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My Lfs has gone to a new supplier and is getting lots of new stuff . Including the same 4 point PU fluoro tubes the hydro hood uses. They have Aqua One tubes in 24 and 36w - tropical. No idea of the kelvin and I forgot to check the PAR. The hood sits on top of the tank but I can raise it. I'd...

Of course! I'd forgotten about incandescent bulbs disappearing from our shops.

Thank you for starting this thread, Library Girl. I had a severely depressed, listless apple snail. Thanks to this thread, he's happy and active. And so is his mate Pleco who shares the cuttlefish :)

Sorry! I meant T2s, not T8s! Time I stopped researching lights and turned them off for the night lol!

Hi Retired AF. I haven't used T2s, but I've been reading about them tonight: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Lighting.html I also discovered they come in mini CFLs. I have fresh water planted tanks, so I was excited to find 15w 6700k T8s on an Australian site called Ozlighting...

Thanks for posting this thread, Mox. My DIY CO2 is a one 2L bottle job and my brew recipe was much weaker than the one given here. It's working- I can see a green difference in the plants already and I've only had it going for a couple of days- but I like the two bottle version described here...

Well, Aqua chem, prepare to be shocked and amazed! I spent my time at work tonight looking for CFL hoods on the Aussie net instead of working. Found quite a few seriously overkill hydro lights on quite a few serious stoner sites, but no aquarium CFL hoods. I even tried to find incandescent bulb...

+1 Mumma. I was so pleased I finally understood what you were telling me about CFLs I forgot to ask what plants you are growing in the photo? They look like they are about to jump out of there and go for a walk, they're so lush!

Thanks Mumma. I'm guessing I'm after 2 x 15w CFLs, each between 5000- 6700k. I had a look at Petbarn.com.au No mail order and my nearest store is 5 hours drive away- one way. :(

Hey Mumma! Now I'm getting the picture! I kept imagining an aquarium hood type thing! Ok. I have this twin CFL floor lamp: and this CFL clip on desk lamp. This one's a powerful little bugger- 20w 5000k. It's trying to grow Rotala Macrandra in a bowl (never let it be said I lack ambition). I...

Hey Aqua-chem! I hadn't thought of CFL's - mainly because I've never seen a hood that uses them. I've only seen ones that take long fluoro tubes. I'm in Australia, so most of the good online aquarium lighting stores are unavailable to me- even Amazon. Would an ordinary lighting store have them?

Thanks Corsair. Does my T8 idea sound right to you? Every man and his dog seems to advocate T5s - but I can't see much difference between T8s and T5 NOs- and after the hydro light, I'm afraid of T5 HOs! :-0

Right now I'm cycling the tank with an 18w 24" T8. It's sitting on top of the tank - 12" from the light to the substrate. I was given a hydroponics fixture- 2x twin batton fluoros each at 55w. WAY too much light! I was wondering if I could use it if I added some Amazon Frog Bit to shade the...

I'm running a DIY CO2.

Cool! That was good fun. :)

Thanks Corsair!

Hi all I'm currently cycling a 10 gal planted tank. I'm using a single fixture T8 24" and have an Anubia on driftwood, some bunches of Hygrophila maybe Difformis but it isn't water wisteria and some bunches of Egeria Densa aka elodea. I'm running a DIY Co2 unit and everyone looks pretty happy...

Thanks Matt. I might give Clayfield a ring and ask :-).

Thanks Mumma. I had a quick look on eBay after reading your post and found a few: using the botanical names helped. I didn't think to do that before. I will be using it for carpeting and for a driftwood branch and "wall". I'd like an epiphyte effect on the branch and a mossy wall effect on the...

Hi all fellow Aussies. I'm having trouble finding a moss supplier. Lfs doesn't do moss, neither does their supplier. On line is fine- probably necessary since I live in country North Queensland. Thanks in advance!

Yeah! The names cracked me right up. My son would have been SO excited by them when he was a little boy lol. I'm going to learn more about them for sure.

Well Mumma, i've just finished looking at Aquagreen. First the plants. Pretty overwhelming but I'm starting to recognize the odd genus so I'll get there. Then the inverts. The NT algae eating shrimp; the Waterhouse snail; the soft shelled snail whose name I didn't remember because it eats...

Excuse me for butting in but thanks for the tip. Good luck with the cories, Snowfire. I don't think they'd draw you if you weren't meant to have them.

Hi Mumma I had checked out live fish and noted the reviews - good for fish, not so good for plants. I'm a country mile up the road from you in Innisfail. It maybe renamed Cyclonevale if we get another one this year. I'm going to check out aquagreen as soon as I finish answering you. Have you...

Hello again, jmpgop! I'm an absolute beginner at all things fishy- including the kuhlis, but my research tells me they'll be fine in pea sized gravel providing it's smooth. Kuhlis like to burrow and tunnel so it needs to be small and light, and they're scaleless so it can't have sharp edges or...