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06-21-2002, 08:30 PM
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Keeper of the Peach
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: I live in a Giant Peach
Posts: 192
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essential reefkeepers equipment
Everyone knows about tanks, skimmers, lights, powerheads and the like.
Im talking about other stuff.
Heres my list of things I could not live without.
Xenon AAA flashlight w/red lens for midnight critter stalking(my avatar is what my cat looks like with this light shined on him 
Magnifying glass to get a good look at things like pods and worms
Turkey baster for feeding, blasting rocks and sampling water
Graduated cylinder to squirt the sample water into so I can do all my water tests
pack of 100 razorblades to scrape, chop and slice
pack of 100 wooden skewers to stir, spear and poke
what about ya'll?
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06-21-2002, 08:45 PM
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Shark Chum
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: California
Posts: 358
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So far tthe most useful has been my MasterCard!  |
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06-21-2002, 08:48 PM
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Jaguar Shark
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: MA
Posts: 1,083
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hesaias,
Where did you get your flashlight w/red lense. ive been searching for one, but cant seem to find them.
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06-21-2002, 09:39 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 11,157
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My Wife's favorite pen,,, goes with the checkbook 
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06-21-2002, 09:53 PM
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Keeper of the Peach
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: I live in a Giant Peach
Posts: 192
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Mapster
Ive found them at Lowes, HD and Wal~mart. My fave is my Hubbelite. Its the xenon AAA. It came in a little box with an extra bulb, red lens and a fiveroptic light bender(what ever thats for).
The one I got from Wal~Mart was in the camping stuff. Its a right angle Army style. It had 3 colored lenses in the base.
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06-21-2002, 10:13 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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My folding chair!!!
When I want to get away from it all, I put the chair in front of the reef tank, and I am where I want to be! Johnny |
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06-22-2002, 01:48 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: cedar rapids, wishing I was back in Tulsa
Posts: 221
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Re: essential reefkeepers equipment
[quote] Originally posted by hesaias
[b]Everyone knows about tanks, skimmers, lights, powerheads and the like.
Im talking about other stuff.
Heres my list of things I could not live without.
How about blender for making mush, old tooth brush for cleaning those powerheads, large wire strainer for rinsing carbon. ear plugs for when the other half starts complaining about using the blender.. By the way the curved fiber optic is used as a bore scope to check the inside of guns..
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06-22-2002, 11:47 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Just South Of Seattle
Posts: 10,493
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Oh yes on the old toothbrushes, I have several. And I have a little long skinny brush used to clean baby-bottle nipples that is great for cleaning out the impeller well on powerheads.
Old shower curtains to put down during water changes are a must for me. And buckets! I have them in all sizes.
Oh, and one of my favorite and most well-used items: The Box. A big sturdy one that has all my tank keeping "stuff." You know, all those odds and ends that I might use. 
Alice
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06-22-2002, 12:25 PM
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Jedi Master
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 1,435
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A wet/Dry Vac. A must for any reef keeper. We have some 24" long hemostats that come in pretty handy as well.
Andrew
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06-22-2002, 01:37 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: nevada
Posts: 146
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besides a credit card
Extra tubing, fittings and clamps, Steep ladder, spare pump, along with everything else mentioned prior to this post. |
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06-22-2002, 03:12 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 42
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MASTERCARD.........I second that!!!
I would have to say my Mag Float glass cleaner, life sucked before it.
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06-22-2002, 04:37 PM
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Banggai Mommy
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 2,308
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Superglue
Toothpicks (fake urchin for Banggai Babies, etc)
Amen on old Toothbrushes!
Extra tubing
Buckets
The BIG Rubber Bands that come on broccoli and asparagus (to help really big gorgs stay where I put them)
We have a big coffee can full of razor blades - but for glass cleaning.
For fragging, I use my scalpel, and several pairs of forceps.
And of course, the trusty Discover Card!  |
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06-22-2002, 06:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Azle, Tx
Posts: 1,544
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Rigid airline tubing. I use it to feed with (attached to flexible tubing and mouth powered). It also comes in very handy to reach the bottom of the tank to turn over fallen snails, small fallen frags, ect. I also use it to chase away the PJcardinal piglets from my corals and scooter blenny during feeding time.
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06-22-2002, 11:06 PM
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Jaguar Shark
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: MA
Posts: 1,083
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Life has been a lot easier since I got my tongs. I bought it for spot feeding for green brittle star but lately I have been using it to pull out hair and other algea. Thank god I dont have to touch that stuff anymore. Handy little tool. |
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06-23-2002, 02:04 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Vancouver, Wa
Posts: 156
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I couldn't reef without the step stool and shop towels.
Kim
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