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  1. Brian Murphy

    Suspended T5 lighting, what to go for?!!

    I have the Ati sunpower dimmable x 4t5 a few months now and I have to say that it is the best piece of equipment I have bought to date. Ive been messing around with co2 and flow for years trying to get the correct balance and growth that everyone else had with no success until I bought this and...
  2. Brian Murphy

    light ideas for 4ft tank?

    Ive got my Ati sunpower dimmible up and running a month now and I love it! Always wanted pearling and got it in droves. Plant growth has just taken off. Think my aquascaping has just turned a corner
  3. Brian Murphy

    light ideas for 4ft tank?

    Have you used one Iain? Or seen one in action? I do like the look of them and the price is ok aswell
  4. Brian Murphy

    light ideas for 4ft tank?

    Got an arcadia otl 90cm but need to change back to T5's I think. Wanting to suspend the light aswell. Any ideas?
  5. Brian Murphy

    Classica Over Tank Luminaire LED

    Im only finding this out now and I am not happy at all! What a stupid design. So if you set the lights using the built in timer in the controller you cannot control the light intensity?!? What is point in having it?!? Looks like I will have to just plug it into a normal timer and hope the...
  6. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    Thats just the way it comes out, dunno how to rectify it. I'm hoping it is sending out runners, hard to tell tbh. Near gassed the fish this evening aswell :banghead:
  7. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    So I got myself a digital ph reader as my liquid test kit would not go under 6.0 and will be giving it a good test when I have a full day off work. I moved the Limnophilia aromatica (1st picture above with melt) to the middle of the tank and it seems to have come back to life, so maybe it is...
  8. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    5.0!?! If I up the rate anymore I would be killing fish, I will start turning it up little by little to see how it goes.
  9. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    Not on this particular scape I haven't. I might drill bigger holes in the spraybar and see if that helps. I'll wait and see if Clive can come up with any other solutions that I haven't thought about.
  10. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    So I done a couple of tests last night at 10pm and PH was 6.0 and lights went out at 11pm and at 12pm PH was 6.2, KH was 4. Todays results so far are as follows ... Ph Test 1pm - 7.0 2pm - 7.0 (Co2 on) 3pm - 6.4 4pm - 6.0 Kh - 3 5pm - 6.0 (lights on) I also took some pics, one of which was...
  11. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    Cheers Clive for that link. I will do ph testing tomorrow for a full day. Just done a quick test of my ph which was 6.0 and my kh is 4, gas will be going off in 30mins and lights an hour later. I know it means nothing until I get my ph before lights on, but 6.0 is the target, so hopefully it is...
  12. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    It is light green at lights on and I even put the drop checker down beside the plants that are having problems and it was light green aswell down there. The lights go off an hour after co2 has stopped and is light green then aswell.
  13. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    I hear you Clive lol .... I am in your school of thinking and Co2 problems was the first thing I think of when problems arise. I got a more powerful filter so I know that the filter has enough punch to deliver the goods - check! The DIY spraybar is causing me a few doubts however and I think I...
  14. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    The rock is not in front of that particular plant at all and I even have some plants behind some rocks and they are fine. The holes on the spraybar are the same across it and when I did a water change the other day I turned the filter on when the bar was above water level and it came out over...
  15. Brian Murphy

    Help me Understand

    Ok heres my query, when I go to look at lighting, some of the luminares etc may have 4 x 39w for a 36" tank. I currently have a luminare that holds 2 x 39w with one tube removed and even that is causing melt in some of my plants (I think). It is Co2 injected via inline atomizer and I recently...
  16. Brian Murphy

    APS Overtank Lighting

    I have the 90cm x 39w luminare from APS and I think it is perfect although I'm only using it for emersed growing as yet but I can't forsee any problems as near 80w plus the 50% xtra from built in reflectors is ample for plant growth in a tank correspondant to fit the luminare. Time will tell...
  17. Brian Murphy

    Cheap Lighting ideas?

    Got the Allponds 90cm black finish with 2 x 39w tubes, looks great and hopefully aid with my new forthcoming project :)
  18. Brian Murphy

    Cheap Lighting ideas?

    I wish I had of seen that a few weeks ago before I bought this not realising I couldn't get proper Tropical tubes for it, but that alps looks the biz. Now to sell this one I have T5 Aquarium Fish Tank Overhead light Lighting aluminum Lamp 3 Model UK Stock | eBay
  19. Brian Murphy

    Cheap Lighting ideas?

    I was actually just looking at that ..... would have to figure out a way of mounting it above the tank but that shouldn't be too hard. Might go with that if no-one else comes up with any ideas
  20. Brian Murphy

    Cheap Lighting ideas?

    Ok, I've been looking around online at what my cheapest way of providing light to my new tank idea. The tank is a clearseal one I've been using for keeping gerbils for a few years (needs re-siliconed), dimensions are 32"x16"x18" making it around 39 gallons or 150 litres. I can't afford a brand...
  21. Brian Murphy

    Lighting - A fine balance!

    My regulator came with the sodastream version but Im unsure if it reads 2.5 bar ? Here is a pic of my current settings
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