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Same as above post mate ;)

I bought a boyu unit after asking Tim about his and for the money (£23 ebay) they are amazing :)

Here you go it will give you an idea of the different looks that can be achieved with different bulbs Cheap HO T5 fluorescent tubes - Update with photos | UK Aquatic Plant Society

I was the same before i joined here :) whether to get one or two really is up to you, some people have spent a long time mixing and matching tube colours to get a look that suits them, I've not experimented to the same amount as 6500k to me just looks right, so I'd say yes buy 2 of the 6500k and...

There's also these that are even cheaper ,) 2 Foot Fluorescent Tube 18W 865 Daylight (GE) 18 Watt

They will work just fine, I was going to link you to them as there the cheapest I've found , A lot of people get caught in the tube trap the truth is that the plants don't care about the tube at all, all the tubes with names like plant gro etc etc are to catch the aquarist and make them spend...

You can use any tubes you want to, there's no such thing as tubes you have to use, just measure the length of your tubes and get some replacements, different bulbs come in different colour temperature my personal preference is 6500 k hth mark

For low tech one 24 watt is about perfect :)

A quick simple way to reduce the lighting is to put a reflector on one of the tube but put it on upside down so it reflects the light upwards :)

You can use any bulb you want to, plants really don't care, 6500k is my preferred spectrum as I prefer the look it gives :)

Im not experienced enough to give a solid answer but for me 6 hours has worked well and ive had no desire to increase this

I looked into these a few months back and could find next to nothing on them in freshwater tanks but over on the American forums they seem to be quite popular for marines Hth a little Mark

Just seen a post on facebook about these and damn they look nice maybe not quite as sleek as the maxspect but definitely looking forward to seeing more of them

Dont worry about it mate, it wont be much once you get growing you can send me some trimmings ;)

Nothing mate, iys just sat here going to waste, I was getting 7 - 9 days from the 20g bottles but that was at high bubble rate, if you pm me your address I will get it posted tomorrow or monday

Mines the fluval 20gram kit I dont think it will fit the 600g bottles but I could be wrong ?

The small 20g co2 sets can work out quite expensive bit if you fancy trying it give me a shout ive got a 20g cylinder and the regulator/ needle valve you can have ;)

I cant really offer much in the way of advice but im currently building my new setup and was going to do a diy led build but over the last few days ive been looking at other options, ive been looking at the same as these (d120 / 120w led units) also ive been looking at the new tmc leds, from...

Good choice of light, lindy (ldcgroomer) is the person for this thread she has one and is finding it far to bright without a controller, im sure she can answer you much better :)

Oh is that what it was, I seem to remember when tgm were sponsors there was a thread on there page about them

The 600 are said to be brighter yes, there is a member on here (I cant remember who :( ) ran 2 500's on a similar size tank if I remember right and they were far to bright so yes 2 600's will be more than enough

If it were me I would go for 2 grobeam 600 with controller these will give good spread and offer more than enough light

Theres a few shops in germany that sell them and I might be wrong but I believe they are only available in 110volt so you would also need a transformer to power one in the uk

Wow those aquabars are cheap, 2 of them work out cheaper than my planed diy led set up :o

I might be wrong but have a look at I aquatics im sure they do juwel compatible bulbs

Oh thats a bugger, you could try freshwater shrimp they to are a sponsor and have great reviews then theres the green machine there the only other 2 ive had experience with, failing that theres java plants and plants alive but ive got no experience with either A google search has thrown up...

Im a bit bias but have a look at aqua essential (one of our sponsor) they are quite simply superb, great price and service is second to none

2 x 54w with reflectors is more than enough light it may even turn out to be to much, one thing ive learnt from this forum is that lighting is not the key to a successful tank, pretty much all plants will grow in a lot less light than we think by far the most important things are ferts and co2...

Im only just starting to read up on leds but I think im right to say that the depth they can get down to is dependent on the lenses used, for instance a 40 degree lense will punch more light further down than a 120 degree lense

Plants liquid carbon will melt (complete list) Heres a link to where I saw about wisteria as I said I dont know if this is the cause though

My guess would be that the light is not the issue, the only reason I say this is ive got a dennerle 30l cube which is pretty much the same dimensions as yours and mine runs a 11watt light and im 100% convinced its a bit to bright, I have no doubt at all that a 9watt would be more suited to my...

I agree with Christian the mini on its own wont be much use, mounted 6 inch above the tank they have approx 14 inch spread so you would probably be left with dark edges in the tank another light to consider if your set on tmc would be a single grobeam 600 these are 45cm long, and would be a...

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Ive seen someone on an American planted tank site using one I think it was the 50cm version if you type into google boyu led 03-60 theres lots of links to marine tanks using these so my guess would be colour wise it probably leans more towards marine type spectrums, not very helpful I know sorry tim

Ive been looking into the maxspect nano for my next tank but info on them well theres pretty much none I found one journal on an American site but it was no help at all :(

Ive got the same issue with my dennerle light as a quick fix ive just used cable ties to hold it into the plug bar

If your wanting to remove the lid how about something like these NEW T5 T8 Aquarium Fish Tank Overhead light Lamp Lighting Coral Plant Ornament | eBay GLO T5 HO Aquarium Lighting System 1x 24W | eBay

If your happy to have the ballasts outside the hood then ebay is a good place to start, you haven't said what wattage you would like to use so I cant provide any links but as a rough idea for a 2 x 24w magnetic ballest £15 -20 then your ip67 rated lamp holders are approx £5 a set, its all very...

Heres the picture link http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/images/graphics/newtmcmounting.jpg

Its going to be to big I think scroll down on this link to near the bottom theres a picture with the dimensions on LED Aquarium Light, Lighting; Reef, Planted; AquaRay AquaBeam, GroBeam

If it were my tank I would try :------- this I think would give much better coverage Mark

If your on about the grobeam 500 or 600 there 45cm long so I think if you were to mount them side by side 90cm long then you would get the coverage you want if mounting front and back then they would need to hung quite high to get full coverage

Have a look at the tmc mini 400 ive seen some very impressive tanks using these Mark

Yes the 60p is 60x30x36 cm I will be having the lighting suspended on the tmc rail I am open to the idea of the tiles originally I was looking at 2 tmc mini 400 tiles but leaned towards the grobeams as with thw leds being in a line 45 cm long I thought it might offer a better more even spread on...

After a lot of looking around ive finally decided on an ada 60 p for lighting im wanting to go led. I know this is probably a near impossible question to answer but would 1 tmc grobeam 600 be enough light ? Or would 2 be a better bet I will be getting a power commander so will be able to dim...

Yes I see what your saying I didn't account for the tank size

I thought they could be mounted on the mountaray brackets using the mms rail as in this photo it looks like the aquabeams are mounted at the front and back

Hi jerry thank you for that, just what I was hoping to hear with the Anubias and shrimp from what ive read on various forums is that this seems to a bit of a myth to some extent. The two main things ive found is that when Anubias is trimed It releases oxalix acid which a few people believe lead...

Hello everyone after a long break from fish keeping im back and am wanting to do a shallow planted shrimp tank the tank is 24 long x 16 wide x 13 high im wanting low light plants such as Anubias, various moses etc my question is will two of the 6500k tmc 400 tiles be enough ? Any help or advice...