Your creative solutions for reef keeping

[maxalmon]

There are some pretty creative people on this forum, so what are some of your ingenious solutions to some reef keeping problems?
Here are 2 that have helped me.
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1st) Spot feeding is a big pain (tall tank vs short arms) I simply cut off a 4ft piece of a airline tubing, suck a bunch of water and food into the tubing and them place the tubing close to whatever it is you need to feed and your done in about a minute. For those with extra short arms, you can tie the tubing to rigid plastic airpipe and then you can stand back and at eye level figure out how far away you are from the corals so that you don't damage soft tissue.
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2nd) Random water flow. I turned 1 PH upside down and the other I turned sideways (these are the variable seios with controller) Each day when I'm feeding I move the little flap thats inside the outlet part of the PH. I can actually see sand shift back and forth during the week and I have NO dead water flow areas or detritus buildup. Nice thing about turning one PH upside down and one sideways is that I can change water patterns horizontal and vertical in about 2 seconds

 

[maxalmon]

And the PH's

 

[barchtruong]

I am right in the mid of a water change,
hands are pretty sticky with saltwater,
Just swing by to check on the forum,
Now I have to drop everything to go shooting these photos and write.
hmmm....I guess I am hooked on fun!!
here is my all time favorite piece of feeding utensil.
1 piece of dowel wood, 1/8"dia. got it at arts and crafts store
a 1/4" clear tub.
insert the dowel into the tube and put a piece of shrimp or scallop or krill in the other end and down in the water to the Brain, Anemone or any corals that eat chunky piece of food.
OH....this method is needed only when you have crazy friendly fishes like mine.
My fishes are so smart and they know when the stick is in, there's food and they will do everything to get a piece of it.
Sorry I can demostrate how it works in the tank cuz like I said, I am in the mid of water change.

 

[barchtruong]

OHH.....
the sharp end is for use to feed my shrimps and crabs.
I sharpen that end and poke a piece of meaty food and bring it down right to where the inverts are......great stuff, try it, you will like it.
2 in 1 utensil

 

[maxalmon]

Smart idea!...

 

[wangotango]

that spot feeding idea you have is great. i use a turkey baster, and half the stuff goes all over the place. ill have to give that a try.
-Justin

 

[socal57che]

My advice is to throw your hands in the air and run into heavy traffic! :scared:
Life was so much easier (though less enjoyable) before we had marine life in our living room.