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Yeah I just noticed it only had a 150W heater, although it still says suitable for up my tank size. Anyone else have thoughts on this low wattage ?? :roll:

As i havent bought my filter yet what are people views on a combined external heater and filter like the Eheim 2324 Thermo Filter http://www.theaquariumshop.co.uk/eheim-2324-thermo-filter-o-75.html

I’m hoping the waterfall will increase the natural aeration of the water; it is being made from polystyrene (cemented) so I’m going to design it to be easy to clean and in theory it would not reduce the surface area down too much.

Two reasons lyquidphyre, I’m going to have a very small waterfall in the tank and once it’s established I’m going to have an African Butterfly Fish, so will want to be able to look down on him (a bit). K looks like under substrate heating is out, that makes life easier. Ill check out the in...

Apologies in advance for Newb questions My tanks is 60x18x15 = 70 Gal (US) although it will only have water to a height of 15-16 inch, making it around 60 Gal I'm going to use and eheim 2224 external filter (Bloozoo2 convinced me to spend a bit more and get this) but just want suggestions for...

Im new to this so I dont know much about fish keeping, but when it comes to venterlation what you want to do is create a vacuum. So have the fans blowing out the hot air thus sucking in the cooler air.