Inverted Bottle Dripper Aquarium Clip

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Drip acclimate new water into your small aquarium for cheap! Fits a 500 mL water bottle on 3.5mm rimless glass.
The dripper
To make the dripper:
1x 500mL water bottle with screw cap
1x straw, slightly taller than bottle
5cm air tubing
silicone/waterproof glue
Cut two holes in lid -- one for straw and one for air tubing
Insert straw through lid hole so it will almost spans inner length of bottle
Insert air tubing so 5mm inside inner lid
Glue tube holes to be leakproof, careful not to block inside tubes
Let set 24 hours
Tie air tubing into a simple knot
Fill bottle with water and screw on lid, then invert.
Adjust tightness of air tube knot to control drip rate.
Tip: use a stopwatch with 250mL to estimate total time to drip (about x2) -- at two drips per second, half a bottle dispensed in about 45 mins for me.