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no link to the light and what does 10wt mean?

Use google and a ruler:lol:

This is kinda a technique I just made up on the fly looking at your images, but this is what I did and just really relates to grainy images. 1. from filters, "select convert to smart filter" (This allows you to adjust filters after you have applied them ) 2. from filters go to "noise" then...

Built with pipe clips, shower rails and bike handle bars, does a perfect job and saves several hundred £. Get yourself a DSLR, a copy of FCPX and After effects and make some films you, seems to be lacking in the aquatics culture.:)

Ahh 40D that kinda explains it, I sold my dad my old Nikon D40 that was only 6MP or something, it was an amazing camera and with the right lens took some amazing pics, but when it came to low-light it was a nightmare, sensors have moved on a long way in the last 6 years.

No trying to plagiarise you but i spent a few mins doing a few tweeks, could do 100 times better using the original image, the thing with noise is that it is mainly apparent in the darker areas of contrast, so in photoshop you can de-noise the image, then by cmd+click on the strongest channel...

Thats strange so what camera were you using, where you shooting in RAW? did they look grainy before processing? Strange that they would have that much noise if the ISO wasn't pushed.:)

£1300 is a good price, so slick for video it's unreal, I mostly use the 5Dmk2 to shoot video. recently built a shoulder rig with follow focus that dramatically improves video quality, as although they are as good as £10,000 worth of video cameras in a lot of cinematic ways, they are not great...

Just got 2 free fire extinguishers off gumtree, woop! always a bargain to be had.

Yeah beautiful shots just shame about the noise, what ISO were you shooting at, at a guess I would say that due to the low light you were pushing the ISO a little far, and should of just compensated with a slower shutter whilst keeping the aperture high in order to keep everything well within...

Sorry couldn't help myself, just wanted to share a couple of pics of my new dwarf puffers, got them yesterday and they are great little fish. They have taken up residence in my moss tree and use it as a nest. Image quality is a bit poor as I have my DSLR out on loan so these were snapped with my...

Fair play I have never tried it personally, just have cconsidered it and know its damm expensive

Yes but thats not really the same thing is it¿¿¿ Most people on here go and spend £35 a bag on ada's finest, which is comparative to Oliver Knott's which is usually even more expensive.

Just a quick heads up to any Londoners, aquatic design center is selling Oliver knott soil for half price £20 for 10l.

I agree dwarf puffers are nice I have just got some myself yesterday, however I think most people would agree that 6 is far too many for a 60l tank, more like 2-4 max.

I have some Boraras micros, very small with a nice chilled out inquisitive behaviour

I have tracked down the model I bought of ebay secondhand to this website for $18, not sure about how much shipping would be. Also two of these and a cheap household dimmer could work suggested by another member, but haven't tried it. Also this one you...

Sounds like a good idea to me if it fits with your schedule, guessing you don't have dosing pumps. Is it for your new cube build? What LC are you using this one? I don't really have any experience with LC but couldn't you get some feedback from using a drop checker and looking at the available...

along the same lines, I know it probably not as good as the ones listed above but for style this one defiantly wins, has anyone tried one? NAG-aqua music External Glass CO2 Diffuser(S)-Metal Clip is not include | eBay

Viewed in 1080p even better, nice vid mate really nice tank.

Just for reference, making your own is a simple as buying this and adding it to water.... This would lightly depending on the size of your tank last you many many years, saving a lot of money.

No sorry mate easy to from anywhere though, I recommend you just have a look on ebay for a CFL as these are the best for plant growth. Check out these filter setting. what lamp are you going to be using? you can also buy socket converters if you need to.

Cuba looks great, vibrant and healthy, looking good!

Yes I know all about this, I would say the LED's running at full brighness were hot but are at about 70c still ok to touch. Turning them down to 70% would make the last for their full lifetime IMO. I do however recommend that people do use these with an additional heatsink if possible, even...

Yes that is a good point, the heat transfer seems to be quite good as they are pressed tight against the PCB, although I am sure a spot of thermal glue/compound would be a good idea. I will let you know how mine go that I have made without.

No they were ordered in from Hong Kong, thanks.

Yes I will try and get a journal up soon to document the growth progress of the plants

The other day I was asked to create a thread on how I made my DIY LED lighting unit, I have got together a few photos that will hopeful help demonstrate how it is done, I also have a few LED's for sale over on this thread, so if anyone is interested get in touch. Here are the LED's used...

im sure 6m would kick off some decent light.

