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01-14-2004, 07:57 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Charleston, Illinois
Posts: 42
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I need a hang on refuge
Would any of you DYIers be interested in building me a hang on refugium? I've been looking for one on the net but I can't find any custom acrylic workers that have any time to build me one. I only have room enough for it to be 12" wide at the max. I think the smallest one CPR has is 13". If anyone is interested in earning a little extra cash or you know where I can find a refuge like that, drop me a line.
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Andrew White
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01-15-2004, 10:19 PM
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It can be rebuilt.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Pittsboro, NC
Posts: 19,158
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i do not have any time myself to do one, besides i make some of the ugliest joints know to man. 
i am sure if you talk to either www.myreefcreations.com or www.reefmania.net they can build you one to your exact specs.
G~
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01-16-2004, 12:00 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Charleston, Illinois
Posts: 42
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Ok, thanks a lot. I wouldn't even want to try a DIY refuge. I'm sure the thing would leak so badly. Oh well. Some things just weren't ment to be tried by me.
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Andrew White
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01-16-2004, 08:33 AM
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It can be rebuilt.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Pittsboro, NC
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it really is easier than you think. give it a go. the acrylic is cheap. the hard part is finding the cement, but if you have a plastic supply place near you then you are golden. just get some 1/4" acrylic and some weldon 16 and go for it. if it leaks just glue a piece over the leak. i use a silly jig saw to cut my acrylic, hence the reason my joints are way ugly. 
give it a try. you may surprise yourself.
G~
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01-16-2004, 12:35 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Charleston, Illinois
Posts: 42
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I might try that sometime. Although I think the nearest place I can get acrylic is an hour away.
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Andrew White
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01-27-2004, 11:01 AM
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There is no kryptonite!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern Twin Cities, MN.
Posts: 1,541
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DRILL IT!!
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01-27-2004, 12:56 PM
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Reefer Freak
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Norcross, GA & Columbia, SC
Posts: 637
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the ebay one listed above are the parts to make your own, it doesnt come made.
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125 gallon reef
"My girlfriend tells me I spend too much on fish stuff......." :0
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01-27-2004, 08:52 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Charleston, Illinois
Posts: 42
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I know. I ordered a refuge off of ebay and it didn't say whether or not there was any assembly required so I assumed it was put together. Boy did I get ripped off. I paid 45 bucks for something I could have just made myself with 10 dollars worth of parts from my local hardware store.
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Andrew White
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02-01-2004, 12:42 AM
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squid
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: fresno cal
Posts: 4
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try reefer_buddha on nano-reef.com he makes some really nice hang on fuges. do a search there are a lot of happy people there.
Tell him i sent you.
Smaug
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02-01-2004, 01:30 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South Cali
Posts: 1,542
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I had a hang on refuge, what an eye sore, sorry for being negative but I had to put it under the tank, just to ugly to be seen next to display....
later
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02-01-2004, 05:25 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Charleston, Illinois
Posts: 42
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I really like my hang-on fuge. When I put the striplight on, it really tops it off nicely. I don't think it looks any worse than my tetratec filter or my protien skimmer.
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02-02-2004, 11:05 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Eugene
Posts: 550
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I got one off of ebay, from a guy up in Canada, very nice unit, well made.
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02-25-2004, 12:53 PM
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too much monster garage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 71
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check out these people: www.innovativelights.com. They carry a full line of hang on refugs
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125 gallon tank. 2x250 radium 20,000k, 1x400 10,000k, 2 55w 48" T5 actinic, 35 gallon custom 3 stage sump with mangrove/calurpa refugium, euroreef skimmer, 2 K2R calcium reactors, multiple species of SPS and LPS, multiple species of inverts and fish
My tank pics: http://www.thereeftank.com/photopost...t=7&thecat=500
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