Parka
, Self Reporting!
I haven't posted in a while but I am now, What I'm gonna do is post up some pics and chat up the pics, one at time, I also need to discuss My Inner Junkie! He is relentless and he will rip you AND your Mom off! But first let's talk about ME and MY pics, very exciting!
I forgot how to post pics with the descriptions in between the pics. So I will try it by the numbers.
1. The first pic is just a showoff of the Cleveland. I have a minor problem with the Cleveland, at the last water change a couple weeks ago I also swapped out the pre-filter with a clean one and I didn't know it at the time but when I was separating the pre-filter from the intake hose, the output hose came loose from the manifold to the under gravel filter. I don't remember doing it but when I set it up originally I used a zip tie on the outlet hose to the manifold suggesting a loose fit situation. I pushed the hose back on to the manifold but the next morning it was separated again. So instead of letting the pump blast the gravel around at the outlet I just unplugged it and for now I am only running 5 large airstones and the water has stayed very clear. I have plans to rectify the situation!
2. The second pic are my air pumps. On the left an 18 watt, center is 40 watts and on the right is 55 watts. I plan to do much more with air power going forward and try to minimize using the high powered water pumps. Right now the pump on Chicago is 170 watts, the pump on the Cleveland is 120 watts and the Akron is still empty but it was using a 100 watt pump. My plan is to DIY new air powered UGF's using one air pump, the 55 watt one. And then I would use much smaller water pumps for the mechanical filtration - debris removal and even more filter ideas, over the top with hydroponics involved, I got the ideas, I just need to get on it! I'm wanting to use less electricity, I wish I had sunlight to work with but my lights have to stay, my tanks are in the basement.
3. I made that there White Guitar! It sounds kinda awful plus I don't know how to play. I even put an electric humbucker pick-up on it and it sounds better?
I'm in the process of building another one, this one will only have four strings and I plan to to learn how to play some basic notes and the like, it's really fun!
4. That's the neck for my next Ghea Tar and that is the body profile below, shaped like a giant violin! I'm not kidding about it being super fun to make these wacky stringed instruments, it's a blast!
5. This is NOT a prototype, it's more of an example or rendition of the DIY UGF's that I plan to make. It's the same corrugated plastic that I use for tank lids and the pipes underneath are only meant to lift the plate up off the floor and also to brace the plate to keep it from sagging. One very big sheet of that stuff is only 25 or 30 bucks and I already have material for lift tubes so it is another fun project. If anybody has any input or ideas about DIY UGF's, I'd like to hear what others think.
6. That is one of 5 airstones in the Cleveland and I'm also running 8 airstones in Chicago, Good Evening!
