Recent content by nabz

got a little problem with the tank i went out and bought a twin t5 light fixture and managed to fit it into my hood i thought hey ill run both new light with plant spectrum and i ran the two original lights in the tank aswell so i had 2xt5's and 2xt8's i started to notice some cotton looking...

The substrate is jbl manado And the new plant is pogostemon halferi thanks nick

Ill have a look when I get home

Nah the zebra loaches.don't grow as big and they destroy snails Ill check the plant name later Cheers for comments

New plant today

I have 3 zebra loaches 3 Cory's 6 rummy nose tetra 4 dwarf gourami 1 albino Ruby shark 5 cardinal tetra 3 guppies 1 endler 1 small pleco (the one that only grows upto 4in) I will be a bit overstocked when some of the fish get bigger so I have another tank to setup for my son Hopefully I can...

Here is my first fish tank I'm now addicted I think I have just rearranged it spending money on it weekly here it is :)

Just finished redoing my tank for today

How about blocking some of the light from entering the tank Block some of the bulb solid or whole bulb through some tinted material you could use car tinting film on Perspex then you will be able to calculate what light ire getting as car film is rated just some ideas Cheers Nick

Just DIY some t5 bulbs ballast now running 2 x t8 30w one sunglo and one aquaglo 2 x t5 39w both plant plus or something like that

Is there not a light unit using t5 bulbs I can just screw to my hood?

Is that a simple swap of bulbs or do I need to do something else I'm a newb Is my lighting well below what's needed or? cheers nick

hi everyone have just joined the site and wanted to show my aquarium plus i have some Q's about lighting as im about to try some hc to carpet the tank the tank is a 160ltr 1m x 40 x 40 this is my first fish tank and just happened to think real plants would be better what kinda lights do i...