Recent content by Trevor Pleco

cool thanks, must be either young plants or carefully manicured and trimmed, as my standard size bolbitis always ends up being massive plants when in a Co2 tank

Hope this is not the case as I was told later last year by ATI themselves in Germany that a FW version was in the pipeline ..

I gather from ATI that the freshwater planted tank version of their Straton Pro LED for reef tanks is coming out shortly and might be available in the UK already ?

Value Length Imperial 4.75ft Length Metric 1449mm Wattage 26 W Lamp Size T5 Lamp Base G5 Fluorescent Equivalent Wattage 49W Luminosity 4000 lm Colour Reference 840 Colour Temperature 4000K Colour Tone Cool White Voltage Rating 230 V ac Series ST5HO49 EU Energy...

Many thanks for the feedback here, I was initially tolled the ATI units could not take the LED T5s, but I'll certainly look into this again. It might be because it's a dimmable unit and this is not compatible with the LEDS ? The other major issue I have with the unit with living in South...

I've enjoyed the ATI Sunpower T5 x6 80w unit for many years on a 1.8M planted Co2 tank. However, given that our local electricity costs having tripled in recent years not to mention the dreaded load shedding debacle here where we loose power several times a day for two hours at a time, I...

I had four of them in a 780l tank, as I say I was happy with the performance and they created an impressive bubbly high tech show, not that I was after this, lol. Some diffusers lasted just over a year others 18 months if I was lucky. I replaced all the diffusers once, but after that lost...

Worked for me, but is a short lived product with the hassle of having to replace the diffuser too often, even when looking after it meticulously. Not sure why the gadget and wires are bright white which itself is a magnet for algae and go green first ?

Xmas moss should attach easily, simply super glue it to the larva rock and keep cutting it back when it grows upwards. Glue small little pieces, say 10mm or shorter, all over the place for a quick head start. Co2 obviously encourages better compacted moss growth which you can shape with...

ok so no Advanced Soil users out there ?

I was just reading Georges' review on Advanced Soil, seems most favourable. I was keen to try out the shrimp soil version in a couple of new tanks. With the product having been available for some time now for testing, I was wondering if any of the shrimp or planted tanks folks had any further...

lol, have not heard those lyrics for a couple of decades !

Great pic down memory royal navy lane ! How does that song go again .. Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the Midday Sun or into the snow wearing a T-shirt ! :)

ok we are starting to get close to winter here in the Cape rather than autumn so a nip in the air at night with temps dropping to 10C at a push, so not too bad. Trying to keep fish room temp at about 22C, tank heaters currently off and no condensation on the ceiling yet so your theory is looking...