Maybe it’s just me ( my wife thinks so ) but nearly everything I own, I’ve customized in some way… to me, nearly everything can be improved on, it’s how my mind works… my zero turn mower, wears ATV tires, by design, it’s one wheel drive, and traditional lawn mower tires, don’t provide enough traction, even on our relatively flat farm lawn… I seek out craftsmen, to help with my ideas, on improving most any piece of equipment, if the modifications are beyond my skills.. but then I’ve always been a designer, or inventor… to tie in aquaria, I’m sitting here drinking my caffeine, and looking at my fish, and suddenly thought, I hate those Aquaclear hang on tank filters ( I have several of the Aquaclear 70’s )… I doubt I’ll buy another… I bought them 1st, when restarting my tanks a couple years ago, on recommendations… equipment changed dramatically in the 25 years , that I was out of the hobby… Honestly, the Aquaclear’s are not “bad” filters, but after trying the newer design of the Tidal filters, I won’t go back… the Aquaclear’s have things I don’t like the design of, and don’t lend themselves well to customization… I have a thread on my customization process on the Tidal’s… ( so while a huge improvement, not perfect either ), but lend themselves better to customization… I really like trying to raise Tilapia, it’s kind of like aquariums on steroids, using 3 - 275 gallon tanks, and designing a functional filter system, and then being able to eat them, is good as well… I guess I better get busy overthinking something else
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