to put my hands in the water. He just zip stripped the 3 pieces together. I can reach all over my tank with it, __________________ My system: 120 gal. AGA Megaflow, 2 x 250W HQI metal Halides and 2 54W T5 antenics, Euro Reef CS135, 50 gal. sump. LOA 65 W Light for sump, PanWorld 250PS-MD100R External Water Pump

05-30-2006, 08:31 PM	#67 (permalink)
Gibeon Serpent Star Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 215 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? All Hail the Mag Float! Got my first one tonight, and my tank glass hasn't been that clean since I first set it up.

05-30-2006, 09:55 PM	#68 (permalink)
ReefDave Midas Blenny Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 122 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? I voted for other and my other items are: 36"kent pro scraper with metal blade and aqua-mop 20 gallon trash can on wheels with rio 1700 and 6 feet of 3/4 tubing 50' python with 20' extension (draining purposes only for salt!) all these products and gadgets have made maintaining my own tanks easy as well as the maintenance i do on the side. __________________ Oceanic 70 gallon (24x24x28) mixed stony coral and gorgonian reef (and some mushrooms,too!). oddball fanatic

06-21-2006, 05:30 PM	#69 (permalink)
Cartman89 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Branson, MO Posts: 659 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? I voted for "Big Equipment" because I LOOVE my skimmer ( I can't believe I love a "Fish" toilet so much lol). But I have to say it was a tie with the internet and Skimmer. Love them both.

08-08-2006, 11:27 AM	#70 (permalink)
Melvyn Tan Tunicate Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 20 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? My greatest equipment so far are my H&S skimmer and Sulphur denitrator. Worth every single penny. __________________ Equipment List for 4x2x2 Tank & 3x1.5x1.5 Sump Hagen 802 x 2, Tunze 6060, Arcadia T5 (54W x 8), Eheim 1260 (return) Eheim 1250 (Chiller), Aquabee 300 x 2 (Feed) H&S 150-F2001 (850l Skimmer), H&S A110-F2000 (400l Skimmer), H&S 110-F1000 (1000l Sulphur/Nitrate Filter), H&S 150-F2000IA (800l Calcium Reactor) Coralife 3X (UV Steriliser), I-Aquatic IF 312 (Fluidised Reactor), Kent Kalk Delivery, Resun CL650, Pinpoint ORP & PH Meters Sealife and H&S supporter PS: I hate been called a fatty pilot, I really do as I am not!

09-04-2006, 12:38 PM	#71 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? I think every reefers favorite 'tool/gadget' is their credit card!!! __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

09-05-2006, 03:18 PM	#72 (permalink)
Icebox Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Creston, NC Posts: 528 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Favorite Tool or Gadget? I have to vote for the auto top off... No more hauling gallons of water to my tank every day. (Or should I say 5 gallons every 2-3 days) It is wonderfull. I can not believe that I lived without it so long. I either drip my hands on the floor, or I use my shirt, so the towls are out for me... Magnetic scraper is a close second. __________________ Mike

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