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You need an actual sensor design to measure par. Not a camera lens. Had to measure light output for my work before I retired. We used color corrected light for product inspection.

A par meter is used to measure the light in the aquarium https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/aquarium-par-meters/ They produce a reading that will show how strong the light is in the tank. By moving the meter around the tank and writing down the measurements. This has been preformed in...

Freshwater lighting is years behind what is offered in the Marine Aquarium market. The features are in the lighting is very minimal. Most don’t have the ability to to adjust color or intensity. Don’t have on and off timers. People don’t use par meters to adjust their lighting. I could go on.

What plants are you using on your terra base

Then why have it even in the system. [emoji23]

How often do you squeeze the water out of the blue sponge?

I use superjets an the only noise is from vibration on the stand. Easy fix is a rubber pad under them.

Assassins did it for me. Manual removal you can never keep up with their breeding

The pumps are picked for the Aquarium they are made for. I have 120p so I have the 1200es.

There are a ton on knockoff versions out there now of the canister. If cost is an issue for some. The noise is always about how you have a filter sitting in the stand. I can tell you the iwaki pump on the 1200es is a beast of a pump. As I have ran iwaki pumps for years on reef tanks.

Well if you use plastic filters they like to break. I have a 1200es on 120p ADA. lots of flow in the aquarium

You might split the output of the 1200 es in two. With two outputs that will cut the flow.

Tunze ATO is great. https://www.tunze.com/en/details/3155.000-osmolatorR.html

I have gone to many MACNA’s the marine version of the AGA meeting. You get to talk to people who are all in to the hobby. An do not roll their eyes when you spend all day talking about aquariums. Wish I could have come this year. But my wife’s health limits my travel now days.

It’s always fun to spend a weekend talking aquariums with those that share your interests. [emoji106]

Good way to short out a dosing pump. The condensation over time cause issues with the circuit board.

Gregg I am retired. [emoji3] I have been keeping Aquariums for 60 years now. [emoji3]

Checked with Art. He has been to busy and doesn’t have the time right now for keeping the site up. He did send me a link for the article in web archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618050327/https://scapecrunch.com/gregg-zydeck/ I was wanting to work on changing my current tank to a...

The scape crunch site seems to be down. Will check with Art about it. Here is a link to the pdf of Aquarium Hobbyist issue your article is in. http://aquariumhobbyistmagazine.com/magazines_files/184260348236f9554fe9375772ff966e-ahm-q1-2022-web.pdf

Glad to find you are here. Always enjoyed reading your thread on the planted tank forum. So sad about the Mod.

Have you ever made a Lilly pipe intake cover. I use poly filter material on my Lilly pipe intake. An would like to have a cover to slip on the intake with a piece of poly filter inside.

The light I am using are GHL Mitras LX 7X04 They are fully adjustable lights. Coming from a Saltwater background. I learned how important fully adjustable spectrum lights are. I have them dialed in now so the plants grow but hair algae doesn’t...

I have all the superjets and their flow is always higher than their competitors. The plants sway all the way across my 120p using the 1200es. ADA uses iwaki pumps which are high end water pumps. Just the pump on a 1200 es costs more that whole filters of other brands.

Kasa are great. You can even check out the state of outlets. Even away from home. An can turn off things if wife calls and says the water is going everywhere. [emoji3]

As I have an ADA 120p it would have been a special order. So I bought the Lightground background. Very happy with it. Very well made. I had tried the DIY method. I can make anything as I am a retired industrial maintenance man. But I decided I could not get the same look have trying the...

I worked in a tile factory and we used a pipe pig under pressure to clean the tile glaze fro the pipes that ran to the tile glazing booths...

Before the tank had no fish in the tank. I wasn’t concerned with issues. An as I waited to recieve my screen lid for the tank. It took several months. With nothing in the aquarium but plants I started to see hair algae growing on the glass where the output of the Lilly pipes would hit the glass...

I have had my tanks up for 1 year with a group of rainbows. I have been keeping fish for 56 years. I kept saltwater tanks for 35 years and am on the board of directors of the US National society. So I get to know a lot of fish researchers and those with degrees in chemistry that give talks...

Green algae is caused be phosphates in you water. This comes from the food feed to the fish and the water from your tap and well as from many aquarium soils used. I keep my phosphates low by placing phosphate removing media in my canister filters. This keeps the green algae away as well as...

You would be surprised buy what is in water. I get a report on by city’s water every month. [emoji3]

Never use tap water. I haven’t used tap water for 30 years now. I keep my water at as close to zero as possible. Tap water will always vary in quality over the coarse of the year. I want to control my water. Not fight with it.

