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How are you going to supply the correct voltage to it? Would it be easier to use an LED flood light like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-50W-LED-Cool-White-Floodlight-IP65-Flood-Light-Outdoor-Wash-Lamp-220V-New-UK-/361383701610?hash=item542425ac6a:g:d38AAOSwx2dYDw8I

All of their 'normal' sized tanks were on ada filters (so I would believe their email) they are an ADA shop now as well. The really big tanks were run on eheim xl1200. The filters had spirax biological media, low ppi sponges and floss. All their tanks were well under the 10 x flow rate. Don't...

I saw this in the Green Machine when it was still running as a tank. it is one filter, the outlet is on the left and inlet on the right. there is a rock in the middle behind the big stone at the back of the tank that may look like another set of pipes, its not. cheers rob

Hi All, Has anyone looked at the tc420 to see if there is a WIFI programmable version of this available at a reasonable cost? I have been looking at AI prime lights, which would cost a huge amount more than the Chihiro lights so there is some 'budget' left over for a controller that would give...

Thanks. Rob

Hi Timon, I am looking at the 90cm version. Please could you post some information on what you are using and how you are able to program the lighting. many thanks Rob

I know what you mean sciencefiction. I see too many scapes that are meant to look like something else, re-creating trees from wood and moss, you can tell they are put together for a very short term project. Some of them look too polished and fake for my taste. I really prefer the very natural...

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' I would go for hill stream loaches and danios or white clouds minows.

As the web page posted by George shows the Ammonia exists in solution as an equilibrium between ammonia and ammonium. As pH changes the equilibrium shifts, the higher the pH the greater the ammonia. Taking water at 25ºC, and 100 mg/l of ammonia and ammonium the concentration of ammonia at...

Darrel, If you are looking then BAS had Badis sp. Buxar. Stunning species. They did have males and females a few weeks ago, a friend of mine picked up 2 pairs. There have also been Badis Bengalensis in a fish shop in Stockport whose name escapes me. I beleive there were a limited number of...

You could try badis. not actually cichlids but show most of the same behaviour and are very pritty. There are a few different species around at the moment as well. Rob

What about looking at the breaking of the storm. Darker plants arreanged with a bright area where the 'sun' is emerging. This could be highlighted using bright green plants in this area with dark green or darker red plants either side. Uneaven lighting. Using the Amano nature as you...

The female will look more like this http://www.jekoz.net/Acquaportal/Apistogramma01.jpg Main difference is a less shown dorsal fin, rounded rather than lyrate caudal fin and black markings in the ventral fins. Heres a nice little video from a pair that have spawned, note the difference in size...

Hi Lil-lynx You fish looks like a domestic form of either apistogramma cacatoides or apistogramma agassizii. i would need a better picture of the tail or wait until it is less stressed and some of the black body markings come out. Neither of these need very soft water, less than 10ºGH will be...

Noise and CO2 loss both have the same cause, surface agitation. As long as the pipe into the sump is below the water line and the sump is a nice 3 compartment job without too much of a cascade you should be fine. I would rather just turn the CO2 up and burn through an extra few canisters than...

Hi Dragon, I would have a couple of concerns about this design. The first is narrow deep tanks are always a pig. I have two tanks in the alcoves either side of a chimney which are 12" deep and 30" tall and if i was to redo them i would not go as tall again. There is a low surface are to volume...

Hi all, I know a few people that have bred these. Small tanks around 18x10x10 with simple air fed sponge filters. A must is a good tank cover for this. Use 1 male (normally much more colourfull) to 2 females. All used very soft water (less than 1ºGH) with water filtered through peat moss for...

Alzak, Which Rena 4ft cabinet? I have the Aqualife 350 tank and cabinet, I think there are two versions of the cabinet, one has 2 doors, mine has 3 doors. This may decide for you. I have measured my cabinet door to be approx 35cm wide. I would want a few cm space for fingers so call it 33cm...

You need to dose to the volume of water you are adding it to. If you are adding it to the tank whilst adding water dose to the tank volume. If you are adding to a holding container before adding to the tank dose to the volume of that. There is no real point in dosing for top up water <5% of...

Ahh, thanks

Sorry to hijack the thread but can I ask what the difference is between the old and new versions? Thanks Rob

Your being very cryptic on this George. Is it non aquatic? You have already done non-planted. Looking forward to this. rob

Ollie The Galant is a real supercar is disguise! The times I had boyracers sitting next to me at lights, revving the bits off their 1.8 8V or 16V Golf engines :lol: I only had my '92 model for a short while, but the pace of it I'll never forget :thumbup: I always thought putting a Sunny badge...

