Wanted-MJ holder

[siskiou]

Does anyone have a regular Maxijet holder lying around they are not using and would like to sell?

I have a ton of the suction cup type, but that won't do for the modded MJ I just got from Miles (Thanks again!).
Or if anyone wants to sell one of the sure-grip magnet types, that would be great, too!

[impur]

How come the suction cup one won't work? Mount like this on the back wall or something.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/impur/upgrade/P1010053.jpg

Did you put it up against the tunze?

[Ronjunior]

It's probably because you're getting better and more precise with each one you make :) Maybe so much force, it's flying off the holder.

[impur]

Ha! You give me TOO much credit :p

[siskiou]

Yeah, I thought I read they'll rattle lose with all that extra force! :D

Anyway, even my regular MJs tend to come lose sooner or later, and I don't want to come home to a huge sandstorm!
I thought I had another regular hanger, but I was mistaken.

[impur]

Using the 3 suction cups it never fell off for me. I only had it that way for 3 or 4 weeks though.

I know what you mean though, with all that flow if it DOES come off, sand everywhere!

[Nyles]

Cant remember where I seen it, but that stuff that you can boil and form it to make brackets works well and a DIY was using Faux wood blinds (2" wide blades) that you get really cheap at the store, heating them with heat gun and bending to whatever size/shape, and it seemed to work very well.

I just attached my mjs to a piece of plexi and screwed to the inside of my canopy, like so:
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/nyleswright/Reef%20Tank/?action=view&current=10-23-06003.jpg

[impur]

Yah thats simple and easy. Are you talking about this stuff that you boil? It would work great and its cheap. I got it at floatswitches.net

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/impur/upgrade/P1010137.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/impur/upgrade/P1010140.jpg

[Nyles]

Ya but the faux blinds works the same and is cheaper but same principal.

[siskiou]

Lots of good ideas!
I'll go get myself some cheap strips of acrylic and see what I can do.

[Nyles]

scrap pile at the place downtown off 5th street... Polycraft, look in the scrap bin, super cheap.

[Nyles]

sorry multi craft
http://www.yellowpages.com/sp/yellowpages/getypclick.jsp?searchId=2&linkType=1&q=multi+craft&id=70445104&impressionId=1&zp=&listingId=70445104&st=OR&ci=Eugene

[siskiou]

Yes, thanks!

I'm a frequent customer there! :)
All the cheap eggcrate pieces you'd ever want for building frag racks, too.

[siskiou]

Okay, I got some acrylic at Multi Craft. It was already bent at the top, so I just cable tied the MJ mod and wow!
That's quite the flow! :)

If they were controllable, they'd be perfect!
It's super quiet, too!

Here is a pic where you can see the surface water movement.
Ignore my temporary newspaper canopy! ;)
The light is higher up, because I switched back to 8 bulbs from 4 and it's blinding me when I sit on the couch.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/siskiou/120G/P1030268.jpg

[Ronjunior]

Okay, I got some acrylic at Multi Craft. It was already bent at the top, so I just cable tied the MJ mod and wow!
That's quite the flow! :)

If they were controllable, they'd be perfect!
It's super quiet, too!

Here is a pic where you can see the surface water movement.
Ignore my temporary newspaper canopy! ;)
The light is higher up, because I switched back to 8 bulbs from 4 and it's blinding me when I sit on the couch.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/siskiou/120G/P1030268.jpg

You should post your pictures under the DIY Tunze thread.

[impur]

Thats awesome, well done. Hows it matching up against the Tunze?

[siskiou]

I think it's a very worthy opponent indeed!