I keep phosphate as low as I can get it .01 mg I use Ro/Di water. Lightly feed and use phosphate removing compounds. It is something that I am always keeping an eye on and if you keep it under control your aquarium will love you for it.

Knew my phosphate level was getting as I was getting hair algae. So as it was time to clean the Lilly pipes and lines I cleaned out the inside of the ADA 1200 es. Wanted to add video of the flow out of this filter. As most have never seen one in action. Tons of flow out of the filter all over...

I can tell you the 1200 puts out a lot of flow. Here is a video of the flow. I was getting some hair algae so added more phosguard to the filter during monthly cleaning of the Lilly pipes.

The easy way is just use an ATO system. So many on the market. I use them on my freshwater systems. It just makes LGE so much easier. Been using them for 30 years now.

She is a sweet heart.

Our Maine Coon cat Ada loves the aquarium.

The issue is the top unit. Did you make this yourself or but it. This pretty basic overflow design now days.

Who suggested a dorso at the outlet into the sump. I have been using sumos for 35 years in Saltwater and have visited thousands on people’s homes across the USA. This is going to cause flow balance issues. No wonder you are having an issue. The dorso method was developed by a friend of my years...

Problem is this will change through out the year as the demands on thh he r filtration system changes. The town I live in Louisville has one of the best water treatment in the states. But we have a high calcium level in the water. Due this area was a coral reef millions of years ago. [emoji3]

Would never clean any sponge in any tap water whatever country. You never no what the local water supply is doing. As it will change at different times of the year. You can have a different PH between tap and tank water that will cause a bacteria die off. I lean my Lilly pipes generally once a...

During the water change yesterday. I cleaned all the glass work. It was easy cleaning the ELOS Co2 reactor. I have all the ADA spring brushes and one of those double end spring brushes. Which I am not fond of as the double ended brush bristles are not cut to fit standard aquarium tubing so it...

My copy is due this Saturday. I received a notice from Amazon Monday.

Well I have 16 channels of dosing pumps in my aquarium support shelve. So I just use one of the heads to do the ATO function. Using a float valve. With a modified GHL probe sensor mount. Video of it skimming. http://www.youtube.com/shorts/yvT3rg0jsWY

I have both models and never hear any noise. I use an ATO being a Saltwater hobbyist also and have used ATO’s for 30 years now wouldn’t run an aquarium without one.

Thanks it’s been a Journey for sure. Just Ordered my custom screen lid so I can some Rainbow fish in the aquarium.

Well after a lot of searching for plants. It’s quite hard here in the US to find plants. Everything is mail Order here. As the vast majority of LFS do not stock plants. I finally finished planting. ELOS Co2 reactor. This weekend I did a 100 % water change with RO/DI water. Then balanced...

I have been using superglue in reef tanks for 25 years no problem. It cures fast under water

I use tapatalk. As it keeps most of my forums in one place. I am not a fan of the mobile version of forum software. I paid for the pro version of tapatalk years ago and it has not ad’s. Either on forums or in the app itself. So good all around.

There are many custom window film sites I have used this one in the past. https://www.decorativefilm.com/colored-collections-made-to-size I just posted my lightground to the thread for future readers.

Lightground

This Hana tester is good I use a high end version as I keep reef tanks too.

120 x 50 is a 120p ADA. I tried the other ways to do the background. It didn’t pass the wife test. THE most IMPORTANT person in this is the wife. If my wife doesn’t like the aquarium then you will hear about it it every second of every day. My wife doesn’t mine me making a beautiful aquarium...

Of coarse I am dealing with a 4 foot tank. So it’s not a simple task.

Don’t waste my money on china junk.

I tried this LIFX Z and the Current lightbar An built mine own panel. Before I bought the lightground. It just didn’t put out the even coverage that the lightground and ADA panels. You can see the led points of light. I am very picky about this kind of stuff. The lightground was a all white...

I know Tim well. [emoji3] We are finding now in reef aquaria that the microbiome of live rock from the ocean plays a ever big factor in reef tanks success. We just had a talk at MACNA 2020 online about this research done by the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Well mine came with the lightground But they shipped me the wrong one. I wanted the blue/white one. I contacted the US distributor and they where able to get it shipped. I just want to show the two different films I have. As for as the sticky part of the film I used the poster sticky circles...

The wrinkles are only noticeable when I put them on the lightground. I use small Adhesive circles used to put the films on the lightground. You never see them when the lightground is on the aquarium. I have been shooting video of each step from unboxing to setting up. I have the plants coming...

Yellow/Green film Blue/White film.

