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Anyone can buy a light, but not this light. :rolleyes: I love the thing but I love all weird things. :confused: Horseplay, I have been working on a motor for a number of years that is run using gravity and heat from the sun. It seems to work (in my head) but I have not built it yet. I just...

Maybe, I really don't know what it is going to do

I realize it is hard to tell what this thing is, but it is my water cooled LED fixture for my algae scrubber. The red LEDs will be mounted on the back side on copper disks and the thing will transfer heat passively to the fan operated radiator through convection. It is in this shape because I...

Today I added 2 Luft pumps to my skimmer which has been working very anemically for quite some time. Luft pumps put out 7lbs of air pressure compared to most pumps which run about 2 Psi. Even though I built this 5' tall skimmer to run on a homemade venture valve it still requires an air pump...

Today I had to replace my brakes because of a horrible grinding noise. I was very surprised because I just replaced them last year. The problem was on disc brakes the calipers which hold the brake pads "float" back and forth on the rotor. When you step on the brake, the pads squeeze the rotor...

It's actually a blueberry gorgonian. But I will call it Ralph. :)

I recently acquired this beauty, the coral, not the fish. It's a blue "something" I don't normally remember names and was married to my wife for about 6 years before I stopped calling her "Hey". I know by the color that it is not photosynthetic so it needs to be fed. Most tanks are far to...

I am old school and like my old rotors. My friend has a machine shop a few blocks away and hopefully can still turn rotors. It may be too chewed up then I will get a new one, but I like fixing things better. It is also practically free and takes 20 minutes. If people knew how easy it is to...

So I went to the surgeon today who did my hand and knee surgery a few weeks ago. My right hand is not healing because I am using it to much. Like Duh, it is my right hand. So I am not allowed to use it "especially" with tools. On the way to the Doctor's office I noticed a loud screech coming...

Those two cents are all I have left. This silly thing along with the LEDs and copper frame that is going on cost me about a hundred bucks. But, I have gotten two hundred bucks of enjoyment out of it. Of course I could buy a fixture. I don't really "need" a fixture. I just needed something...

I started Building the heat exchanger for my water cooled algae scrubber LED light. Of course I could have bought one for half the price, but anyone could do that.

Today I saw on another forum someone had a "smart" watch that they could use to check on their tank and change the colors of their lights, see the temperature and a number of other things which I have no idea of. My day consists of getting up at about 5:30 and "if" I decide to go to my finished...

My dopey air pump for my home made skimmer croaked. Even though it is a venture skimmer it needs an air pump because it is 5' tall and my home made venture valve needs a little "help" getting air that far down. I don't remember when I got this pump but I know I didn't buy it. Someone must have...

Happy New Year everyone. My Kids.

This morning when the lights came on in my tank I said to myself, "Self" this tank is gorgeous. Not because I have the nicest corals, fish, aquascape, lights or anything else but because my tank, and "every" tank is a work of art. Especially today after I stirred up everything with a diatom...

I just love making typhoons with my diatom filter. I am not sure how the fish and corals like it though. But they will thank me later.

The only thing you could do is get more wives. :) I am still on my first starter wife, but it has only been about 43 years so I am ready for another tank and wife. :eek:

Thanks, I like that. :dance:

Here is the completed water cooled LED fixture with the re-designed splash guard on it from above.

My book party is today. I have a big poster of the book and it should be fun. We couldn't get the New York Aquarium because it is still closed due to Hurricane Sandy. Why knew? But we are having it in an Italian restaurant that I go to often and know the owners well. It should be fun. My...