What are some unconventional things you use?

I've seen people using loofah's in their sumps for pod reproduction 

Cinder Blocks

Oil Drain pan

I had a dual surge generator using two garbage cans

A 36" long piece of 5/8" Pex plumbing with rubberbands around one end. It is a great multi-tool for quick change of bamboo skewer, plastic fork or spoon, toothbrush or plastic putty knife. With a bit of engineering, you can run fishing line through the middle of the pipe and articulate the items on the end.

I use a wooden spoon, some electrical tape

 I use these things called Ochsner kochers.  They are specialized hemostats with interlocking teeth at the tips.  Great tool for removing mushroom polyps, zenia, or colt corals.  

I also have to use muriatic acid and lye to regenerate my kati/ani.

I use the IV lines for Kalk dosing, and syringes to measure out the vodka for my aquaripure filter.

I also use a tooth scraper (like what a dentist uses), for getting coral off of rocks.

I use those big hair clips to hold my open bags to the rim when I acclimate a new fish. It prevents the bag from falling over and adding more water than I want and that time.

Plastic Zip ties are a must...I use them for everything. Nylon stockings, I buy a box of 10 pairs...the thigh length are great, I use a little of the stocking and tie the end for the next thing. I use it for a filter sock (with a zip tie)...and holding media such as carbon and phosban.

Toothbrush

Crazy Glue

and lots of things already listed

Using my modelmaking molding and casting supplies to make magnetic "rock" frag shelves out of polyurethane resin.

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Originally Posted by novahobbies 

Using my modelmaking molding and casting supplies to make magnetic "rock" frag shelves out of polyurethane resin.

Nice!

Do you mold in magnets?

-I need to visit your model site again...

Yes, I embedded the magnet in the resin.  Lois has a prototype of one, but there's a problem with the paint on hers fading...which is weird, because mine never did that.  I think she has some mutant uber-light on her tank. 

Can't visit that website, my friend....it's closed down right now.  One day if I have time I'll reopen it!

I havnt heard yet the spare plastic milk jug to tie into the protien skimmer to collect additional funk    

great new ideas that I havnt tried yet. I need to read up on this vodka dosing. 

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Originally Posted by Lubeck 

I havnt heard yet the spare plastic milk jug to tie into the protien skimmer to collect additional funk    

great new ideas that I havnt tried yet. I need to read up on this vodka dosing. 

 LOL...I did that with a 5g jug and the HOB skimmer...to do daily water changes. I just turned the knob to high so it wet skimmed and let it drip into the jug...and then I let my ATO pump sit in new made SW...when the jug was full, I turned skimmer back to normal and put my ATO pump back into the RO holding tank. I got the idea from using my milk jug to collect skim because my  Coralife skimmer was a bear to remove the cup...that way I only had to remove it to wash it out not dump it. I hated that skimmer.

I got an Aquaripure filter because it is easier to control the vodka doses and it is safer. If anyone reading this ever gets one....If the drip tube should ever clog...do not flush the tube into the sump...flush it in a seperate bucket. I killed my seahorses by flushing the tube directly into the sump...it smelled like a sewer.

A flashlight is a needed gadget to keep handy...nobody mentioned that one I don't think.

Lots of towels too. Or is that too obvious? ( I still don't know what vodka does and what is it for)