I added a black light to the living room 75 gallon aquarium tonight. I had the top of the tank cleared off so I could route longer drain tubing and zip-tie it into the tank so I suffer no more floods.Here I am adding water twcie at the max rate just to test the flow …
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Computer Coffee Table
Katie ordered Netflix the end of last week. She was missing TV and we agreed not to get cable until this fall when it got cold out. Netflix is to tide the poor thing over. Well, Netflix has this Instant-watch feature where they stream the video to your computer or whatnot. I just HAD to …
Aqurium Disaster
We woke up Saterday morning to this. Yep, a half empty 75 gallon fish tank. The culprit is somehow my new Overflow Box. It didn’t seem to leak. The only thing I can think of is that one of the the drain tubes (looped back on itself here to test for leaks) was in a …
Homemade Aqaurium Weir Siphon Overflow Box
First off, what is the world is an aquarium weir siphon overflow box? Well, everyone knows what an aquarium is, and that I like my fish tanks! Most people are familiar with a siphon – a hose that allows you to drain water out of a container over the side of the container. A weir …
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Industrial Flat Roof Leak Detection
At work, the HVAC guy was in yesterday, trying to hunt down the leaks in the roof. (We had a leak the night before when it wasn’t raining, so there was an AC condensation buildup, the traps had gotten messed up this winter. ) He was tasked with sourcing the OTHER leaks as well (not …