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Thanks Chris. At that price and with a recommendation I'll order one and see how it works out. Thanks again!

Thanks Ian - I can certainly give that a go. To be honest, what I'm really hoping is that someone will say "I bought ____ valve and it's been okay", whereupon I'll immediately snap it up!

In the absence of any recommendations, I've decided just to pick one of the ones on Ebay. Has anyone used either of these, or is there a better choice I'm overlooking? Cheap aquarium-specific HK valve Sleek looking "hydraulic" valve People building their own setups must be buying...

I've managed to source the Fabco NV-55-18 from MK Air Controls Ltd., a UK supplier. About £45 delivered, with a 3 week lead time. It's less than I feared, but also quite a lot when I look at what the Americans can pick up on Ebay. It's supposed to be a very good valve - considered one of the...

For example: Would this be suitable? It seems pretty big and doesn't look like the valves other people are using. Large-bore generic needle valve on Ebay And would this be too cheap and inaccurate? Cheap aquarium-specific HK valve This one looks very pretty and is rather more expensive...

I'm setting up a FE system. I've sourced pretty much everything I need, with the exception of a needle valve. I've spent probably hours trawling through Ebay and am really struggling. There are plenty of aquarium-specific valves available for about the £10 mark, or less. There are a couple...

It's very helpful indeed - many thanks! I can completely see what you mean about offsetting and drawing the eye.

I'm new to planted aquariums and am about to begin my first one. I have a 30L Dennerle nano cube and will be keeping shrimp in it. There is a lot of advice out there on aquascaping small tanks, but mostly it seems geared towards rectangular tanks. Some of it doesn't perhaps make as much...

Not sure if it's new, but Aqua Essentials are now stocking clear (or at least "grey") 12/16 tube at £1.50 a metre. http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/superfish-grey-hose-1216mm-per-meter-p-5131.html

I was looking for a valve to mount to a solenoid because I found it neater and thought I' be less likely to knock it than an inline one, but you've just completely changed my mind. Thanks!

I can't recommend anywhere myself, but you might find the following thread useful: UK Shops for the Planted Tank Hobbyist | UK Aquatic Plant Society

If you look on the US forums, they seem to favour valves made by Ideal as being the best option for what you're describing. However, these don't seem to be very readily available in the UK - the few that I could find on Ebay typically had a disproportionate charge for P&P to the UK. I'm also...

Not quite, I'm afraid. The input guage is in psi and bar, but the output guage is in cubic feet per minute and litres per minute.

Interesting... I imagine the main danger of an upside down FE is that it might fall onto the reg and damage the coupling - the worst case scenario. With a well designed support that danger could be eliminated. Then again, I suppose that with the low flow rate there wouldn't be much advantage...

Is there any particular reason why FE are normally used upright, other than the fact that they normally have a convenient stand built into the base? On various aquatic and welding forums I've seen both advice that FEs should never be used e.g. on their side, and also suggestions that they might...

I hope it's okay - I bought one last week :) One odd thing I noticed was the output gauge - it measures flow (litres per hour) rather than pressure.

Thanks Wazuck - but my question is really whether people who are screwing their needle valves into their reg/solenoid (either directly or using an adapter) are using the needle valves that are sold for connection to CO2 line, or something else. For example, this is typical of the needle valves...

Sorry - a supplemental question. I've been looking on Ebay and all the needle valves I can find appear to be inline (i.e. they take flexible hoses as input and output). I'd like to use one that is threaded but they seem much harder to find (outside the US, at least). It occurs to me that I...

I'm completely new to CO2 (and to planted tanks) and have just bought this regulator to put together a fire extinguisher setup: CALOR GAS CO2 TWO STAGE TWO GAUGE REGULATOR | eBay I bought it on the basis that Calor Gas is a known brand so it can't be that bad, and it gave me the opportunity...

Do you expect that to be noisy? I've seen designs where bio balls are used and always imagined that they would bash against the sides as they move around in the flow. Nice build, BTW!

Thanks - that is a nice tip. I'd thought about it for the backlighting and was going to experiment once everything else is up and running but it hadn't occurred to me to build RGB LEDs into the overhead light.

Oh, and the reason I'm looking at optics at all is simply that the XP-G has a very wide viewing angle at 125 degrees. The tank will most likely sit in my living room and I don't want the light to be dazzling when viewed from the size. I would happily do without if there was a simpler way to...

Thanks for your comments! I was actually planning on using just the one colour LED, but I wonder now if I should review that decision. I'm tempted to throw in a blue LED at least, just in case I find the whites too warm. Although I've not seen anyone do it (and appreciate that it would be of...

I initially put a lot of thought into choosing LEDs, optics, etc. but was frustrated by the amount of information available - a lot of detail but not enough to draw any decent conclusions when it comes to designing a light. I went with white Cree XP-G LEDs. The ones I picked weren't labelled...

I'm designing an LED light for a 30 l cube and am having trouble deciding how high to position the lights. Even though it's a small tank, I've chosen to use optics for reasons that probably belong in the DIY forum rather than here. But the effect of that is that I'll potentially end up with...

Cheers for the link, but I see that's 10/16 tubing. 10/16 or 12/15 might be options, but ideally I'd like to use something the same dimensions as the Eheim hose. I can find 12/16 from a couple of places, but getting it in anything less than a 30m reel has proved to be a challenge. Looking at...

Hi guys, how did you get on with the 15mm hose? I'm facing exactly the same dilemma!

If I do decide to try the piping route I will definitely experiment bending some shorter lengths first to see whether I can get the tube into the bent pipe, or whether bending the pipe with the tube in it will damage the tube. Thanks for the heads up. Sounds like you found an acceptable...

To be completely honest I hadn't really considered the mechanics of getting the tubing in - it's just a fledgeling idea. One option would be to use a pipe bending tool - I don't think that these require a spring to be used, in which case the tubing could be inserted into the tube prior to...

Thanks - that makes it a much more paletable prospect!

Would it really be feasible to move a 200l tank with the subsrtate in place? I was sure I'd end up with a broken tank! Foxfish, I guess I'm thinking of doingg something similar to you but just with much larger pots!

I'm planning on setting up a 200l tank (possibly Iwagumi) that will need to move house with me in the future. I move quite often, every year or so. I'd rather avoid having to completely tear down and rebuilt the tank every time I move and so I've devised what I think is a cunning solution -...

Wow - that's looking really good! I roughly priced up the oak for a couple of my designs and that's what rather put me off - not the cost per se (I'm prepared to spend the money on what is essentially a large piece of living room furniture), but the idea that I'd be spending so much on...

Hi, I'm looking to build or buy an oak stand for a three-foot 200 litre tank. I'm practical and not afraid of building one, but don't have any real experience woodworking and don't have many tools yet, although I can probably borrow a router and tablesaw. The Powers That Be have decreed...