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That's an interesting light with 0 to 100% increases. Didn't even know they existed 👍

Which are these ED? I posted in Tim's thread about making some acrylic brackets to fasten to the end of the fitting Andrew a bit similar to the picture below which is from the link I posted earlier about buying the Chihiros A series. Wouldn't take much just cutting a rectangular piece of...

Wonder what's happened to @Hinterfeld.com these days. They use to have quite a large selection of lights at reasonable prices but they seem to have a very limited stock these days.

There's an 801 on there. Does say "no import charges" but like anything with Ebay you pays your money and takes your chances I suppose.

I like the stainless look of it especially when combined with the stainless pipes of the tank it was reviewed on. Always been a clear acrylic or glass man of all accessories but I'm feeling the stainless stuff. Would have to had some luck on the horses to buy one but maybe one day the price will...

What we thinking about the new light our own king of the double entendres @George Farmer has been reviewing? Pretty sexy looking light for people with deep pockets but at £400 I don't know. :D:D:D:D:D

Any pics? I wouldn't worry too much over the 1ph drop. Its one of those luxuries in life. Nice on the holiday brochure but I wouldn't like to live there. If you can you can, I couldn't get near a 1ph drop without upsetting some of my fish so just settle for whatever works for you and keep it...

I totally agree, the guy was intending buying a filter anyway from what I can make out which won't harm any but I wouldn't be shelling out thinking he has to. The tank is tidy at this point, far better than many I've seen so I think a little bit of tweaking and trimming is all it needs. If he's...

Are you getting the bigger filter? Maybe worth your while putting the big filter on this tank and the two smaller ones on the cichlid tank. You may find you get better/even co2 distribution if the co2 is only getting brought in off one filter. The setup Ian shows above, if you could imaging...

Yeah, keep us informed. Your tank looks in good shape as it is so a little bit of tweaking with your co2 injection and delivery there's some good things coming here.

Sound like a plan brother. Broadly speaking the more water movement the better. It's all good and well injecting co2 but you need to get it down to the right places.

They could eventually mate but best bet would probably be cut the growing tips off and replant the heads. As Ian said, rule of thumb is 10x turnover but you could add in a pump to help with circulation. Best practice would be a spray bar along the back wall and keep on top of trimming plants to...

Could you attach a spray bar to that and attach it along the back wall? Seems like currently that outlet is pushing water along the top level. With your drop checker up at that level as well its probably giving you high co2 readings but down at the substrate level the co2 could actually be quite...

Looking good mate :thumbup: as Clive pointed out though and with all though plants maybe co2 is struggling to get to the bottom of the plants. Hard to tell off the pics where the outlet is, is it a spray bar? The drop checker is also at the top where there tends to be more co2 on its way out of...

You can expect anything mate as the PH probe will measure any acids in the tank as well as co2 (which is also acidic) Test the water prior to injecting co2 and aim for 1ph unit drop by the time the lights come on and try and maintain that ph drop until the lights go off. For example if your ph...

https://www.valuelights.co.uk/modern-revelli-clip-on-spotlight-in-chrome-no-bulb.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAn5rUBRA3EiwAUCWb25Xl06SmCE0-anJcyk53b9BIu30QnCMrHBmf-mjtNkH29jU-pKHUUhoCOt8QAvD_BwE Probably got too short a stork on it for what you are trying to achieve unless you can fix a bracket to a wall...

Extending the lighting period shouldn't be necessary, I have MC carpet flourishing on 7hrs lighting. I would look at your ferts, from what I am aware TNC complete is 1ml per 10 ltrs so you were already dosing half of recommended. looks like you upped the lighting when the plants were already...

Yeah, I was posting about my test kits results and nitrate poisoning of my fish just to try and draw him out from the shadows :D

. I find it's always best to get a bright dimmable led from the start or you'll end up buying another light later as you gain more experience.

