Recent content by nielsamd

I wish I could *create* green water for my daphnia! Adding nutrients just seems to create other non-suspended algaes.

I just got that German system. Have yet to set it up. Its a bit rough at the edges. Sort of what you'd imagine a pre-`90s East German set to be though I have no idea if that is an accurate description. But I can imagine a Dupla or Dennerle set being more finely engineered. No real instructions...

Yes thanks! Very inspiring indeed! :good:

Been getting the various things together to make a moss wall for a small cube tank and have had a hard time getting enough Christmas Tree variety to instantly make a monoculture moss wall. Has anyone had any experience combining mosses on one mesh plate? I am having trouble visualizing how it...

As Bowman said, this thread was worth reading just to see the word `Hykro' again. They made decent + interesting stuff for a teenage hobbyist like myself, back then. Wonder if there is a company one could consider a counterpart today.

I think Arc Pod lights are either 9w or 11w, not 15w. Don't mean to nitpick + not much diff I know, but when you double them you are talking 22w max instead of 30w in your calculations which is ~2/3rds. Personally I am going to measure if you can fit 3x 11w side by side! I am also...

Need these: http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?...roducts_id=1253 Pricey (and out of stock here) tho.

Yes sunlight sounds like the problem esp. if you are supplementing artificial light in the evenings. The only planted tanks I've seen doing well in full sun have used sun alone. And that was in the tropics where seasonal day-length variation was minimal. As has been suggested maybe make a...

Cool. I'm also setting up an Aquacube 40. Will probably add another 11 watts light (Arc Pod) or more to the 18 watts it comes with. Have an old 1970s era huge HOB filter case that I will build into a one-stop flitration/CO2/heating/refugiuum* unit to reduce in-tank clutter. Also found a...

DOes any regulator fit Sodastream cartridges? They seem cheap and available in supermarkets. I reckon some aquatic regulator company is missing out , if not.

Ok thanks. Yeah I'm Old School...well maybe not with regards to plant growth.. I agree substrate heating may have no discernable plant growth benefit, but long term tank stability may be affected without some regular water movement in the substrate. In nature you not only have water table...

Do you mean use this as a supplement to any substrate cable? It seems too focused to use *as* the substrate heater at least in terms of th eclassical warm/cool convection `springs' as espoused by Dupla, Dennerle, etc..

Interesting the apparently growing trend of small planted tanks with/without tech assist. About 10 years ago I bought the Dennerle brand guide book/catlogue which offered very small tank set-ups with 1 watt [sic] substrate heating. These `Mini Boden-Fluters' no longer seem to be available...