Recent content by Spikey-Mike

Interesting to notice an old thread awaken... I certainly didn't bother trying it - I got another dosing pump. I dose ferts at 08:00 and glut solution 15 minutes before lights on. I'm much more comfortable with electronics than chemistry :-) Rgs, Mike.

When I got mine, which was about 6 months ago, I ordered it at a time I knew I was off work doing stuff on the house and would be in all week. It should have come on the Monday and finally arrived on the Friday. All attempts to contact any human at Bonnymans was a complete waste of time. When I...

That's a shame - I suppose he might have stopped doing it, but seemed as though he was serious to carry on when I went to see him (about 18 months ago). He is a one man band though and might be away / ill / whatever.

Mine came from Jez and it is a good quality, well made tank. When I tried to get in touch, I tried emails but got no answer. He replied very quickly when I submitted a design from the aquarium builder page, so it is probably anti spam measures. I suppose you could always send him a txt. I think...

Hmmm, I make it 2.7%.... You'd really want to arrange the flow into the base of the 'T' to make sure you got an equal split. Thanks for posting the results anyway. Looks like I probably wasted my £25 quid :-) Cheers, Mike.

Oh dear :-( Hope it dries out OK. If you can leave the wet connectors on a radiator for a day or so it should be OK. Best to make sure they really are dry in case something starts to rot....

OK, thanks guys. Something else must have happend at my end then. I was doing something in another window, so ie must have become upset. Cheers, Mike.

Hi, thought I'd chime in here rather than start a new thread as the recent messages are slightly relevant.... What would you expect to happen if someone were replying to a thread and whilst they were typing their piece, someone else replied to the same thread? I tried to post a reply last...

I'd be very interested what you find with that. I have split my fx5 output with Y pieces to include heater and co2 atomiser and including the jubilee clips it came to about £25 worth of hardware, which was the cheepest I could get it. Looking forward to your results :) Mike.

Hi, A small restriction given by a short bit of something won't make all that much difference. It will make a difference, but not much. If you take a long piece of pipe which is a small diameter then you will see a noticeable effect. Water flow in pipes is analogous to current flow in wires...

Hi, The tube is 25mm outside diameter and I guess 21mm or thereabouts inside diameter. It is stiff stuff but goes over the fittings and fx5 fittings easily once warmed up with hot water. Cheers, Mike.

Hi, The photo was mine :) and here is the link to the thread.... Fluval fx5 too much for a high tech 200l? | UK Aquatic Plant Society I threw away the fluval tubing and used what you see in the photo just peeking out from behind the filter. Cheers, Mike.

Hi, I've no experience with fire extinguishers; I run standard 5kg CO2 bottles... but I think that the outlet on a FE is via a tube from the bottom of the tank. A long shot but could the CO2 be comming out of the bottle as liquid and messing with the regulator? Cheers, Mike.

These are the pumps I just bought. Dosing pump, Peristaltic dosing pump for aquarium, lab | eBay I bought 2 but got 3 which was extremely good value :-) I'm not too sure how reliable they will prove to be though. I suppose time will tell. Cheers, Mike.

I have macro in a 1 litre bottle (4 weeks supply) and I dose micros on water change day. I don't get any precipitate in the bottle so always assumed that there was no problem.... I guess it depends on the concentration and the temperature. I can see the wisdom of stirring the micro solution...