Definitely check out JB Weld.. theres alot of formulations
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Ive also used regular 6min setting one to fix my aquaclear 110s and lift tubes. They also make a water weld thats good.
JB weld is a god send to a diy er
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Definitely check out JB Weld.. theres alot of formulations
Attachment 136730
Ive also used regular 6min setting one to fix my aquaclear 110s and lift tubes. They also make a water weld thats good.
JB weld is a god send to a diy er
30 years ago I used to have this gravel vacuum… simple glass shaped, operating with simple air pump… could do magic in 10 minutes. Was trying to find this stuff when back to the hobby now but apparently nobody produces it anymore. Just fancy ones with pump incorporated in the device… bought 5 of them… kind of all useless ;)
I'm trying to picture how that pump worked and what it looked like Adam, but drawing a blank. I don't think I ever had one of these.
something like this?
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I have one sitting in my garage. Can't get the replacement filter bag anymore I use the same media in my pool filter. In the old days when I first got into fish keeping I used it all the time they, were great. No need for it anymore my tanks are always crystal clear but my wife's turtle could benefit from it.
Al... not quite... but one picture worth a thousand words... so I drew one :). The beauty of this was that it was using air to move stuff through, once you dialed-in your air pressure correctly this thing would not move substrate up almost at all... even if you burry it in (maybe shape was also helping... it was more like a bell than standard cylinder used today. Also had convenient bag for waste through which water (clean) was going back in. Today's devices don't operate the same way anymore.
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Adam its an interesting design. I have never seen anything like it though.
Al
My hot mag now has badly decreased water flow even with the cartridge removed. It pumps the water out just fine but won't take it in. All I can think of is the impeller, but it looks and sounds fine but I can't even find the impeller for it now. If I ever come across another one I'll buy it up! It's the best filter ever made for polishing the water...
I think i still have a Vortex diatim filter someware. If i can find it i may hook it back up in my Greenhouse pond. I used to use it on all my tanks nothing was better at getting the water crystal clear. I wish they still made these.
Not so much gear..but god I miss Bag Buddies.. those pills made shipping fish so easy. I cried when they were discontinued.
Fluke Tabs and clout.. another 2 that I wish we still had availible.