Pick on the dyslexic day is it :lol: Sorry I put some posts throiugh word to try and catch spelling mistakes adn it does make some random changes :oops: . Rob

Maybe its the second coolest, VW brought out the Scirocco and Corrado to be the cool cars and the Golf the family car. Coolest car of all time is the Lancer delta, hands down.

Apistogramma do dig, some more than others. I have had the females of some species effectively seal themselves in a cave. The A. nijesseni complex tend to dig more than A. agassizii group. Ed is also correct with the easiest way of sexing apisto's. Black frot edge to the ventral fins. The...

Hi Hokum, There are a few places to look around the area. First is pier, call them rather than look on the web page. Next try World of water in Altrincham. they had some a while back labeled as stiphadon. And if you don't mind a bit of a drive then AZ aquatics (just south of Macclesfield...

Hi John, You may have to increase your lighting a bit as well as the roma 125 only has two 20W lights which works out at ~1.2WPG. Cant remember if they are T5 or not. HC may get a little leggy. Rob

For space saving water storage try these http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/1509 ... 878&Page=3 The upright ones are low on footprint. Domestic discus are good with moderatly hard water. past that the best advice i can give is listen to Tom. Rob

The other thing to think of is that we are massively over charged for the "aquarists" products. A CO2 cylinder has many International (ISO) and british standards (BS) it needs to conform to. There is no difference between a FE and a JBL cylinder upto the screw thread. Why does a FE cost £20 and...

Hi Mark, You have'nt really given enough info for people to give good advice. Do you intend to keep wild (or low F number) discus or domestic forms. Wild need more exacting conditions than domestic. If you were to keep wild heckles then 50% per DAY of 95% RO is not unheard of. How many discus...

Hi Pixles, The answers are really how you feel about things, but some things to consider are 1)It depends on your cat. If it is a natural hunter i would be concerned, does it watch the fish in your current tank or completly ignore them? I used to have a siamese cat and she loved sleeping...

A sudden change in hardness usaly causes melt. It could be the water you are adding in is softer and this is causing the melt. Rob

Thanks for the reply Viktor. If there is little information then i will buy in Japanese. No point waiting if all all you get is tank size and CO2 levels like most of the others. Cheers rob

Aaron, I believe that these are called Paludarium in Europe. Try searching for that. Also, sounds obvious but have you asked if they will ship to the UK? Rob

The nitrogenious bacteria that for part of the nitrogen cycle are not spore forming the heterotrophic bacteria used to break down solid waste are spore forming. Spores are effectively a bacterials way of hibernating, this allows them to shut down until more nutrient is available. See the...

Angling one of you filter returns or such so it create a slight surface ripple. this should get rid of any surface build up. I would think that anything that skims like on a marine is just going to remove CO2 as much as it increases O2.

One of the sponges with a scouring pad on it should do the trick. They should come of the leaves a bit easier than the rocks. They will be laying eggs because they are nice and healthy. Thats all most tank inhabitants need to reproduce. rob

Is there any information in this book? The Nature Aquarium World trilogy are mostly pictures rather than any technical content. Basically is there any reason to wait for it to be translated? Cheers Rob

Are these still for sale? Cheers rob

I would stick to regulators that are sold as for aquatic use. The non aquatic ones are not made of the correct grade of stainless stee or brass. They leak or worse if they get damp. however the CO2 cylinder there are more options. a UK CO2 cylinder has a standard thread size and colour scheme...

EggCrate is not the stuff that eggs come in. I thought it was used to give hight and allow circulation around live rock in marine tanks. As i understood in this post it is just to be used to protect the base? All you need is the egg crate below or an old sponge from a filter or a grate from an...

The offical spray bar is the snappily named "InstallationsSET 2" Its the second item on this page. you don't need to use the tubing attachment though. http://www.eheim.com/base/eheim/inhalte ... 27655_ehen I have the bits i can post if you PM me an address. Rob

I met a few of the team manning a stand at the Haling island fish festival in 2008. I had a couple of posts on the committee of the BCA at the time so was busy with our stall at that event so did not get time to talk to anyone unfortunatly. I joined the UKAPS forum about that time. Over the past...

Another option is to drop in some coloured liquid into the tank. I think one of the coloured meds (methyl blue etc) would show dispersion rates quite well. Dead spots would change colour slowly. If you drop over your CO2 injection site you can see CO2 or if you drop over the filter inlet you...

Tommy If i remember rightly Tom Barr wrote an article years ago about using soil (I don't think he used aquatic or pond soil but that may be easier) mixed with sand about 1:1 at the bottom and plane sand on top. With any layered substrate you are going to get problems during maintenance and...