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barebottoms · 02/03/2005, 03:25 AM

For People working on controllers and automation.
http://www.futurlec.com/TrainingBoardAccessories.shtml

TAMU Reef · 02/20/2005, 11:19 AM

OK I am in need to find nylon thumbscrews and 1/8" neoprene, can anyone help?

TAMU Reef · 02/20/2005, 03:28 PM

OK I found the BEST place to order any plumbing / hardware supplies. This place had the thumb screws and neoprene at a cheap, cheap price.

http://www.mcmaster.com/

TAMU Reef

salty joe · 02/20/2005, 08:35 PM

Thanks for the link. That place looks outstanding!

What is their customer service like?

acmille · 03/09/2005, 05:59 PM

When I went out and looked into cutting my own 1/4 inch acrylic here in Atlanta for my fuge I was estimating spending about $150 dollars to make it myself.

All the tools and such that I needed or needed to update was looking costly. I did a lot of looking around into a cheap place to cut the acrylic for me and was being quoted $150 by piedmont to cut and pick it up.

Thats when I stumbled onto this website.
http://www.jmkdisplays.com/

It was great, I gave them my specifications and they cut it and shipped it for close to half of the prices I had been quoted.
Packaging was good and it arrived about a week to 2 weeks after I made my order.

Andy

Homebrew · 03/15/2005, 06:51 AM

From Pikey, who posted this recently in a DIY skimmer thread:

Too good not to share here in this sticky thread.

__________________

I just found a local (10 miles from home) plumbing store that sells Spears 4" schedule 80 slip/slip unions for $25.00. I bought two. The cheapest place I found them up until now is $30.18 each. CustomAquatic sells these for $49.99. These are the same stock number as the ones on that site for half the price and no shipping. I am really happy.

FERGUSON'S
1020 US HIGHWAY 45 BYP, JACKSON, TN 38301
Phone: (731) 664-6400

Acillaton · 03/15/2005, 05:41 PM

Cool site, thanks acmille. I planing to make new sump myself...

Scuba_Steve · 04/01/2005, 12:27 AM

I dont beleive no one has said this one yet. In fact Ive only been on this site for a short amount of time, but I havnt seen this site mentioned once and it is a great resource for alot of reefkeeping stuff.
GARF
They have great plans for any size DIY tanks, stands, plenums, and live rock. Just enter your desired dimensions into the calculator and out comes the plans!
Pay them a visit regardless if your a DIYer or not!
I used their plans to build my 180g plywood tank, and a slight variation of their stand. It is a freshwater tank, but if you would like to take a look it is here

AUS · 04/16/2005, 05:21 AM

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction to but 25 Beccket injecors in Aus as I can finfda suppiler listd even though I have serached here and google. Hope you can help.

Have tried Beckett and all other I can think of.

Andy

grreefer · 05/25/2005, 04:04 PM

Heres a link for an online union supplier, the 3" seems like a good deal but the 4" er is WAY too much. I've never been able to find a 4" for less than $49.99 any where online though.

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/pvc.html#union

Oh, and a link to their Bulkhead fittings page too.

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/bulkhead.html

alljap · 09/18/2005, 01:35 AM

Could anyone tell me where to get a few 1' uniseal online.

Thanks

Saltz Creep · 09/19/2005, 09:46 PM

www.aquaticeco.com

has them but they are much smaller than 1 foot.

alljap · 09/24/2005, 07:39 AM

Saltz, Thanks for the infor.

MCary · 10/25/2005, 12:48 PM

Anyone know where to get large O-rings and Gaskets 6-8"

Randall_James · 10/25/2005, 12:54 PM

O-rings are easy, buy a DIY kit. Comes as a roll of material with splicing cement. I will check and see where mine came from when I am in the shop next. Gaskets can be purchased in "Sheet" form as well. They are a bit tougher to work with IMO as unless your cutting utensils are razor sharp, you can tear the rubber pretty easy.

MCary · 10/25/2005, 03:05 PM

Something like this?

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=12117

I'm sealing the top lid of a calcium reactor to the flange. Also plan on build a skimmer collection vessel and possible extra chamber with left over materials.

Found this too

http://www.marcorubber.com/splicing_kit.htm

Randall_James · 10/25/2005, 03:14 PM

Second one is the type I have, the first one is really industrial wow

StupidsReef · 12/04/2005, 12:43 AM

here is another plastic company. This one will even cut sheets to your spec's www.copeplastics.com

Jon Evans · 12/22/2005, 06:50 AM

look for pet stores that are going out of business. They sell used tanks for ridiculously cheap prices. It only cost me 30.00 to build a sump/fuge out of a 20 long and some acrylic from a hardware store. That is a lot cheaper than 350.00 for one that is already made.

snarkes · 04/16/2006, 01:34 PM

Anyone know where I can get some of that plastic egg crate so that I can keep my gobies from being dare devils? I've gone to Home Depot but they havent the slightest clue what i'm talking about. I honestly dont know what the stuffs true purpose is so they dont know where to direct me... Ideas?

