Recent content by swackett

Thanks, yes possibly, I did think it should gradually fade to darkness rather than darken in stages.

Here is a video showing the light behaviour 1 minute before "off" time, is this normal? Aquasky 2.0

I swapped the light for another which was easy thanks to my local Maidenheadc aquatics. The replacement light behaved in the same way ☹️. Fluval are still investigating as it should not behave like this. Just wondering if anyone that has an aquasky 2 could see what their light does just before...

We currently have the pre-filter foam in the prefilter tray at the top, then from bottom basket upwards, Eheim Mech ceramic tubes (took the Eheim mech pro out as they kept floating up when cleaning the filter and removing baskets), next basket is filled with Eheim Biomech, next basket is Eheim...

Its an Eheim 2074 350T thermo filter

try without the fine "polishing" filter floss pad? I'm using ceramic tubes at the moment and he seems to say they are not very good at mechanical filtration.

I recently watched several videos by Pondguru, he says its best to place mechanical filtration in lowest basket as that is the first basket the water passes through after the pre-filter foam. As the mechanical filtration is teh first backet the water encounters, it leaves the biological...

When I called Fluval tech support he seemed to think it maybe faulty, he said it should not switch between normal light and green light momentarily before the off time. I missed a call back from him, I'll call back on Monday to see what he suggests.

Thanks, is not very gradual for me, it's seems to have a stepped gradient in use. For example 10 minutes before the end of sunset it still seems pretty bright where I would expect it be almost off.

I recently replaced the LED light that came with the Fluval Roma with an aquasky 2. Its running in auto mode with an 1.5 hour sunrise and sunset. Should it dim from slowly and consistently dim during the sunset phase ? I just watched it about 3 minutes before sunset end and it dimmed, then...

How often do you clean the filter sponge?

Good comments guys, yes I was asking about the effect of higher o2 on BBA, and although I know it will not kill it, it should help stop it spreading along with an enhanced cleaning schedule. Removal will only be done as said by chemical intervention of removal of affected leaves. So I think...

Brilliant thanks for the information, maybe I'll go for a skimmer as it would be good to get rid of the surface film we have. Not sure about which one yet, I like ehiem products as they seem well built, so may end up with that one. We don't have any RCS, just Amano shrimp, lemon tetras and...

So would go for the aps one? How do you fix the Eheim one to stop fish being sucked in?

Should I get a surface skimmer then? They seem cheepish at £20 for an Eheim 350. How long is yours on for, overnight only?