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Hmm don't plan to sell one at the moment, I have a plan for some shrimp tanks in the near future. I think aquatics live will fuel the next steps for that, hopefully plenty of inspiration there for me to pick up ideas from. The gda is certainly looking a lot better now after the great advice I...

Yes the spray bars are pointing just slightly upwards causing the surface to ripple, I would say around 90% of the width is covered by the spray bars now. If there is no driver for me to up the lights then I will hold off, I thought it would improve plant growth, but the leaves on everything...

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Sorry for the slow reply, it's taken a couple of weeks to get the bits sorted and installed. Here is a pic of the spray bar across the back, currently fed by a fluval 406 and 306. No loose items sit on the bottom of the tank anymore, everything appears to keep moving. The last week I ran...

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Interesting yours failed, will keep a check and see how it goes. I need to use the controller as I don't want to run them at 100%, I suspect the high light level may be a cause of my gda. After a 3 day blackout I intend to run them at 50% from today and see how things go. I have a thread in...

I also had this same issue with my 1000nd grobeams, it's not a controller issue. After trying many settings and variations, anything apart from 0% and 100% made a high pitched whistle. it turned out to be a capacitor in the lights that protects the first LED in the unit. I found this out after...

Thanks for the great feedback. I will give up on the FX5 plan, and go with ordering another 306 to match what I already have and run them in parallel. I will also get the EI starter kit asap, and use this instead. As for the hood, yes its a bit bulky, its an oak one so not quick to remove...

I am hoping to get some discus for the tank, when I am happy it's stable and ready for them. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. Would it be a bad thing to reduce the pipework from 25mm ? down to 22/17 on the FX5 ? I am assuming these reducers are available, my limited plumbing knowledge would make me think this would increase the water pressure coming out of the spray bar ? Reason I ask this is I...

Thanks for the feedback, will start that process today when I get home. On the external filter side, do a lot of people run two externals ? as I don't see many filters with high lph throughput advertised ? the best I can find is the Fluval FX5 External Filter, unless I am looking in the wrong...

Thanks for the links, if I am reading the details correctly, lowering light intensity or a few days blackout. Is the way to go?

Hi all, I seem to have a lot of gda growing on the back wall of my tank. Some tank details 200 litre Fluval 306 Spray bar pushing back to front across the top of water, causing flow but not really breaking the surface Aquagro 1000nd x3 lights CO2 lime green Tank has been running around 10...

Thanks, my water is very soft. 4dKH this explains why I am seeing a large swing. Thanks Tim