Purchasing a new aquarium can be pricey if you add all the accessories, filters and stand. If you're handy with a saw and have access to 2x4's you can build your own.
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Build Your Own Aquarium Stand
Posted On 28 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Stands and Lighting.
Purchasing a new aquarium can be pricey if you add all the accessories, filters and stand. If you're handy with a saw and have access to 2x4's you can build your own.
Idea #1 Click here
Idea #2 Click here
Idea #3 Click here
Idea #4 Click here ... Read More
1700 Gallon Shark Tank Built in a Basement
Posted On 28 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Salt Water.
Joe Salvatori decided he wanted to build himself a shark tank and man did he do a good job. Take a look at this link on the whole process of how he built himself a shark tank. Click here ... Read More
Slider Turtles info
Posted On 27 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Slider Turtles.
Found some great info pages about turtles
Happy Turtle
Turtle Care
Robyn's Turtle Page ... Read More
Do it Yourself CO2
Posted On 26 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Co2.
Anyone that has live plants in their tanks knows that Co2 is a crucial ingredient for great looking and prosperous plants. I found this great article on how to make your own easy CO2 for your aquarium. Click here for the link ... Read More
Aquarium Volume Calculator
Posted On 25 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Aquariums.
Ever wanted to find out how much water your aquarium holds? I found this great aquarium volume calculator.
Click Here for link. ... Read More
Call of Duty 4
Posted On 24 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Game Console, PS3.
Call of Duty 4 is a great game to play, easy to control and great graphics and sound. The missions are easy to understand and if you die you just start from the last checkpoint. ... Read More
Wall Mounted Aquarium
Posted On 24 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Aquariums.
Here is the AquaVista Av500 wall mounted aquarium.
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Savage XL Video
Posted On 24 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: HPI Savage.
I went to HPI Racing website today and found this great Savage XL video. ... Read More
5 Tanks Back Online
Posted On 22 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Filtration and Setup.
I got my 10 gallon breeder tank setup again as I just got some fish the last 2 days and need more space. My old filter broke so i went to PetLand and bought a cool new filter called the Cascade 200 by Penn Plax. It is rated for up to 50 Gallons so I put this on my 20 Gallon tank and the old filter went to the 10 Gallon.
Here is a picture of the filter and a link to more info ... Read More
New Fish In My Tanks
Posted On 21 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Crayfish, Platy.
I went to Big Al's today and got some more fish to add to my collection.
Here is the list of fish i got
2x Peppermint Mickey Mouse Platy
2x Chocolate Platy
2x Ruby Tiger(Tuxedo) Platy
2x Red Mickey Mouse Platy
2x Black Panther Platy
1x Small Crayfish ... Read More
Thanks Dad For The Fish :D
Posted On 20 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: Aquariums.
I visited my dad on Thursday after work which was nice. He has 5 fish tanks and is constantly trying to better his filtration systems in each tank setup. His knowledge and ideas have given me great information on which filters to purchase and what kind of filtration methods to use. He loves to grow plants and since he had some extra ones, I was fortunate to get some and add them to my tanks. I was also happy that he gave me some of his new red platies, since my current tanks have been looking very bare as over the last few months I had fish die off. ... Read More
2 Months of Satisfaction :)
Posted On 12 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: 1993 Honda Civic Project, D Series Engine, Engine Swaps, Hatch, Maintenance and Do It Yourself, VTEC.
It's been 2 months since I did the engine swap on my car and I love it every bit. It's got more power, better response, less oil usage and looks good too. The D16 engine and the Si tranny works really good together in my little hatch. The Power to Weight ratio is really nice, its got lots of GO when you need it. Anyone out there wondering if they should do this swap or any other to add more power to their ride I say go for it, its worth every penny! The fuel economey is almost similar, I might of lost 50km per tank but it all depends how hungry you get for VTECH at 5000rpms. ... Read More
Passed Aircare today with flying colors!
Posted On 07 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: 1993 Honda Civic Project, AirCare.
I passed aircare this morning with really good results and it didn't take to much work. Yesterday I used up the last of the gas that I had in the tank and filled up with Mohawk 94 octane with 10% methanol, added some fuel injector cleaner and took it for a good boot at lunchtime. Then this morning I retarded the timing 8 degrees and put about 200ml of Menthyl Hydrate into the tank and drove it to aircare just before going to work but I made sure I drove it with high rpm's to keep the catalyic converter really hot which would keep the emissions low.
Wednesdays Reading Todays Reading
HC 0.5221 0.3468
CO 6.7286 4.1013
NOx 0.4531 0.1945
As you can see from the results it did a lot better in all 3 categories and one big thing I noticed is that with the super blend of gas I gained some horsepower with less emissions. The methyl hydrate is suppose to run your engine hotter and leaner and has a tendency to dry out rubber seals so do not use it to often. ... Read More
Failed Aircare today :(
Posted On 05 Mar 2008 By Bart Piotrowski. Under: 1993 Honda Civic Project, AirCare.
My insurance is coming up this month so I went to aircare for lunch today but unfortunetly failed on one test. It failed Hydrocarbons(HC) but not by much.
Max Allowable My Reading Average Reading Result
HC 0.5000 0.5221 0.2072 Fail
CO 9.3200 6.7286 5.2242 Pass
NOx 1.2400 0.4531 0.6225 Pass
I am gonna try running some Mohawk Gas with Ethanel, retard the timing a bit and dump some Menthyl Hydrate in the tank to see if that helps it out since I know I already did the basic tuneup when I did the engine swap. ... Read More





