Household Items

[BigC]

Has any member of the forum taken an everyday, ordinary household item and adapted in a useful way to use in their aquarium/s. Share with us your inventions.

 

[WILDER]

lol, a toothbrush very good for awkward parts of the aquarium, and a strainer for rinsing gravel in.

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Yeah, toothbrush has to be one of the handiest cleaning tools for tank use. It works great on decorations, fake plants, the tank walls and driftwood.

 

[BigC]

Keep em comming there's bound to be more!!

 

[OohFeeshy]

Umm, measuring jugs are helpful, jars, 2l drinks bottles are good for betta fry....

 

[bakerboi]

Magnets to weigh plants etc down
Thats all i got at the minute lol

BAKERbOI

 

[BigC]

Magnetic Plants

 

[Weaver]

Used a big margarine tub fastened with clothes pegs as an emergency hospital tank until the shops opened next day--and the fish survived

 

[BigC]

Nice one Weaver..

 

[bakerboi]

Magnetic Plants

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not quite lol...i meant tie the plant to the magnet or something similar and it will hold it down

 

[BigC]

not quite lol...i meant tie the plant to the magnet or something similar and it will hold it down

aH I get ya now, bakerboi

 

[WILDER]

Tights are good for putting over filter when you have fry.

 

[ncjharris]

my homemade 'python' here

Saves a lot of time!

 

[SirMinion]

my homemade 'python' here

Saves a lot of time!

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Outstanding!

So outstanding that I pinned it!
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We use a pair of long handled barbecue tongs to stir the sand, remove uneaten food and replant plants.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I just remembered the clippy bits from the coathangers you put trousers on work well to clip andthing to the side of a tank. I'm currently using one to clip a bottle to the tank with a betta in (until I set up a tank for him again).