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I,m with Tomfish here.I'm setting up with cat litter at the moment and crying with frustration trying to plant up!! Just spent an hour planting 3 E.Uraguayensis in and still not convinced they're going to stick!! :crazy: I'll keep trying tho'

Wouldn't have thought of putting it in the freezer! Great idea.Thanks for the replies

Apologies if this has been asked before but do people also Diy the fine and coarse foam pads in filters. Need some and the filter specific pads cost a lot. Any recomendations?

Any chance of a ball park figure as to what you paid for shipping? i have a couple of friends who would be interested as well as its lovely stuff. Would you be willing to elaborate? You know,sources,costs etc.Would love to know. Thanks

Sorry to be a thickie but does superglue in the tank cause any problems with water chemistry? Or is it OK once it's hard and dry?

looks like i need to start posting more as I'm also after wood and cant see the for sale section. Has anyone ever got shipped any manzanita from the states. Some georgeous stuff for sale there but I guess the shipping would be prohibitive?

I'm not up to speed on the technical stuff either but have been using these to good effect. http://www.ledison-led-lights.co.uk/p/T ... 14W/18.htm Seem to work well for me and probably about the same price as the ones your looking at

Having watched the links people put up theres one guy doing Acrylic but very slowly and carefully! i think i probably got my tube to hot and soft when bending.thought i was being careful but maybe not. Those links are well worth watching

Trust my computer to go down just after i posted!! had to re-install. I was trying to bend 16mm pipe (2mm wall thickness) purchased from the ebay seller linked in the article. Think it's called clear plasticsupplies. I used a hot air gun as used for paint stripping held in a vice as i ran the...

Tried this a couple of times now. Failed on each occasion!! Trying to do two 180 degree bends with pipe bending spring but each time the outside of the bend (obviously) becomes thinner and splits! Don't even care about the indents from the pipe bending spring but at £6.45 a length I've wasted...

On a similar subject.Does anyone know where I can source clear 16mm pipe clips. Eheim do them and I,ve got some but they're in a kind of smoked grey look. As I,ve got everything else in clear acrylic I want some clear pipe clips. Apologies for the change of subject!!

Thanks for the replies.Looks like I bought a box of osmocote surplus to requirements!!! Oh well,can always use it on the veg patch next year!! Might well try the fert tabs route as well.

Cheers for the reply Darrel.Have you any thoughts as to how much Osmocote i should use in the substrate. Theres so much top advice here my head is spinning as a newbie. Hope to take a few photos as i build it up anyway and post them. Wish me luck.

Bear with me please as i'm a newbie about to attempt my first aquascape. Been looking at this forum for a while and absorbing the excellent advice. So,have decided to go the tesco cat litter route and have bought some Osmocote to go underneath it. Have bought all the ferts to go down the EI...

Newbie here guys. Was interested in going LED for my tanks that I'm soon to set up and wondered if any of you experts could pass your opinion on these? Links for 3ft tubes as thatswhat I need but they sell them in all lengths it seems. New to this so would welcome opinions.Seem a good price tho'...