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Looking for advice on lighting options after a blow out on my T5 unit. Tank is an ND aquatics 36x24x18, with low tech plants at the moment. Mainly crypts and anubius with a bit of java fern. Liquid and gas CO2 are both possible (although it's a sumped tank, so I tend to stick to liquid as the...

I'm in the process (job for today) of replacing the lighting rig on one of my low techs. Growing mosses in abundance, with crypts and some cyperus growing beautifully. It's only when I went to change the bulb that I realised that I'd set up an old single T12 set. I appeared to have a ballast and...

I wonder if I could fit a 30 into my 3 footers hood. Should be plenty of room in there if I can mount it into the hood in some way.

Or something like this. EUROPEAN SCHUKO SOCKET -UK PLUG ADAPTOR LEAD CABLE FULLY MOULDED on eBay!

I'm a goodly way into copying you Troi. I'll honestly say that the ebay seller wasn't the easiest to deal with, but they got it right in the end which is all that matters when all is told. I'm also now the proud owner of 2 boxes of wheels which I have no idea what to do with, but I'll think of...

They're not that expensive for the mini 400's, you can pick them up new for less than £60, I'm planning on using one on my next upgrade. Otherwise, for wall attaching, I had considered a small shelf as the option, which happens to also provide a convenient shelf. Sadly though, no I've not...

Depends on your budget and how much light you want. Personally I'd be looking at the TMC tiles for that sort of tank, or do what I'm doing elsewhere and steal troi's idea of an LED floodlight. You could always double up on the arc pods if you wanted to boost the light levels otherwise, but...

I think I may be sold on this idea. Even the OH likes it.

Thanks for sharing that. It may save me some trouble. Was looking at lighting options for a 30" tank that needs a new set. Now I just need to pick a strength as it's unlikely to be too different to yours, being only 6 inches longer.

Haven't managed to get mine apart yet, it would appear that you'll need a dremmel or similar to get the plastic fittings off it. Otherwise it appears to be a fairly normal bulb, although I've not seen a 10k compact fluorescent tube on sale anywhere.

I've long wondered about spectrum and, from my own experience, noticed one very simple thing, which is that with spectrums between 6500K and 10000K I'm happy with less overall light output and I always want something brighter if I go outside of that range, which means that I end up with algae...