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OK that'll probably save me some money then, I'll look to mount an extra tube, I tried this once before but wasn't too happy with it just resting in there, I'll probably look to fasten it to the flap or along the lines you've done. I just wasn't sure if the T5's would give me something extra. Keith

Hi All, I've had a Vision 180 for nearly 2 years now and I still have 2 T8 lights in it 2 x 25W I think. At the weekend I noticed in the fish shop that they have now changed the lights to High-Lites which are 2 T5 lights, having looked at their web site and one of the online retailers they are...

Thanks for the replies, looks like the siamese fighter is going to be out. The featherfin is only small around 2.5 cm at the moment, I'll have to see how he gets on with the neons. Any suggestions for another nice colourful fish which could be my daughters which would fit with the other...

Hi All, Current tank inmates in sig at bottom, my daughter would like me to get a siamese fighting fish as she likes them, I want to eventually get a pair of Rams, will all these live together ok, the fighting fish wasn't one I was planning of but as I said my daughter wants to get one...

Hi All, Going on holiday in about 3 weeks and this will be the first time I've left my fish for longer than a weekend, I have an option of a neighbour feeding them but I was thinking of an automatic feeder. My tank is a Juwel Vision 180 but I'm not sure which feeders would fit in the space...

Having just replaced the two stock lamps in my Juwel Vision 180 with an Arcadia Freshwater and an Original Tropical lamp, I would now like to add a third lamp, but I'm not sure whether to get another freshwater or a tropical one. Out of the two I'm not sure if one promotes plant growth better...

Changed the bulbs and were back in action. Glad it wasn't the unit! Cheers, Keith

Cheers, bet you're a wow at partys ... I'm confident it's just the tube...crossing fingers and anything else that can cross. Having said that if it is the unit then as it's only 6 months old back to Juwel! Keith

Phew, here was me thinking new housing and allsorts, I'll get hold of an arcadia freshwater and a tropical tube tomorrow. Thanks again. Keith

Hi Wilder, Just checked and yes one of the tubes has black rings round each end, when I switch the lights on they just flicker then die. Am I right in guessing the tubes have failed, if one goes do both light stop? If this is the case then I'll replace with some arcadia ones, I was going to at...

Not quite sure this constitutes an emergency but 6 month old Juwel Vsion 180 tank, with stock lighting, tonight the lights just went out. Thought it could have been the timer it was on so plugged direct into socket and the lights come on and then go off almost straight away. Left them for a...

Good, I'll just keep going then and try and remove it by hand as it goes whitish. Cheers, Keith

Update on progress, now on day 10 where I've been dosing on about 3x the normal Excel dose. Most of my algae has now turned reddish and things are looking better. How long should I continue dosing, what should I expect to see next, does the algae turn white, think I saw this mentioned in...

OK, just got myself some flourish excel, so I'm going to try the overdosing to get rid of the suspected BBA, not sure this will get rid of the other algae but it's a start. Keith

Hi Zig, Yes it is a Juwel tank Vision 180 and yes I still have the original lights, I had thought of swapping them for some Arcadia ( I think they were) lamps, but funds never got there, I guess this is something you are going to recommend. Fish population is 6 harlequins, 3 Pakistani Loaches...

Hi Zig, Tank is 180 litres, 1 wpg lighting, ammonia 0, Nitrites <0.3, nitrates best I can tell from the kit @ 10 ppm, every time I have tested nitrates never seem to be very high. Not sure what other stats you might need to help determine the cause. I guess it's best to leave the plants at the...

OK, added some pistures of the algae: Think the last one is the BBA, not sure about the other? Cheers Keith

Think so, but not quite the same, I'll get a couple of piccies up tomorrow to see what people think. Cheers, Keith

Had my tank up and running now since last september, current stock is in my sig, I did last year have a mild case of BGA which I managed to get rid of using a half dose of maracyn. However, after this went probably since early december I've been getting what I thought was hair algae long flowing...

Nice job there, so do all 4 lights get removed together, on my tank because of the bow front I think I could squeeze another long light at the back and that's it, but I keep thinking it would be a real faff everytime I go in the tank. CHeers, Keith

Is this lighting upgrade on their website and is there one for the Vision 180, I think I may be looking in the wrong place :S Keith

So as a result of all this, is the consensus you should not add any more lighting to the Juwel tanks because of the heat effect on the centre bar. At the moment I have a Vision 180 with 1wpg and I'm now not sure if I should add anything else. The brace in mine is moulded onto the rim so would...

Cheers zig, Checked out the thread and looks like I need plan B, whatever that will be! Keith

Cheers, the Cory's will come next when I find some and I want to try and get the rams in before xmas, think that would be enough for now, I can then continue adding the rest next year. Cheers, Keith

Can't seem to find much info on these, do Interpet have a website? I'm thinking of getting one of the 55w units for use in my Juwel tank, at the momnet I'm looking to rest one end on the bracket in the middle of the tank and the other end on the filter. Not sure what the recommended fittings for...

It's been nearly 2 weeks since I added 3 Pakistani Loaches to my tank and everything is ok, so I want to start adding some more fish, my plan was to add 5 cory Julii, 3 ottos, 2 rams and 6 cardinal tetras, but this was before I decided on the loaches. I'm not really sure adding these upsets my...

Thanks blue ram, Checked out the sites you mentioned, according to Chuck's planted aquaria and the readings I have, this verifys my low CO2 content. Also as bloozoo pointed out I'm actually 47 us gals, so I'm just 1wpg. I'll look into a phosphate test kit and see what that gives, I've looked at...

Apologies for this as I think it may be a bit long and rambly and possibly in the wrong forum, but I still consider myself a beginner and will for some time to come, but I hope you stick with it, I sort of thought the time had come to sort a couple of niggling things out in my tank, the first is...

Andy, Have your lights arrived, I'm thinking of the same type to boost the light in my Juwel tank? Cheers, Keith

OK, was a bit worried about looking in the tank this morning, really did expect to see one dead loach, but no all three swimming together up and down, colours all dark again, BIG thanks for the advice. Should I be looking to add more stress coat or was that just a one off event? Cheers, Kieth

kris-b- :This is all in my main tank now, I'm going to re setup the quarantine tank at some point. As there were already fish in my main tank I know that tank is ok. IMCL85 : the filter media in the quarantine tank had been sat with the filter media in my main tank for a couple of weeks, so I...

OK, lights are off, I do have some stress coat I can use, I used some Melafix in the tank last night as one of my guppies was flicking a bit, when I looked closely its side fin had something that looked white, but when we looked closer I wondered if it had been nipped, so I added the Melafix as...

Can't tell, two of them are hiding, I've only seen them for a couple of minutes, if it is stressed I guess there isn't much I can do, would turning off the lights help at all? Keith

Interestingly, tonight 2 of the new ones are being a bit elusive, hiding behind a cave in the tank, they have only come out a couple of times and one has gone really light in colour, the third is out all the time, swimming all over the place. So I'm not sure if these might be going the same way...

No problem, think what I might do is just clean everything and start again, maybe let it run longer and use ammonia to simulate fishload and see how it copes. Keith

Wilder: When you say acclimatised, I'm assuming you mean how long the bag was left in my tank for the water to equalise temps, that was about 45 mins. Not sure what the ph of the lfs is, when I went tonight and he tested my water, my pH was @ 7.6 and he didn't comment that this was an issue...

Can't believe this but bought 3 Pakistani Loaches on Saturday, had set up a quarantine tank for them, yesterday all 3 were dead, tested the water and it was fine, went to the lfs where I got them and they tested the water, it was fine, they have replaced them which is good, but I read somewhere...