Can anyone think of a good use for these, they look cool but cant think of how they might be used NAG Aqua Music-The World's Smallest Air Stone(Set of 3) | eBay

Yes these are cool lights, I like the RGB ones with remote control , however these are rubbish for growing plants, the led's are too small with not much wattage or par, might be ok on a very small nano tank. For somthing with a bit more power you might want to check out my listing for 3w led's...

You could just redo the whole wall:D Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I have a nice JBL external filter for sale for £50 delivered, its a cristalprofi e700 and it is brand new in the box.

Yeah second the plain background, check out ebay for some white window vinyl or something similar. Also you will find hairgrass spreads a lot faster when you aggressively cut it back, you should cut it to 1-2cm and watch it send out runners and connect to make a carpet. Only thing is I have...

Look on ebay for 5050 60 rgb led and get a 44 button remote, this larger remote has the ability to individually set the colour with rgb slides to set any colour/brightness you want. The 5050 60 has double the amount of led's than the normal ones and are crazy bright also small, self adhesive and...

You def can do salt water on the cheap, with minimal equipment. I know I have done it, fish are a little more expensive but you get a lot more personality for your money. Never had corals though, but think you can pick up cheap frags from people,forums, ebay, etc. Sent from my GT-I9300 using...

Eh! most heat mate are quite low watts, but might try a slightly oversized 20w and see what happens.

Yeah I know what you mean I have kept fish unheated as well for short periods of time, but it's not really good practice, don't want to get depressed fish:dead: My house can get quite cold sometimes, so was looking to raise the temp a bit, was looking at the super small Newattino heaters, the...

Sorry mate didn't realise you ere not using cree XML as written by someone else above, depending on what led you are using the driver current might be a bit high for these, think most 3w led's are 700-950ma and your driver is 1500ma

How did you wire them? XMLs have a 3.1v forward voltage at 1500ma so you would need 4 LED's in wired in series for them to work. Test the drivers with a mutimeter or another 12v device (or your tongue) if possible to see if you have a working driver, just make sure you don't test the 240v...

I will take it, will pm you.

Hi bit of a strange question, but I am looking at making a nano tank using the Walsted method, keeping all hardware out of the tank (no heater or filter). I was wonder, does anyone have any experience using a reptile heating mat under a tank in order to raise the water temp, is it at all...

Don't know if it bothers anyone but seemed relevant, article taken from PFK website. The UK government has announced that five commonly traded aquatic plants are to be banned within the UK. Taking effect from April 2014, Water fern (Azolla), Parrot’s feather (Myriophyllum), Floating...

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sarahtermite is from Dartmoor Another newbie has a go: Dartmoor tor-inspired (maybe!) | UK Aquatic Plant Society

Yeah you can just buy stainless mesh off ebay for not alot, works a treat. Or you can use small peices of slate. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I wouldn't worry to much it should not be too much of a problem, In my tank the riccia was on its way out anyway, it's not so much that the riccia died, it's just riccia has a tendency of coming unstuck from whatever method you use to tie it down, shrimp will be fine as long as they are not...

In my low light tank I tied it down and left it growing for a good 6-9months until it needed any maintenance, was a bit of a slow grower to be honest. but I know what you mean jack, under high lighting I was trouble always grow too fast, needing trimming, and detaching itself from the rocks. You...

Personally I think HC is suited to high light only thanks, with co2. Personally I have had good experiences with Riccia carpets in low tech tanks, I use plastic netting (Can use hair nets, cotton or fishing line) to secure it down to rocks and let it grow through. You can check out my bowl in my...

Photoshop looks great, although im sure it will change as you work on it for real. what plants are you planning on using in the tank, that looks like a vast area to carpet. good luck:)

galaxy rasboras are interesting.

And here is a 10% discount code "Pogostemon"

I looked at them originally, but i thought i could get a 5a one and save on running cables, that will teach me to be lazy. No the trick is to get one driver that supplies 60v at 900ma and wire the led's in series.

This wHigh Power Bright LED Pure Warm/Cool White Light Lamp DIY Bulb 9-12V | eBay This would dod the trick! High Power 10W LED Driver AC 85-265V to DC 9-12V 900mA | eBay

If i was to have a 12v 900ma power supply it would work? Yes any DC power supply running at 12v 900ma or less will work its the fact this power supply runs 5a (even though its 0-5a) will blow the one LED? Yes I believe it will blow 1 led but am not 100%, maybe try asking the sales person. if...

