I had the honor to contribute an article over at AquaDaily and my first one went up this morning. Owen’s got a great blog over there and is work checking out for freshwater and saltwater hobbyists. We tapped into one of my passions, DIY projects, for the article and came up with “DIY aquarium projects: 7 good reasons to make your own equipment.”

This one made me think a bit and the obvious one was to save money, but that is not always the case especially if you have to buy tools which add to the cost. So I grabbed my handy notepad and sat down and thought about it while enjoying my tank. I looked at all the reasons why I take on these tasks and found out a lot about why I do. It was fun scoping this all out and coming up with seven great reasons. Oh, BTW I created that picture just for the article!

Go ahead and read the article and if you have some other reasons why you DIY, please comment either here or on AquaDaily!