Thread: Coffee container habitat

Originally Posted by Lonnie84

Just wondering what length of pipe you are you cutting the pieces from to not have any waste.

I bought 10 pieces of 20' thin wall 1/2" PVC pipe. I can't remember exactly how I cut them. I think I cut 2 pieces up at 34" which gave me 14 pieces and I already had a section or two from another project. You can get 5 - 48" pieces out of a 20' piece so it took 9-20' sections to get the 48" pieces for 15 coffee cans.

So you would need 11- 20' sections and a extra piece at 34" to come out right for 15 coffee cans.

PVC v/s wood stakes.
i read a suggestion last week. Use larger diameter PVC, but run it through your table saw, and split it in half.
The half round shape of the split pipe provides a better surface for growth of algae and related underwater stuff.
I plan to try when I build again next fall.

Originally Posted by SeaRay

How many do you drop together? I'm assuming you put more than one per drop?? I dropped some bamboo in 5 gallon buckets but must have picked poor place, no fish on it.

Watch them , things change . Sometimes it takes a while .

Hey Scrat at what depth will you set these up in.
LittleJohn

Originally Posted by LittleJohn

Hey Scrat at what depth will you set these up in.
LittleJohn

They are setup in 12' and 13' water with 5 of them set out in a x looking group some what like the picture.