Recent content by scottturnbull

Spider72: That's very cool. The light looks fine to me. There's more definition with LEDs than with the original lamp. A word of advice. There is 240V going into that driver. It's just a few inches away from the water, and the luminaire is metal. You might want to fix the driver to the wall...

Yea, mine is noisy for a few days after a clean. The prefilter seems to trap air. The noise is grating. Giving it a good thump seems to help. It's a good filter, though. I like the combination of media. The water always looks sparkling. The only thing I would urge caution about is the flow...

I'm not an aquascaper either. The main reason for doing a journal is so other people can benefit. Rarely does everything go smoothly when setting up a tank. We all run into problems from time to time. If it's a problem you haven't encountered before, the internet is fine. But there's usually too...

I do it so I can grow something in the winter months without bankrupting myself with horticultural lighting. It's also easier to keep fish in winter. Up here it's cold and dark from about October to March. So I'd say six months is a good duration for keeping a tank running. In the summer, I'd...

I'll second that. I've got one. The only problem is no one stocks the foam inserts. I got my 2073 from Charterhouse. I emailed them in January - after spending about 500 quid with them over Christmas - and they said the foam would be in stock within a few weeks. They said they'd been too busy...

If you can afford it, I'd get one of these. It drives up to 9 x 1Watt LEDs, and you don't need to worry about the voltages or transformers or anything like that. It senses the number of LEDs you are driving. It might seem more expensive than those ebay drivers, but those also require a...

Re: Scott's boring aquascape Week 10 update: This is roughly what I envisaged when I started. The only difference being that it looks nothing at all like I imagined. The moss is too prominent. I would prefer it if it was more 'figure-hugging'. Other than that, the only other problem is keeping...

This is the 21st Century. The information age. We're on the internet. The information super highway. This isn't a 1970s newspaper in East Berlin, you know. On a different tack: I like the scape. The punters who made the comments about it not lasting must be eating their words.

The hot-spots definitely look good. It's an effect only LEDs seem to be able to produce. I take it you are playing around with the lenses because you anticipate problems with the coverage? Nice tanks AC. I'm getting pretty close to settling on a PWM controller. Once I've got it working I'll...

Did you paint those snails, or do they come like that? They look like you forgot to cover them with a dust-sheet while decorating.

It runs straight off the mains. It will be a shocking experience if it gets wet.

Re: saintly's 120cm iwagumi It's perfect. I can't find fault with it.

These videos should help get you started: Tropica tips and tricks for handling plants. UKAPS own George Farmer showing how it's done.

It would be interesting to force air through a diffuser, and see what ppm results. A normal air-pump probably wouldn't work. It might need a high-pressure air-compressor. I think you can buy them for Aeroponics. But even then, the oxygen might cause too much turbulence, and degas the water. If...

With the increased photographic clarity the 'scape will need to be immaculate also, more so than usual. That's why I use a 1 megapixel camcorder. Seriously, though, the new camera does the 'scape justice. It has an unsentimental eye.