I like the DIY filter mate, where did you get the canister I was looking at making one from one of these but think it might be a little small, might be ok for a nano. Oil Catch Can 15mm Fittings Universal Breather Tank Crank Case Breather Square | eBay

You may find this article useful from Reeflights.com a specialist in led lighting describing how to run very similar led's using a 3.2A driver in parallel. Wiring Diagrams | Reef LED LightsReef LED Lights

But he is talking about running the led's in parallel, not series like in your diagram??

Well they defiantly do have led books on amazon, here are a few ebooks on led's. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4744698/0470612797Lighting.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4744698/LED.Lighting.pdf Power Supplies for LED Driving - Steve Winder - Google Books

Yeah me too, from my understanding your current driver should work fine, I have a feeling that ian_m just jumped in to the conversation without properly reviewing the information, I can't see why you would have a problem with 6x 12v 900ma leds in parallel with a 12v 5a driver, giving you a 820ma...

What you need for your driver mate is something like this: LED Driver Power Transformer 30w-54w (10-18)x3w waterproof AC85~265V 680mA | eBay It would run 3-5 10w leds, and would run them at 680ma that is about 70% brightness Or here is one that would run them at 100% brightness AC...

what? I have not confusing V with W... here is the spec sheet from the leds I just bought clearly stating the V and W: Specifications:1)Output power: 3W2)Forward Voltage: 3.6~3.8V

What are you talking about if you wire 4 3v led's in series they will draw 12v, this is why they sell drivers that are rated from "30-70v 12-20 x 3w" Not sure if this is the same Mikster driver, but this is exactly how most of the 3w led drivers work. If you don't believe me just look at the...

Hang on a min Jack are you not suposed to be an architect? you should know about the British standard code of practice for design of joins in building and construction. Get to know! :crazy:

You can check out my bowl in my signature for my super mini Walstad build, supported srimp and when my tank was broken fish as well, so the Walstad tech seemed to work with no filtration very effectively.

A nice little tip for small led's setups, is to buy a small amount of RGB led strip with remote control. You need to conceal this in your lighting unit, I did the same with a standard overhead 40w CFL light. You can then change the colour temperature of your cool-white leds with the auxiliary...

Yeah I suppose you don't need much light for wabi-kusa, but you know halogen put off one of lowest PAR ratings, prob speed things up a little if you used a CFL.

I have ordered some PCB's and some cool white 3w led's, and am going to order some 4mm aluminium strips as heatsinks, if all go's well with this I will sandwich the bar in between some bent acrylic to form a aquasky look, maybe a bit of braided lighting cable to finish it off. Just wanted to say...

Yeah I guess the blue would give you a marine look. 5a driver so I guess you would need to run 6 of these 10w led's in parallel. It's funny as all the drivers I have been looking at keep the amps at a constant and change the voltage to run the led's in a series circuit, still either should work...

Wow thats great i'm quite in to my film making too, amazing shots. Was it shot all on the one camera or was it Gopro's and DSLR? Keep up the good work!

The bowl eventually ran it course, its demise came when I started using it for a shrimp holding tank following a tank leak. The little buggers cut the lawn to shreds and left me with a floating mess. So this evening after cleaning it out, I decided to go for a little Wabi-kusa experiment, In the...

Is that a halogen light?

Well both conform to the British standard code of practice for design of joins in building construction and conform to ISO11600, so will be of adequate and similar strength. The one you suggest above is for use in glazing, for example sealing glass into window frames. and the one I suggested is...

Silicone is silicone, It is just fundamentally strong if used in the correct way.

Just make sure it's non-antifungal I just purchased some of this for a good price. 1 x HA6 SILICONE RUBBER SEALANT, RTV, ENGINEERING GLASS WATER FLEXIBLE HIGH MOD | eBay

Well I am possibly not the best person to answer all you questions as my experience is limited, but I will give you my opinion. I have tried this a few times and mostly it works ok, I just cover with cling film in order to keep humidly as near to 100% as possible, and open the top for a few mins...

