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20,000gallon in home reef tank

falconut

falconut

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Holy crap. That thing is huge. I can only imagine the maintenance that goes along with that puppy.
 
malulu

malulu

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kevin said:
http://reefbuilders.com/2011/09/23/20000-gallon-diy-aquarium/#more-48647
Click on the link to the forum he's on. It shows more pictures & explains more. It's insane !!
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this is great!!
i especially like his UNDER WATER DRILL!!
where can we get a smaller version of such cool toy!?
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/f254/20-000-gallon-tank-construction-62008/index8.html#post637936

he said:
I have been wanting to be able to drill a hole to epoxy my corals in for a long time and it just came to me the other day to use an air drill . the pain in the but was taking apart and getting every spec of grease and oil out . it spent awhile in a ultrasonic cleaner . it worked way better than I thought it would , only took 30 seconds to drill a 1/2 x2 inch hole .
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redfishbluefish

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fatoldsun

fatoldsun

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That dude dropped out of high school junior year. Makes me wonder what the $@&# I did wrong...
And just to add insult to injury - the collection of toys in the garage and a CNC machine to boot. Sure building the skimmers isn't too hard... When you have a plastics fabrication factory in bay next to the Ferraris
 
malulu

malulu

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redfishbluefish said:
HERE’s Harbor Freight’s pneumatic drill. Not the greatest quality, but the price is right.

Note that you will need a compressor and hose to run this drill.

EDIT TO ADD: Just found THIS smaller and cheaper one. And a pneumatic die grinder HERE.
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Paul,

thank's for the good find, can we just use it? or really need to like that guy said - take it apart and remove all the geese or oil came with the tools?

i think may be what we really need is a long flexible drill bit?? (for our small tank)

thx
 
redfishbluefish

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malulu said:
Paul,

thank's for the good find, can we just use it? or really need to like that guy said - take it apart and remove all the geese or oil came with the tools?

i think may be what we really need is a long flexible drill bit?? (for our small tank)

thx
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David, I’d be a bit leery using this tool directly in the tank. As a new tool, it most likely is covered with cosmoline (a rust preventive grease used on tools), and also most likely is packed with pneumatic grease/oil on the moving parts. Most (if not all) pneumatic tools require pneumatic grease/oil. You will want to wash this all out before using in your tank.

And flexible drill extensions (not from Harbor Freight), are also available if you want to take that route. HERE is one example of what you could use. This might be a better route since most, if not all of use, have a drill, but very few have a compressor and air line to reach our tanks.
 
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