I use the ADA website and look thru the layouts they post each month The are helpful in finding the layout you like and also what plants to use. This link below is all the featured layouts. https://www.adana.co.jp/en/aquajournal/archive/category/layout/

I have a build thread on the forum. I will be doing a unboxing and set up video.

Listened to your first podcast. Great job Also heard you talking with Scott Fellman on his podcast the Tint. Scott is a long time friend from the saltwater world. Hope to see you next year at the AGA to get my book signed. [emoji3]

Will be doing a video on the unboxing and set up. That I will post here.

Wahoo just received my Lightbackground from Poland. Day an a half shipping. https://www.thelightground.com/about-1

Just received my lightground backgroud from Poland shipped to me in the US in a day an a half. [emoji3][emoji106]

Just use a sponge filter. Simple and just needs a small air pump.

All fish jump. The problem is people see pictures of tanks with out lids as the example of what an aquarium looks like. But this an image that is in real in practice. I use mesh screen lids and glass plate lids on my aquariums.

You would be better served by a GHL or Neptune control system which has the ability to add water monitor system and send email messages.

You never want to hook an AUTO TOP OFF to a main water line. To big a risk of failure to shut off. You want to base the size of container that you draw the top off water to the amount of time that you want to fill the container with water.

New tank is getting a light background from Poland.

I never any issues with the siphon. When cleaning my filter I always run my spring brush thru the input at the bottom as one time I had a couple of those square charcoal sponges somehow get up inside ether metal pipe. I have several of the ADA super jets. My new tank has the ES1200. So I am...

It’s easy to prime a ADA filter. Place outlet pipe in aquarium. Then you suck on the outlet tube with the Lilly pipe off. When you see water come up the outlet tubing you put the Lilly pipe on and start the filter. Is that a rubber mat under the filter? Since the filter is heavy not made of...

Read it already. I have trim back plants every week they are growing 3 inches a week. Plant grow is not the issue it is excess phosphate in the water. I have a automatic testing system so I was able to watch the change of phosphate in the water.

So in my 30c tank I had hair algae. I tried all the tips on freshwater forums. Water changes, lighting adjustments and watching my feed of fish. No success. So I went with a saltwater fix. Phosphate is the number one cause of hair algae. Phosphate comes from food and Fish waste. So I went to...

Every nice set EA make great tanks and stands.

I will be doing a video as I go forward. I have the unboxing video in the works.

With all the shipping issues lately due to Covid. I was surprised that this package arrived so quickly from Italy. It’s ELOS REA 50 Co2 reactor. Now I am just waiting for the background light from Poland to finish the equipment part of this aquarium build.

Congrats the cat looks Thirsty[emoji3] Now to be able to get the book here in the US. [emoji3]

The frogs sure like to sing [emoji3]

Fil, you need to find something new after a time to grow in the hobby. One can get into space where the aquarium becomes a chore and you never want to be there. As your aquarium will suffer. [emoji3]

Here is a Japanese you tube channel that I subscribe too. They did a video on Anubias

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/fighting-fish-synchronize-their-moves-and-their-genes

Featured on Marine Depot US online seller https://blog.marinedepot.com/2020/06/are-you-salty-or-fresh.html

It’s good that you are trying this out. As always things that look good sometimes are not. [emoji3]

Marine is a really tough area. As the corals and animals are use to constant Levels of trace elements in the aquarium. An most people do not keep large enough systems to keep a stable environment. Plants are use to a changing environment. As they are found in bodies of water that changes over...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Galaxie+coral&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari Galaxie coral. I am a moderator on Reef2Reef https://www.reef2reef.com/

Worked on my light screen today.

His talks are available to watch if you join the AGA. https://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/

On this tank it is inline diffuser.

Noise is very subjective. What is noises to you is quiet to someone else. The best thing you can do is seeing if you can dampen the noise. This can be done with a simple rubber mat. As many times the vibration of the pump transfers down to the cabinet that the filter is sitting in. One can also...

So I finished mounting the electrical panel. This gives the electrics in the cabinet a clean look. Hiding all the wiring makes for a safe install also. I use 2” desk grommets to cover the wiring. I used 2” pieces of grey pvc to stand off the panel off the back of the stand...

I have the spin pipe it came with my ADA 150es.

I don’t control the temp in the house the wife does. She who must be obeyed has spoken. It helps that I don’t have to run heaters in my aquariums.

Mine go all around the tank that I use a spin pipe on.

I don’t see the need for a heater in a small aquarium. If you keep your home temp around 72 to 75 degrees the water in a small aquarium will be the same as room temp. Fish and plants will be just fine. Run my small tanks this way with out any issues.