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I was told by hydor that there's a regulator on the heater that'll slow down the water to heat it. A similar way to which an electric power shower works. Therefore you don't want to have the heater on the inlet where muck can get stuck in it and allow the hester to overheat. The best place is...

That's a shame, would of been a bargain.

I got a small already bagged amount (not sure but something like 100ml) of Purigen for my nano. I was suffering from greenish tinge to the water, so added the purigen as used it previous for a larger tank. It's best placed as the final thing that the water hits on the way out of the filter, like...

I've been using a DIY hose reducer for a while, after given advice on this forum. So I thought I'd do a write up on it... I needed to reduce the filter hose from my filter which had an internal tube fitting of 16mm to the glassware set of 13mm on my nano. To get around this, I used the...

I got the 60l Reckford without stand on ebay for £20. I'd say that for the 90l one would be around £35-£40?

I would of tried the check valve first and leave everything in the cupboard hidden away. What I found was that the pump worked, but when switched off the water flowed back into the bottle a bit. Therefore, it meant that the minute of being on, was spent pumping the water back up a bit.

I think the problem I had was that the pump was too low down compared to the tank. In addition, I didn't have a non-return valve between the pump and the output into the tank. If I were to try this again, I would have the pump at the same height as the water level and have the non-return valve...

To be honest Paulo, I gave it a try for a while and then gave up after a month. I couldn't trust to dose my old 180.

Someone's suggested that the 200w ETH will be fine? I know it will be but are the risks of it not working and boiling the tank?

I'm trying something like this... http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/diy/3 ... r-56k.html I need to find the pipe fittings tho, I'm having trouble for that. Any ideas anyone?

I had both on my 180 litre with a 1,500lph rated filter and it didn't seem to make much difference. Just going through all of this in my head to see if I fancy giving DIY a go.

I would have to drill the pvc end caps then for the hose to fit in. Design 2 looks easier although #1 might be a better option for my setup.

Wowiee, that looks fun to try. I think I'll give that a go and report back.

So winter is on it's way, and I'll have to look at heating my 14 litre nano once again. During the early months, I used an in-tank heater but I want to keep as much out of the tank as possible. I could get the smallest (200w!) Hydor in-line heater but am worried that the 200w might be a bit too...

In my nano, it got very cold during the winter months so I'll be using one again. In addition, even without having a heater during the summer months can mean the temp flucuates a lot - not good for CRS. Dennerle do a nano heater but it's not really "nano" as we know it. There's some flat...

Nothing, they clean the plants and eat excess fish food. Although when algae gets low I'll chuck in a shrimp pellet once a week.

This is the one I got http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... ts_id=2578 The one you showed doesn't seem to have the brushes.

I have an eheim flexible cleaning brush from AE that you push through to clean it. It's really long so it'll do most setups I would of thought.

I recently bought Do!Aqua tweesers small from AE but they don't seem to have them anymore - does that help?!?!? They are the mutt's nutts. EDIT: I also have the long straight JBL tweesers, they're good for my larger tank when planting crypts etc but a pain for smaller plants.

Any update on this guys as my nano glassware set is getting a bit brown! Whats the best method?

Looks good to me, I would consider using dry ferts from the off as it'll take a lot of TPN+ from the start and then it could cause you problems when you tailor your dry ferts moving from TPN+. You didn't mention any substrate?

Its is just hanging over the side, I'll one of those non return valves.

I've noticed that if I don't keep on top of it, my dosing water returns back to the bottle. I don't have a non-return valve so that's why it's happening. What type of valve is required?

That heat mat looks more to what I was wanting. Has anyone had any experience with it?

I'm thinking that I'll need to heat my nano as my house is usually rather on the cool side. There is the option of the - hydor inline heater (not really much room in the setup for this) - in tank heater (unslightly) It is there an option of fitting a heater inside a filter? If so how?

Thanks, just set mine up with a 10 day dose trial. Exciting times.

Just doing mine, does the bottle need to be airtight?

Just be careful with that method, my hosepipe came loose from in the tank and started to soak everywhere! The water was all over the place and even on the ceiling. Good job it's dried without any visible marks. Doh!

Mine's in the post as I type, along with the potassium sorbate and ascorbic acid. I plan to have a 2 litre bottle as a storage bottle but will feed a smaller one once a week (space in my cupboard is really tight!). I'm going to try and use an old TPN bottle as the smaller side will let the air...

I've been looking at those but they seem rather large ish, would appreciate a photo when you get it setup.

I'm on the hunt for a cheap dosing pump. They're not too bad at about £50 brand new. I thought about the airline in, I might try the "TPN+" type bottles. Leave the smaller chamber top opened so that when you suck out from the bottle, the air should be pulled in from the other chamber.

Reading the link, it suggests it can hold the weight. 150kg on each shelf.

Are these like the display tanks that you see in the LFS.

I think the trend is no as pH computers etc can be a pain due to co2 etc.

Yes it was me who's got the telephone table. It fits the 12x10x8 optiwhite nicely. There are bigger tables but they're lower.

I'm a fan of Bow fronted as I have one, although I wouldn't get one again. I would say that for planted tanks a straight front is better, including for photo purposes.

LD, the gadget guru. Go go Gadget!

John, I mentioned them here... viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2471 They do look fantastic and even the stand looks brill and agree with three scapes in them they'd look even better. Might add one to my Christmas list.

Re: My Water Changer Top tip: When going to pump the water out, you'll need to fill the hose first. So attach it to the tap and push water through the pump until all the bubbles are pushed through. Otherwise, your impeller will only rotate in air!

My impression of automatic feeders is that they could always malfunction and dump it in all in one go.

Re: My Water Changer Here's a few photos of my "LD Water Changer" Hose attached to powerhead to pump water out... Other end of hose with attachment to clip onto the tap adapter when I want to refil... The tap adapter, they just click together... Please ignore the messy sink :oops:

Re: My Water Changer I've found due to the current weather (hot) has meant that putting only cold water in hasn't meant too much of a temp change in the aquarium. Although, I do appreciate that in the winter I might need to put some hot water in there.

Re: My Water Changer In a rented house that's key lol

Re: My Water Changer I made a "LondonDragon" water changer last weekend to enable me to change water without the hassle. All I used was a standard garden hose and a 400lph pump at one end when I want to pump the water out. Then used an hoselock attachment at the other end which fits onto the...

Re: My Water Changer How do you dose the dechlorinator? As we were chatting on gabbly last night, forgot that question! :?