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Hmm yes you are right that would be strange for both bulbs to fail at same time...   yes it does have a ballast but is a sealed unit so to get into it would have to cut into the plastic casing and reseal the unit which am a bit dubious about doing :)

The other day my lighting stopped working, I am unsure if there is a way to fault find where exactly the fault is, have read that there is a lot of problems with the Juwel lighting unit itself or it could possible just be blown bulbs.   I don't want to spend out about £20.00 on new bulbs if the...

Thanks for your answers, have looked at the Unipac sand which does seem fine although as you say is not completly black I did manage to find this picture on another website which does show the carib sea black sand as rather gritty rather than sand like. I am probably going to go to LFS...

I am getting myself a new tank this weekend after months of searching.... I want to go for a black sand in this aquarium after having gravel in previous tank, I prefer the look of sand and Would like to have some Cory's and possible kuli's The sand am probably going to get is...

I am struggling to find an aquarium which comes with a black brown or dark wood colour. Have been thinking recently of perhaps using a piece of furniture not designed for aquariums http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50103086/#/10103088 in particular. would plan to have the unit on its...

Having spent ages trying to find a tank with a dark wood stand only suitable option seems to be the juwel Rio 180 in dark wood. Now I really dislike the big black box they call a filter! So would be looking to remove this and have seen many topics regarding the removal. But by removing it it...

Thanks for the advice have contacted juwel and couple of suppliers and see what I get back! On another note if someone could recommend a tank which comes with a dark wood cabinet I would be most greatfull I know the juwel tank would be ideal but not keen on all the all in one filter and the...

Ok thanks well think the tank associated with the juwel Rio cabinet holds approx 180 and the fluval Roma 200 holds 200 liters, so would be a weight difference but would be no over hang by my calculations

I am in process of moving house and need to downsize my tank. I have my eye on the fluval roma 200 but don't like the colours of the cabinets available, therefore looking at the juwel Rio cabinet. They seem to match apart from the cabinet being 1cm longer and 1cm wider, which would mean a 5mm...

Seeking a bit of advice on how to proceed with fish tank... Have an approximatley 200L litre fish tank has been established for past 5 months current stock levels were: 9 Corydoras 3 Dalmatian mollys 12 Neon Tetras 1 Siamese fighter (male) 5 Male guppies 7 Zebra Dianios Added on Thursday 1...

its a fluval U4 and is 1000 LPH only have 10 Coryadoras, 5 male guppies at the moment till tank is settled and working correctly. I don't have much decor at moment as went from 60 litre to 200 and only the bits i had in 60 litre which was some bogwood, plants and some slate, but do plan to...

Hi there, I have recently had to upgrade my tank due to other one springing a leak ( also seemed like great chance to upgrade to a larger tank) I got a 200L tank and used my old fluval U2 till new filter arrived, which it did today and transferred some of my old media into new filter and have...

Yay well finally saw first 0 nitrites & ammonia within 12 hour period! do i need to wait awhile to see if tank is ready for fish or can i look at getting some fish and such this weekend? Also should my nitrates still be this low? looking at other peoples diaries they have very high nitrate yet...

Would like to thank everyone so far for their help and advice, have attached my results over the past week since my ammonia dropped to 0, will update as i go if any spots anything out of the ordinary please let me know :) one concern i have at the moment is the nitrate levels not rising at all...

Hi, I am currently mid cycle with my tank, and looking to get my tank as near to complete as can do while waiting. Does having live plants in the tank effect the cycling in any way? or is it ok to have some plants in while i carry out the remainder of the fishless cycle. Thanks

Well I finally saw the ammonia drop to 0.00ppm, but only after carry out approximately a 15% water change ( mainly due to water evaporation) also carried out nitrite tests which came up at around 5.0ppm & nitrate which came up also about 5.0ppm. Am I finally on the right track with the cycling...

Yes from reading the guide I was aware it would take longer to do the add daily method, which is why I carried out the water changes to reduce the ammonia levels in the tank and tried to go with the add & wait method, which it did but after a week since the water changes have not seen any...

Hi, I recently brought a 60L tank, after reading the forums a bit I found the guide to fish less cycling and decided to opt for the add daily method, I added approximately 3ml of ammonia solution from home base ( 9.5% no bubbles when shaken) daily for about 7 days not noticing any change in the...