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For us Americans, thats 114F which for us is unbearable hot. For you and your fish, get a window AC unit. Just keeping one room at 26°C (80°F) may be the best option. Managed properly, you can keep your electric cost low. Long term, I would start looking for fish that like warm water. Highly...

So how about Pathos? For a refugium specifically designed to grow pothos emersed, I can make the refugium 20" long, ~1.5" wide with a water depth of 4". The refugium will be attached to the back wall of the sump (29 gallon aquarium). This will only use ~.6 gallon of space in the sump. That's...

So in my latest sump, I want to add a refugium for growing Java/Christmas moss emersed. The primary goal is filtration ie: remove nitrates. The refugium is basically a tray which will be attached to the last baffle wall in the sump. The tray will be ~2" tall, 4" wide and 20" long. Below is a...

In that case, I would get a canister filter such as a Fluval FX6. You will only see the two hoses running up the tank. Do you really want to look at a huge HOB filter on the side? To get good circulation, put the input/output hose on opposite ends of the tank.

One issue to consider is the type of filter. Flowing water will take the path of least resistance. A well designed canister filter will use pressure to force the water thru the media and there is no other path available for the water. Poret foam or sponges is a great choice for canister filters...

How does it make water changes easier? Are you connecting a hose to the discharge line on the filter?

That is clever! My opinion and goals for filtration system, separate mechanical and bio filtration. With your marine tank, you are well aware of the amount of organic material being produced in the tanks. An easy way to get this stuff out of the tank before it starts to breaking down into...

Someone suggested to me for my Mbuna tank I working on, a tunnel (open on both ends) would be used to get away from another fish chasing it. A cave would be preferred when breeding as an example, they will defend it. Not sure if his theories right, tank not set up. Numerous people have told...

If it is a new tank, the organic matter has not broken down into ammonia thus all the bacteria is being starved. How long does the natural process take? With ammonia in a bottle, you can control the amount of ammonia you are dumping in the tank. So why not feed the bacteria right away with at...

I think that's a bad idea. Adding fish straight away is just marketing crap for newbies.

One more idea I had. If I build a paludarium, I want to create a cascading river look, inspiration shown below: Using PVC, build a water distribution box placed high in the paludarium. Connect the main water pump to the box. Using PVC fittings, build little control valves and glue them into...

?? Not sure why you mentioned that. My question was, are you going to design a system where water can flow thru the gravel bed supporting emersed plants? Just an idea. For my planned Mbuna tank, I wanted to create caves in the substrate for the mbunas. So what I did, filled a balloon with sand...

I was thinking about making a paludarium but I truly suck at grow plants, not watering them doesn't help :-) So with plants you have terrestrial, aquatic and emersed(??just roots in the water) plants. For me, emersed plants sounds like a winner! You can't drown them nor do you have to water them...

Or use the Dryloc and paint the foam between the rocks. Cheap foam (Great Stuff here in the USA) make have big air bubbles when you cut into it. Using a premium foam for the waterfalls may be a good idea. Note: when the foam cures, the top skin is very slick and silicone will not adhere to...

Clearly i am missing something here. If Mr. Matt wants to create a "lava rock/driftwood waterfall flowing into a water section", he has to seal up the gaps between the rocks. Maybe the problem is, I thinking about rapids flowing into the water.

For my 40 gallon barb tank, I cut a plastic pot scrubber pad and clipped that around the weir. For my 75 gallon Mbuna tank I currently working on, I may put a screen around the overflow box while they are young. I will remove it once the Mbunas are full grown. I may not use a weir on this tank...

I made this using PVC trim board from Home Depot, not sure where you get stuff in the UK. It does bow in the middle, I need to fix that.

What I seen people do, super glue the rocks together to create your structure. Stuff paper towels between the gaps in the rocks, this will prevent the foam from expanding thru the rocks. Spray foam behind the rock structure. If any foam start coming thru, push it down. Remove the paper towels...

Stay with PVC, you can do much more with it. In the second picture, you cut a hole in the PVC (well done!). With glass, you have to use a hole saw to make that opening. Glass is just so difficult to work with. Bad news, silicone does not adhere to PVC very well. Good news, leave a gap between...

That would depend on what type of filter and where it is placed. I put a Tidal 55 on the side of a 29 gallon tank, it created a raging circular river current in the tank. On Amazon, I found this interesting add on to AquaClear HOB filters, AquaClear Series HOB Filter Flow Baffle shown below...

I make my own lids and with LED lights, many want open tops on their aquariums. So selling lids separate makes sense.

I will have 3 tanks, a 75, 40 and 29 gallon tank. I am currently working on the 75 gallon tank. So while at dinner with some friends, they started some good nature teasing of my aquariums ie: why fish? I smiled and reminded them that one couple has 2 very noisy dogs while the other couple has...

How did you rectify the problem? I lost a Hillstream loach, found him in the filter sock. I was thinking about adding a removable screen in front of the weir/overflow box. It would be ~6 mm away from the weir/box , water could go thru it or under it.

On your research on canister filters, how often will you have to clean the canister filter? I was watching a video on youtube, this woman had a large African cichlid tank with (2) Fluval FX6 (? or FX4) filters on it. I was surprised on her maintenance schedule, she would clean a filter every 3...

Fully understand, setting up a sump system is alot of work.+

I just set it up but I have high hopes for my DIY undergravel filter powered by a Tidal 55 HOB filter (29 gallon tank). Once the bacteria colonies get established, I will have a low maintenance UGF and the flexible option with the HOB filter. I can just leave the Tidal empty, it's just a power...