I think as far as brightness goes they would be a step up from a T8 tube and maybe getting towards a T5, I think anyway. I think Maidenhead Aquatics also do retro fit led lamps that fit in old T8 fixtures. Also grobeams can be attached to the lid with a kit which are far brighter.

How about <The Arcadia Stretch LED Lights> I believe they attach to old T8 fitting replacing the T8 tubes. @Andrew Butler has one for sale still I think in the for sale section although you may need to get your post count up before you can visit there. Think it was a 600mm version.

Marry up the pins on the uk plug, see which pin on the uk plug goes with the pin on the US plug. Snip first wire and if colours are different put some correct UK colour insulation tape on it so you know for next time. Although the US plug is like the two pin like European I don't think it should...

The choke is the starter in @Tim Harrison pictured post.

Is it running tubes or led? If tubes will either be just the tube or worse case the choke. Both simple replace, if it has two tubes running try the other one in if it still does it try the choke in of the other tube. Simply turn anti clockwise and it should pop out. Make sure your disconnected...

This is what eBay has to say about it but I would double check to make sure it's current legislation http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/UK-Buying-USA-Import-VAT-Customs-Duty-Parcel-Force-Fees-/10000000013589137/g.html Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Yeah, I think it might have been 25watt. The light was in a different box. If you look at the diall range of lights in b and q they're in sections of equivalent i.e led wattage and equivalent halogen bulb it would compare to. I got 25watt eq in my living room and 50 watt for my dining room. I...

You can get various wattage ones from b and q for about £2.50 each. If you get the ones that dim your could go with the brightest and dim them down. I think have some 5 watt ones in my living room and some 3 watt in my dining room which pretty much lights up the whole room to the equivalent of...

I've often wondered about standard Gu10 LED fittings. They throw out plenty of light for very low consumption. Could quite easily make a canopy or bulkhead over the tank and some will work with dimmer switches which solves the height above tank issues. Could easily be constructed in moisture...

Afternoon, I've had this light for a while but never really dug into what type of lighting it is in words I can understand ;) You'll have to excuse my ignorance for now on LUX and PAR. I did a little bit of reading in this thread and got some specs from this website but I've had to guess some of...

Over the tank yet? Would be nice to see one over a setup to see how they look so pics please :thumbup: I do love a bargain.

The Chinese have clicked on that people prefer to deal with a UK supplier on the likes of ebay, that's why they use someone as a middle man based in the UK. The goods they sell are in some cases of an inferior build quality which wouldn't pass UK standards which is why they can do them cheaper...

Was the link missing? Also looking for lighting for 60cm tank.

Thanks, those tubes are very reasonably priced :cool: I notice on Richards Comments he reccomends if changing two to get a mix for a more balanced light. Would it be better to get a natural and tropical or just the same type? Can't seem to find any information on either colour K just yet...

Thinking of replacing my tubes on my Aqua one. They are 30" 25watt 10.0k And seem to have a washing out effect on the plants. I guess there's not much difference from Aqurium specific and normal tubes so wondering if there's anywhere people get their T8's from? Aquarium ones seem pricey for what...

Thanks, I'm looking for something that does'nt have different settings. I haven't had any luck with led. The led for my shrimp.tank has different lighting arrangements and the settings change when knocked on with a timer and a led light rope I bought to create a light feature in my house which...

Does it have settings for have just blue or white lights? The reason I ask, I had one that had three settings blue/white/blue.white but it wasn't dimmable. I woukd have it on a timer set white only but when I got in the blue ones were on. I think the jump of electric as the timer switched in...

Coincidentally I was in Maidenhead Aquatics today. They do the Super fish t8 retro fit led tubes which just slot into your existing T8 fitting. Only thing is they have their own power supply so your existing starter etc is redundant. They're about 50 quid and a search of the forum says they use...

Currently Co2. Back in the day I got away with the trickle filter and liquid C. I then progressed on to co2 which as you say just totally de-gassed and I switched to a canister. For a low maintenance set up and using LC it's a great setup. I've probably had mine about 7 years with no signs of...