GARFVolunteer · 04/16/2006, 01:54 PM

It is for light diffusion. Look in the lighting section around the florescent lighting.

snarkes · 04/16/2006, 07:54 PM

Awesome thanks for the reply

exoticaquatix · 05/06/2006, 12:18 AM

wow, wish i had found this thread before i started looking all over the web for this info. just tagging this thread for now. any one know of some more DIY acrylic overflox plans with good diagrams and mesurements? id like to tweak the design a bit and a drawing would be helpful.
-nick

Boydx2 · 05/13/2006, 08:01 AM

Glass, glass, where can i get glass?

Catharsis70 · 06/21/2006, 11:44 AM

My local HD keeps the egg crate in the building materials section. No idea why.

02/03/2005, 03:25 AM	#51
barebottoms Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,204	For People working on controllers and automation. http://www.futurlec.com/TrainingBoardAccessories.shtml __________________ -------------------------------------------- Point, Click, #FF0000 House = Free Reef Controller Project

02/20/2005, 08:35 PM	#54
salty joe Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: medina, ohio Posts: 2,419	Thanks for the link. That place looks outstanding! What is their customer service like? __________________ Time to roll the dice.

03/09/2005, 05:59 PM	#55
acmille Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hampton, GA Posts: 7	Acrylic Company that Cuts and Ships Cheap When I went out and looked into cutting my own 1/4 inch acrylic here in Atlanta for my fuge I was estimating spending about $150 dollars to make it myself. All the tools and such that I needed or needed to update was looking costly. I did a lot of looking around into a cheap place to cut the acrylic for me and was being quoted $150 by piedmont to cut and pick it up. Thats when I stumbled onto this website. http://www.jmkdisplays.com/ It was great, I gave them my specifications and they cut it and shipped it for close to half of the prices I had been quoted. Packaging was good and it arrived about a week to 2 weeks after I made my order. Andy

03/15/2005, 06:51 AM	#56
Homebrew Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Near Charlotte, NC Posts: 423	4" slip/slip unions for DIY skimmers, etc. From Pikey, who posted this recently in a DIY skimmer thread: Too good not to share here in this sticky thread. __________________ I just found a local (10 miles from home) plumbing store that sells Spears 4" schedule 80 slip/slip unions for $25.00. I bought two. The cheapest place I found them up until now is $30.18 each. CustomAquatic sells these for $49.99. These are the same stock number as the ones on that site for half the price and no shipping. I am really happy. FERGUSON'S 1020 US HIGHWAY 45 BYP, JACKSON, TN 38301 Phone: (731) 664-6400 __________________ If you live near Charlotte, NC, join the Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte! Meetings are 3rd Saturday monthly. Click on my "little red house" above to check it out. Current Tank Info: 90g FOWLR aggressive and 30g reef

04/01/2005, 12:27 AM	#58
Scuba_Steve Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pooler, Ga Posts: 1,342	I dont beleive no one has said this one yet. In fact Ive only been on this site for a short amount of time, but I havnt seen this site mentioned once and it is a great resource for alot of reefkeeping stuff. GARF They have great plans for any size DIY tanks, stands, plenums, and live rock. Just enter your desired dimensions into the calculator and out comes the plans! Pay them a visit regardless if your a DIYer or not! I used their plans to build my 180g plywood tank, and a slight variation of their stand. It is a freshwater tank, but if you would like to take a look it is here __________________ 40g DIY AIO. DT Size is 27"x18"x17" SCA-301 skimmer, DIY ATS 4"x4" 1 cube setup, Ocean Revive 120w LED, Quiet One 3000, Jager 150w TBS Rock

02/20/2005, 11:19 AM	#52
TAMU Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 163	OK I am in need to find nylon thumbscrews and 1/8" neoprene, can anyone help?

02/20/2005, 03:28 PM	#53
TAMU Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 163	OK I found the BEST place to order any plumbing / hardware supplies. This place had the thumb screws and neoprene at a cheap, cheap price. http://www.mcmaster.com/ TAMU Reef

03/15/2005, 05:41 PM	#57
Acillaton Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CT Posts: 430	Cool site, thanks acmille. I planing to make new sump myself...