Just bleach them mate with a diluted bleach solution, used to do it with my dead coral and worked a treat. Just make sure you get all the bleach off before you put them back in the tank. Mind you coral is insanely porous so rock would be a lot easier. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Unfortunately my budget optiwhite split at the seem, flooding my living room. Guess the guy that made it was not so skilled, but still for the price I can't complain. Unfortunately this means I had to abandon this aquascape, not to bothered though as I wasn't so keen on it any way, and it now...

Not doing a journal so much, but just thought i would share a little video I made for fun the other day of my new Optiwhite tank about 2 weeks in. Tank was a bit of a bargain at £40 New off Ebay, and was bought to replace my £10 60l tank that I acquired from the local recycling center. The...

Hi welcome to UKAPS, i'm in south London.

What heat sink and mounting you think wazuck? my biggest problem is having an open top look but finding a mounting solution. ceiling mounting would be the easiest but my ceilings are too high to run wires and look good IMO.

Just to correct you they output around 1000lm at 3a this is the problem I am having is finding a suitable driver that will output around 2.5a (2500mh). the only decent solution I can find are drivers for use with batteries, but I am not massively electronically competent so could do with some...

Cool mate so if I send you a bit of dollar through paypal can you make me a little goody box, in need of some supplies.

Yeah I know it can be done, as I was growing a nice HC carpet under 45cm water with a small 39w bulb very successfully. but these low power led's to me just feel like they would struggle a bit. would be worth a shot though, got any Cuba you could splash me jack?

Yeah it's the same thing at the same price but in the wrong colour, although I only paid a fraction of this price so i'm happy:lol:

Well bout the driver a while ago for about £6 I think, its basically a dimmable version of this comes with a potentiometer to dim it that I can build in to the stand: 36W LED Driver Power Supply for 7-12 x 3W LED 100-240V | eBay Also going to give these a go for testing, not as bright as crees...

No these are not the same ones, the one I have is made by UP and is the same as this. UP PRO-L 36cm 12000K LED Hanging Light I just removed one side of the metal bars. The ones in the link you sent me, however, look almost identical, have more bulbs and are cheaper, so I think they would me...

Ah the inevitable demise of banked soil and sand, the bane of my life:(

Ok so got a call from the postman today, was so supprised when I opened the door to see a thick blanket of snow I was like, F#*!.... The postman looked at me funny, I guess he'd been walking around in it since 5am.:lol: So the light is as expected "OK", It sufficiently lights up an empty tank...

Always so pessimistic jack, cheers up.:what: I know a 45cm would of been ideal but I got a deal/steal on the price so didn't have a choice. Still haven't got it though, it was held up at the post office as the label came off but its on its way now, so will report back in a few days when it...

Yeah that was my thinking, I have a dimmable driver that will run more led's than I need, so I was just going to stick a few extra on then reduce the current, I have a Cree XM-L 1000lm torch and the heatsink on that is tiny and the light is ridiculously bright, I could probably light my tank...

I am looking at some led lighting solutions at the moment, going to get a load of 3w cree less mounted to led pcb bar and then mounted to an aluminium bar. kinda like an aluminium version of this. Other things I have been looking at are these two in combination... 85~265V...

They should be ok for a few weeks, all depends on what type of plants they are, but I have managed to grow so quite light demanding plants in very low light conditions. If you want to prolong plant life you could A: Buy a CFL bulb for a few quid and put it in a lamp directed over your plants...

Photosynthesis (Plant growth) is very directly related to nm (nanometers) of light. The overall colour (Kelvins) is somewhat related to specific nm peaks. There IS a relationship between a colour temperature and the peak wavelength in its spectrum . It's called Wien's law. Wavelength...

How "bright" a light appears has more to do with how much light is output in a given area visible to the human eye, with "brightness" being at a maximum in the green/yellow spectrum (middle of visible spectrum, or around 600nm). If you want to optimise plant leaf development (blue light) and...

Just bought one of these lights in a smaller size 36cm, I am going to try and fit longer bars to it maybe in brass to fit my 50cm tank. I am pessimistic about the amount of light these things put out, as they do not have any kind of spec sheet or give any indication of watts,lumens or par, but...

I just bought a pipe cleaning brush from ebay like this: Wire Flexible U Tube Aquarium Filter Pump Hose Brush | eBay works great without taking tubes off.

Ok will take peoples advice and try growing it emmersed, hopefully it will speed things up a bit. Cheers

Yeah was thinking about that but wasn't sure if it would dry up or not, do you think it will make it grow faster due to more light and Co2...?