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  1. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    I learned the glass drilling from (I think it was) Turning Tim?....but he suggested using a "Rotozip" (brand name for a dremel type rotary tool) "tile bit" used for cutting standard floor and wall tile. these bits are about $11 or so at the big orange home fix it up store....hanging with or...
  2. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    And...guess what might be happening in the main tank?????maybe, just maybe, my blue face angel is beginning to change????? (or is he sick? I don't think so, he behaves normally) Is my little angel growing up????
  3. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    the stuff I had in there earlier seems to be doing well so far....
  4. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    my two tenants...a blue green chromis and a lawnmower blenny. I also have a brittle star, hermits, snails and peppermint shrimp which have been in the tank a few months now
  5. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    and shopping.....
  6. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    Ok I went shopping too!!!!!
  7. sleasia

    diy acrylic overflow on glass?

    Ok, I'm so excited...after waiting over a month, my lights came. I'm using a 72" aquatinics t5 "constellation" fixture". so far I only have eight bulbs (the unit will hold 14) I have two actinics, two aqua blues, and 4 6000k's.....and look at how great it is even half full!!!!! I thought I...
  8. sleasia

    call me exited, but...

    I want to go there tomarrow!!!!
  9. sleasia

    drilling holes in glass?

    There are alot of "drilling glass threads" I drilled a tank I got free and the pics and technique are in the thread called "acrylic overflow on glass" I used a rotozip tile bit (dremel style). I have drilled about 6 holes on two different tanks using this technique and have had no cracks at...
  10. sleasia

    overflow pics

    I'm at work and can't access my pics, but mine is in the thread "acrylic overflow on glass" in equipment threads...you have to scroll through to find it...I bent it with a torch and "glued" it with silicone...Its been up and running for three months, no leaks PS....I just followed other...
  11. sleasia

    what else can be used to cover a tank

    If you want to make a smaller gauge mesh, you can use egg crate and then attach sheets of the flexible plastic grid (I'm not sure what they call it) that you find in art/craft stores in the yarn department. I think its rug hook backing or needlepoint backing or something like that...but the...
  12. sleasia

    Saltn00b's Multi-Phase Upgrade Diary!

    slatnob.....I just got my constellation and was going to set it up today but had to work tonight....so I'll be installing it tomarrow....If I have any problems will you help me out? I only have 8 bulbs so far....I think I have two actinics, two aqua blues, and the rest 6500k's ? I have to...
  13. sleasia

    check out my new house!!

    It occurred to me that we should be telling all beginners in this hobby to buy houses with slab in some part of the foundation!!!
  14. sleasia

    my new canopy

    Isistius...thanks for the link....saltnob has a great canopy idea. I'm not sure what I will decide to do yet...but I will definately do it this weekend!!!!!. Ok, I won't say anymore, I don't want to mess up this thread.....
  15. sleasia

    my new canopy

    Ok Thanks WangoTango...guess what...my 72" aquatinics light fixture came today!!!!so I will try and get it set up for sure this weekend....My tank is 24" wide and I was planning on just sliding it back and forth too over two pieces of wood each attached to the inside sides of the canopy, like...
  16. sleasia

    What the Heck are these????

    cool...blow torching them. Well if I get any back, I'm going to try this. but the lemon juice wiped mine out.
  17. sleasia

    want to make some clothes

    probably the easiest way to go is to print the images you want onto transfer paper and heat press it onto the shirts. I do have a dry mount heating press for mounting photos onto board, never used it to try and press t-shirt transfer images....It would probably work...supposedly it heats to 350...
  18. sleasia

    want to make some clothes

    what are you specifically trying to put on the clothes? there are so many techniques. you can silk screen designs on, in this way you can reproduce a bunch of the same designs, you can computer print onto transfer material and press it on, you can xeros photos and transfer them on backwords...
  19. sleasia

    Mushroom hunters?

    hmm, didn't know there were morels outside of michigan?
  20. sleasia

    check out my new house!!

    I have a 200 and a 150 in the living room....its slab!!!!
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