04/16/2005, 05:21 AM	#59
AUS Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Australia. Posts: 47	Beckett injectords Hoping someone can point me in the right direction to but 25 Beccket injecors in Aus as I can finfda suppiler listd even though I have serached here and google. Hope you can help. Have tried Beckett and all other I can think of. Andy

05/25/2005, 04:04 PM	#60
grreefer Moved On Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 184	PVC unions Heres a link for an online union supplier, the 3" seems like a good deal but the 4" er is WAY too much. I've never been able to find a 4" for less than $49.99 any where online though. http://www.plumbingsupply.com/pvc.html#union Oh, and a link to their Bulkhead fittings page too. http://www.plumbingsupply.com/bulkhead.html

09/18/2005, 01:35 AM	#61
alljap Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: US Posts: 117	Could anyone tell me where to get a few 1' uniseal online. Thanks

09/19/2005, 09:46 PM	#62
Saltz Creep Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hickville, FL Posts: 3,728	www.aquaticeco.com has them but they are much smaller than 1 foot.

09/24/2005, 07:39 AM	#63
alljap Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: US Posts: 117	Saltz, Thanks for the infor.

10/25/2005, 12:48 PM	#64
MCary Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hardin, Montana Posts: 3,142	Anyone know where to get large O-rings and Gaskets 6-8"

10/25/2005, 12:54 PM	#65
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	O-rings are easy, buy a DIY kit. Comes as a roll of material with splicing cement. I will check and see where mine came from when I am in the shop next. Gaskets can be purchased in "Sheet" form as well. They are a bit tougher to work with IMO as unless your cutting utensils are razor sharp, you can tear the rubber pretty easy. __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

10/25/2005, 03:05 PM	#66
MCary Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hardin, Montana Posts: 3,142	Something like this? http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=12117 I'm sealing the top lid of a calcium reactor to the flange. Also plan on build a skimmer collection vessel and possible extra chamber with left over materials. Found this too http://www.marcorubber.com/splicing_kit.htm

10/25/2005, 03:14 PM	#67
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	Second one is the type I have, the first one is really industrial wow __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

12/04/2005, 12:43 AM	#68
StupidsReef Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Somewhere near the ST. Louis area. Posts: 3,013	here is another plastic company. This one will even cut sheets to your spec's www.copeplastics.com __________________ "We may define faith as a firm belief in something for which there is not evidence. We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence." Current Tank Info: 225g RR 100g sump T5 lighting Octopus DDNw300 GEO Calcium Reactor Dual GFO reactor, now I just need some frags

12/22/2005, 06:50 AM	#69
Jon Evans Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massillon, OH Posts: 297	look for pet stores that are going out of business. They sell used tanks for ridiculously cheap prices. It only cost me 30.00 to build a sump/fuge out of a 20 long and some acrylic from a hardware store. That is a lot cheaper than 350.00 for one that is already made. __________________ If you are in the stock market, look to diversify your portfolio with global equities. Warren Buffett said so. Current Tank Info: 75 gallon FOWLR tank with 20 gal sump/fuge

04/16/2006, 01:34 PM	#70
snarkes Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 479	Anyone know where I can get some of that plastic egg crate so that I can keep my gobies from being dare devils? I've gone to Home Depot but they havent the slightest clue what i'm talking about. I honestly dont know what the stuffs true purpose is so they dont know where to direct me... Ideas?

04/16/2006, 01:54 PM	#71
GARFVolunteer Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,108	It is for light diffusion. Look in the lighting section around the florescent lighting. __________________ Proud Member Idaho Marine Aquarium Society A fair and biased reef hobbyist. "If I were going to set up a tank, and I am going to make some people mad here, I would use VHOs" Dana Riddle 3/2/2007 Current Tank Info: Brand new 150 gallon tall Reef trying Bonsai method, 60 gallon soft coral tank (not GARF style).

04/16/2006, 07:54 PM	#72
snarkes Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 479	Awesome thanks for the reply

05/06/2006, 12:18 AM	#73
exoticaquatix Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: baltimore, MD Posts: 536	wow, wish i had found this thread before i started looking all over the web for this info. just tagging this thread for now. any one know of some more DIY acrylic overflox plans with good diagrams and mesurements? id like to tweak the design a bit and a drawing would be helpful. -nick __________________ This dude either has two glass eyes or he's wearing his patch on the wrong sa-sa-sa-side. -Aesop Current Tank Info: 120gal 500w MH 10K XMs 30g sump, MSX-200 skimmer, vortech MP40w and Tunze nanostreams; 9 gal, 29gal FW planted tanks

05/13/2006, 08:01 AM	#74
Boydx2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 220	Glass, glass, where can i get glass? __________________ I just ran out of bubble gum! Current Tank Info: 37g reef; setting up 65g reef

06/21/2006, 11:44 AM	#75
Catharsis70 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: IL Posts: 859	My local HD keeps the egg crate in the building materials section. No idea why.