Yeah I ditched mine about three years ago and switched to canister. I found all you said to my peril! I kept the existing filter system which comes in very handy if you have problems with the canister like I did recently when I snapped one of the taps and couldn't get hold of a replacement for...

But on the plus side on the AR850 you can use the overflow in the hood to use as a constant ph monitor with a £10 pen. ph pen by AWB70, on Flickr The pen sits perfectly under the water level when clipped on the side. Also works for TDS pens. Now this is a hijack! aplogies to the OP, I'm off :)

FYI Steve adding reflectors isn't an option on the AR so I wouldn't rush out and buy any. They're are too big and the tubes are too close together so they would overlap the other tubes. You could cut them down but by the time you trimmed them small enough to fit it would render them useless...

I have a low tech shrimp tank. It is a pleasure to work with.

I'm in a fortunate position of having three hoods for mine, my original, a new one I bought which was faulty which the supplier replaced for free and let me keep the faulty one and a new one. In the case of going to T5 I would say it would require a fair bit of work. The light switches and...

Cool, I'll take a look at seeing if I can get some in the hood of my Aqua-one AR850

Cheers, I think adding reflectors would probably be the best option. Trying not to spend any more money on this setup as I fear its days are numbered. As you can see in my other post, I'm in a position of either dealing with the lower light or upgrading the lighting. The PAR graph was a real eye...

I'm looking to upgrade to T5 as well. I have a spare hood so it's just a case of ripping the guts out of it and somehow getting the fixture in. Not sure whether or not to twin or single with reflector.

Yeah I was looking at the graph Clive posted from another site which showed the difference in par values at gravel level for the various lighting arrangements and I was astonished at the difference in PAR between T8 and T5 tubes. PAR Graph by AWB70, on Flickr As you can see on there, three T8...

Treat myself to a led light for my nano, the ones that have multi set ups for lighting. Problem is it never defaults to the one I want when using a timer. Has anyone solved this? Do all timers do it? This is the second time this has happened while experimenting with led.

I did see that Dave, it was roughly the same price to buy new unless there is a bit of haggle room. I'm undecided at the moment. I've been looking at some of the LED type clip on lights at the same time. My current clear seal tank is 45cm wide and the cube I will be eventually changing to is...

Sounds ok to me. At the moment I have 2x15w over just under 5gall :eek: 6 watts per G. This heat wave is also not helping. The tanks sitting at 28 degrees, a lot of the heat coming from the lights. Using plenty of duck weed cover to keep the brightness down. You would have thought there was...

Nice one mate thanks..maybe worth investing. I have 2 t 8's at the minute because I can't keep knock one off, it's a dual control which I got as part of a set up I bought for the other equipment.

Thanks, the tank is on a desk in my office. Wonder if maybe I can find something that will span the tank to sit the brackets on that won't look to ugly.

Been looking at getting one of these T5 Aquarium Fish Tank Overhead Light Lighting Aluminum Lamp 3 Model UK Stock | eBay My light packed up and I'm temp using two lights which are far too bright. My tank is 45cm from glass to glass, description says 42cm max. Can anyone tell me if they will...

As I did you need to differentiate between the creators of competition scapes and your average punter wanting a nice planted tank. A lot of stuff in this board relates to high end systems and the absolute maximum plant growth and health due to some of the folk in here are specialists. Yours as...

You would benefit in FASTER growth, not necessarily better. If you increase light you need to also increase ferts and possibly co2. Most plants do well in moderately low lighting they just grow slower. Which is not such a bad thing!

I think the Op means do they degrade in time. To that the answer is probably yes a little but there usually good until they fail. Your tube says for plant growth on it but I usually find that most tubes of different colours and kelvin usually do say it improves plant growth. I think most people...

At risk of being told to check other posts :D What is generally accepted a being the minimum time for lights to be on? At the moment I'm having to down grade my set up for a while, the problem is two fold firstly my tank is very effective at getting rid of co2 with it being systemised with...