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I use a dedicated hose but it's just a bog standard hose. I also make sure I empty all the water out of it after I'm done with it otherwise it'll stagnate, probably wouldn't do any harm, but just in case.

So long as it does the job it sounds fine by me :)

On the copper front... I've read many opinions on this over the years but the ones which strike me as scientifically valid are: -New copper piping will leach more copper than old piping. This is because as the copper oxidises inside the pipes so a protective barrier is formed to stop copper...

Looking good. :clap: The one comment I would make is that you should probably raise your plugs away from the floor of your cabinet, that way if something does leak you wont short out all the electronics. :thumbup:

Hi Sunny, If it's only when you look at the tank at certain angles then it's perfectly normal, as Chmura alluded to, it's to do with the interaction of light when it hits a boundary (in this case glass/water). It's unlikely that your fish are actually seeing a mirror (look from one end of the...

I had no idea about this :shock: Just found a NRV hozelock fitting on Ebay for under £10, I'll add that into my standard setup :)

No Hurry, just didn't want them to get forgotten :)

Hey Ed, How're these coming along, are you on holidays yet with some spare time? :)

You can get a electricity meter which plugs in between a plug and a socket that will tell you how much electricity something uses. Don't forget that it wont be constant throughout the year, mine is hardly on during the summer.

Lakeland plastics used to sell what were called 'magic balls' for cleaning, basically small copper balls that you swill round in things like vases, I'm sure they'd work really well at cleaning these things.

Re: saintly's home made lighting stand The things you learn on a planted tank forum ;)

Woot! Cheers for all your hard work on these Ed. Don't say that, I'm planning on running mine on an eheim 2215

Me neither and now I'm intrigued!

Ditto. Though I can imagine you're getting to the stage where you just want rid of all the bits sculling around your place! :lol:

well spotted Ed, at least you hadn't drilled the holes first.

Good conclusions there Ed. I'll keep mine empty (anything that reduces maintenance!) :lol:

Oooh getting all excited about this now :) Can't wait, one more thing out of the tank :)

hmmm, I really think that's going to make serious maintenance more tricky, there really isn't a lot of room. Maybe I'm just panicking because I've never had a tank with restricted access, I would try a practice run by suspending a shelf above a tank at the correct height and trying to prune...

Yup, look in the buy sell and swap section.

Ohhh, I'm getting excited about this now :) Mine's not going in my cabinet so 65cm should be fine. (Though have made a quick measurement and while 65cm would fit in my cabinet there wouldn't be enough room to get a gentle curve into the top of the reactor!)

:P Woot! .......... *ahem* :oops: ............ I mean yeay! :wink:

Now that's an awesome idea! Like a mini sump but without the gassing off of CO2 instead you have the adding of CO2. :D

Well if any one backs out then you know who to contact, alternatively if you get enough interest for a second batch :D Cool, sounds like what I expected it just wasn't on the original diagram. Looks funky but I like the idea of Ed's without the bio-balls in there as it doesn't reduce the flow...

Damn, can't believe I missed this thread! :evil: Only found it via links from other reactor threads :roll: I'm seriously considering switching to a reactor as they're meant to be more efficient and this would have been ideal. The only worry I have is that my current filter wont be up to...

Re: My Water Changer Oooh, now that's a good method! But as you say, would need some method not to flood the tank...

Re: My Water Changer This is what I was planning on doing, though I want to be able to connect it to the shower rather than a mixer tap. I'm also going to run it through a net when draining to catch any inquisitive shrimp ;) I wont be sucking on any pipes, just starting the siphon going with...

Re: My Water Changer Ok, now to find a plumbers place within cycling distance, I might just start with B&Q! ;)

Re: My Water Changer This looks like just what I need, any idea what I should be searching for? I found the site but couldn't find the shower head converter.

Ah but it is still half full in the photo ;)