Good afternoon all

[Firefly101]

Good afternoon all, my name is Simon and I am a London firefighter , 49 years old. I used to keep tropical fish in my teens and now my daughter is nearly a teenager I have bought another tank for her to show her what it is like. So far we are both loving it. I bought a Fluval flex 34l. and have done a few mods on it. It currently houses one white opal betta, 5 neon tetra and 2 Amano shrimp and all going well. My only issue is that I can’t find a good digital light timer to help with light cycles. If anyone here has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate your advice.

 

[10 Tanks]

Hello. You don't really need a timer. Set an alarm on your phone to 6 am and 6 pm. Then, just manually turn the light on and off. Can't be a lot of work, you only have one tank. If you really want a timer, look at the Hyper Tough product. Very inexpensive and works well.

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[Firefly101]

Yeah, it’s not so easy when I’m working shift work. Sometimes I have to work overtime due to emergencies so it would just be nice to know that the tank is running at some sort of normality. My daughter does do a good job while I’m not at home

 

[Firefly101]

I did buy an analog timer, but for some reason it didn’t work with my flex. From the research I have done, I haven’t found anything that is compatible apart from Nicrew, which have stopped selling them…

 

[emeraldking]

Welcome to the forum, Simon...
Nowadays there are timers that you can control by an app on your phone. But I don't know the brands in the UK.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Welcome!
Every light I've ever had was either programmable in its own right (like the Fluval Aquasky, which is really fun to set up) or will work with a simple analog timer. I like the outdoor ones with a cable, like the one pictured below, because they don't take up as much room on a power strip. Any hardware or home store should have them.

I am puzzled about why the one you have doesn't work with your light. Can you tell us more about that?

 

[GaryE]

I had a light malfunction, and no longer work with the phone. It reverted to 24 hours on each time, no matter how I set it. So I reset it to manual, and with that, it worked with an old school timer. You could try that.