This Ible' doesn't really involve moonshine or any alcohol at all. It all started this Holiday season when I brought home a gallon jug of Apple Cider, after a while we had finished it off and I neglected to throw away the bottle and I now know why. So I was looking at it, (and of course blowing into it for the whistle,) thats when I set it down and the thought hit me, "wow what a great aquarium!" So after that I did some research and it turns out most people use a pickle jar but the shape I think is just terrible, it has no form at all. Now there are some obvious problems with a "moonshine" shaped jug, first, the small opening, this makes it a pain to put things into it and nearly impossible to remove things, the way I figure it when the time comes when things overgrow in it I might as well break the top of and move it to the main tank which brings me to the second problem. Filtration, If you have the money you could try to go as far as rig up a canister filter but I have a 40 gallon tank set up growing a reef so I simply have it siphon off from the tank and there is a return line that flows it into the sump under the main tank which contains all the filters. The easiest third problem is the light. I will elaborate more on these as we go through the steps.
The reason I am entering this into the ShopBot challenge is because I would love to have a CNC machine and be able to cut acrylic into custom aquariums and custom LED Fixtures to make more ibles' and share designs with others and give kits as gifts to friends.
The reason I am entering this into the ShopBot challenge is because I would love to have a CNC machine and be able to cut acrylic into custom aquariums and custom LED Fixtures to make more ibles' and share designs with others and give kits as gifts to friends.
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Signing UpStep 1: Materials
1. One Gallon Jug
2. Glass Drill Bits (Bosch 4 piece set)
3. Drill (or drill press preferably)
4. Modelling Clay
5. Water Bottle
6. 10 watt compact flourescent bulb.
7. Clamp on light.
8. 1/4" OD tubing (Opaque stiff kind)
9. 3/8" OD Tubing the clear flexible kind, (make sure the Inside Diameter is more than the ID of the 1/4" tubing)
10. 1/4" plastic press in valve
11. 100% pure silicone glue clear or colored. (only pure silicone it is non toxic and won't leach chemicals into the water)
12. Aquarium Sand
2. Glass Drill Bits (Bosch 4 piece set)
3. Drill (or drill press preferably)
4. Modelling Clay
5. Water Bottle
6. 10 watt compact flourescent bulb.
7. Clamp on light.
8. 1/4" OD tubing (Opaque stiff kind)
9. 3/8" OD Tubing the clear flexible kind, (make sure the Inside Diameter is more than the ID of the 1/4" tubing)
10. 1/4" plastic press in valve
11. 100% pure silicone glue clear or colored. (only pure silicone it is non toxic and won't leach chemicals into the water)
12. Aquarium Sand
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