Recent content by Simonc99

I live in London and the house temp is usually about 20 degrees C but in the coldest weeks the house temp may go down to 17/18C The silicon heater pad uses 5W so very efficient even if it's on for 12 hours a day. The pad is 6inch square (150mm) and has a max temp of 60C and seems to work really...

I set up a 60l tank with a 5w heat pad and a controller. My tank has been running for well over a year and is fine. The heat pad sits in a polystyrene tray which is just notched out by a couple of mm so that the full weight of the tank is not resting on it and I lined the tray with foil to...

Hi I've got a biorb 60 and I've taken out the carbon filter and covered the whole base in a layer of medium and course matting and put the original spong back in the canister with a fine wool on top. Haven't changed anything apart from 20% water every few weeks and levels are great... There's s...