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Excellent, do you have a part number, url I can go to, as I can't get the one I ordered to work! Cheers Iain

Really useful post, I have a small problem though. I have my replacement ballast which has 8 inputs like the ones pictured but I only have 3 wires in my light bar and the ballast is not enclosed, it is just a circuit board with the live and neutral and then 3 non identified connections at the...

Heighley Gate in Morpeth is getting quite good. Some knowledgable staff can be found and some unusual fish recently. Marines have been excellent recently. Iain

I use Seachem Prime and add a double dose before the fill, works well. Temp wise I generally fill with warm but when filling from teh cold tap I find that you just need to find out a suitable amount to replace without dropping the temp too much. The python makes it so easy that you can do less...

Lovely work, really looking forward to seing that with the tetra's in. Iain

Hi, I have loads of Kribs, blighters keep going at it. From 1" to 2" for most of them. They are free to anyone who wants them! Won't post but happy to drive a bit to get some space in my tank again. Iain

Billingham Aquatics is indeed pretty good, they should be able to help you out. Iain

Hi, Does anyone know a cheap place to get a CO2 fire extinguisher refilled anywhere between Berwick and Middlesbrough? So far I have been quoted £25 ex VAT to swap my 2kg extinguisher (6 months old) for a refilled old one and I could get a new one from Ebay for less! Thanks Iain

I believe I know what you mean, I assume you want to save on reagent? If so then not really if you want and accurate reading as your eye will not assess the colour in the same way with the smaller volume although it probably will not be far off. Iain

Thanks, planning to keep a couple back how will they do if left with the current pair? Iain

Nice looking fish, I have about 40 fry growing fast myself. Any idea on what size they have to be to give them away? Anybody in the Northeast (UK) want some! Iain

Another :good: for the python. I picked one one last time I was in the US and it is such a great bit of kit. I set the water temp running through it to tank temp suck out some water flick it over to flow some in, a quick squirt of Prime and the jobs done :) Iain

I got my white filter from ebay. few quid for 100's of pads which are already cut to size. The other filters I have not changed since new which is about 9 months. To be honest I have never rinsed the blue ones and everything is fine. I change 1 white one every fortnight and give the tank...

I do 4 hours on, then off for 2 and back on for 4 and that was working very well until the sun started comign through the window and hitting the tank. Had to draw the curtains to keep it in check. Iain

Nice photos, just had my first load of baby kribs start swimming around. They are so cool they way they get shepherded around! Iain

Thanks, it's lovely hence the lack of cash, too much money spent on custom heatsinks and so forth ;) The light bar is in a sorry state but working. Superglue is doing the trick and the ballast electronics are sealed back in under a silconed on perspex lid, looks terrible :) Might as well take...

Can't see them at Maplin or RS, soldering iron no prob, sat here listening to music on my newly built amp :) It's an old unit, T5's, can't find quite the right fittings, obviously critical to get something waterproof. Some creative use of superglue has built up a support for the other side of...

Hi all, I have problems with my Rio180 lighting bar. I have dremeled off the top and there was moisture inside at some point as a screw is corroded. However all the electronics are fine. The end fitting for the tube is burnt though, not the round cap that slides on the tube but the actual white...

Used to love getting a plate of cockles, vinegar and black pepper :rolleyes: A few years since I have been down there there. The Thames is really clean these days, loads of Otters up the other end of it. Iain

Are the cockle sheds still down that way? always used to enjoy heading down that way when I was a kid. Iain

2 new platys and a tiger plec to add since my last post. running total 11144

I wouldn't even want one in a room I was in let alone my fish! In modern doubled glazed houses the levels of organic pollutants in the air can get quite high as the air changes are restricted and you then breath it in yourself. I work on the premise that if it's likely to need handling in a fume...

Not sure where in teeside you are but I think Billingham Aquatics is a reasonable shop. I've only purchased some T5 tubes from them but the advice on those was good for a newbie. Definitely get rid of the test strips they are rubbish, a proper test kit is the way to go. I've checked the strip...

For dechlorinator I would recommend getting Prime. It's a really good product and really concentrated so effectively way cheaper than a lot of others on the market. It also can help later when you are adding fish as it detoxifies ammonia and nitrite (simplistic statement but effectively true)...

My L002 has just spent some time out for the first time since I got it about 3 weeks ago. A bit of cucumber enticed him out and I also moved a few plants which gave him space to come out of his resin log and still be fairly hidden away which seems to have helped. Or he got sick of me lifting his...

I'd like to know that as well, I had my eye on the 700 and then just got that email. Interesting if you click through the subcription site doesn't mention the filter. It's certainly not worth the 70 quid they reckon as it's on the web around 45quid. I figured some extra filtration on my rio180...

6 platys (2 raised from fry) 4 Corys 1 Tiger Plec 1 Dwark Gourami 11 Harlequin rasboras 4 Neons 1 black skirt tetra 2 siamese algae eaters 1 red tailed shark Total 31 running total 9650

On my 200W juwel heater bought 2 weeks back for my rio 190 clockwise is hotter and it now has numbers at 2 degree c intervals. The once I replaced did have a + and - but I can't remember which way round they were. Iain

43 but I spent ages trying to spell half of the ones I picked :)

Hijacking the thread slightly but I go to the states quite often and have been tempted to pick up some better meds like maracyn, anybody got any idea of there are import issues bringing this stuff back? Cheers Iain

Good to see so many posts, whichever way you go you will find this forum a great help and trust me this hobby gets addictive very quickly! The one major message to take from this forum is don't always trust what your fish shop says! The peeps here are fanatics and not everybody in the shops...

Firstly what did you clean the tank with? If you've used any cleaning agents make 100% certain it is rinsed, rinsed and rinsed again. I suspect the reason that the voucher is not good until 7 days are up is to give the tank time to mature. What the fish shop would mean by this is fill it with...

Thanks, I took about 4 hours to do it originally so not long enough. He seems fine now the tank pH has lifted. I 'll treat the tank as suggested and keep a close eye on him. The advice is greatly appreciated and will almost certainly be useful for next time as the lfs pH readings are obviously...

Hi, I bought a LO2 tiger plec earlier today and introduced him to my mature cycled tank. Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, Nitrate <5 pH 7 CO2 30ppm The LFS tank temp was about a degree higher and pH alledgedly was 7.6 but 9 by my calibrated meter. when I got home. I did the usual very slow change of...

Do read the wikipedia entries they are very good. Base is indeed the "opposite" of acid, alkali's are just a special type of base essentially soluble and providing OH- ions. The whole relationship is essentially an equilibrium between positive and negative ions (note this is a simplistic...

M, Whatever you do I would be inclined to bang a hole in the bottom corner of the wall behind and stick the pump in the kitchen. That avoids a long run from the attic and the pump doesn't matter in there and even with a quieter pump you could still get some sound if you have it in there...

pH is a effectively a measure of the concentration of H3O+ ions in a solution. An acid solution is one where the pH is less than 7, a basic solution is one where the pH is great than 7. pH is not a measurement of alkalinity but above pH 7 it is a measure of basicity. Alkalinity is basically...

Very very nice. Hopefully I'll make something like that one day! Iain

31 quid is, had a smile on my face for weeks :lol: Yes i am well impressed with Greenline. The packaging was excellent and the plants were in really good condition. No sign of any snails (hurrah!) Away from home so don't have bulb details at the moment but went with 2 recommended by an LFS with...

Looking good :good: