actually, i am using the hood cover. but like kimi said, it has very limited space to fit the required lights and the heat from the lights will heat up the tank. I managed to squeeze 2 x T8 FL in there... hehe... I intend to remove it and add on the LED lights when i get them

I put it there to keep my fishes from jumping out. they are freaked quite easily when people go close to them...

for sisaiko's tank, is that a heater bar on the right side of tank??!

This post has been edited by jctasoga: Jul 11 2012, 02:38 PM

nice n green!

doesn't riccia need to be tied to SS mesh or similar? its a very light and floating plant..

hafiz, no problems. here u go :



as u can see, the top of the hood got the sides protruding a bit. 4ft light on a 4ft tank. have to DIY drill the holes...



This post has been edited by jctasoga: Jul 11 2012, 09:13 PM

ya installed it about a month ago... heat wasn't an issue now. temp about 26 to 27. was 28-30c before when hood wan on...


This post has been edited by jctasoga: Jul 11 2012, 09:14 PM

as it is today. that pic was like 2 mths ago.. hehe..

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Added on July 11, 2012, 9:30 pmboss, can ask there to get it ah? tried to ask hardware store.. they dun seem to understand wat it is... only give me the green plastic mesh. pls dun ask me to buy many shower scrubs...

This post has been edited by jctasoga: Jul 11 2012, 09:30 PM

hehe, light maybe.. ya need to trim edi... no worries.. just wan to see how much i can grow from the plants i have

i'm still a bit shy

anyone got a new product called underwater lawn mower?

nice and simple!

it may look bare for now... but in 2 mths time, it will be different... like mine.. haha jungle already... my wife said..

lol arrow...

not the algae... i'm more worried about the black + white mix... amazonia + white sand mixed.. shrimps like to move it around.. haha

@goldiger, moss is usually tied to Driftwood (DW) or rocks. its light as u aware, so it will float around if not tied properly.

maybe you can get a stainless steel mesh and make it like a big semi ball shape... then you can tie a lot of moss on it.

i think you want to make a "tree" in the middle is it?

goldiger bro, i assume they are using rocks at the bottom of the moss... not too sure how they succeed in doing such a big bush though... haha... i already had minimal success from growing using plastic mesh... maybe you need to start with a really big bunch of java moss to get it to spread like those in the pic.

er.. is this with the tail/fins in orange colour wan? from the pic, its size is pretty small...

a family of otto?

kurangak +1 catfish! i wonder is it has orange fins?

beer8bottles, 2.5ft go for 1/10hp or 1/6hp. using cl450 which is a 450W est consumption on a standard 4ft now, i think its a 1/6hp chiller. 2nd hand model la... cools to 26c-27c. bill maybe increased rm20-30, not too sure..

bigger hp means faster cooling and less compressor kick. thus, more energy efficient that way...

first time it took about 30-45mins to cool water from 30c/29c to 27c. then occasionally kick in about 15mins each time. maybe 3-4 times a day... for some reason, i can't get it under 25c.. maybe old model.. haha..

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Added on July 16, 2012, 5:12 pmto add: like weijie said, TEM runs continuously even though the temp already cold. unless got sensor attached, it will keep cooling the water until even freezing it....

compressor usually got temp sensor controlled. means u set 25c, the compressor will run until that water temp is reached, then stop running (save electric!). when temp hotter maybe +/-1 or 2c of ur set temp, it will run again...

too extreme maybe... but u get the idea.. one keeps running and the other stops when the temp is reached.so over all, compressor based is usually softer on ur wallet/bill compared to TEM....




This post has been edited by jctasoga: Jul 16 2012, 05:12 PM

guys with chiller or sifus... i just got a measuring ammeter to calculate the wattage ran on my chiller.. CL-450. it seems its pulling 260W instead of the written 450W. any issues with it? its pulling down about 3-4c from 30 to 27/26c. it doesn't go below 26c even i tried setting 24c.... any reasons for it?

thnx bro arrow....

arrow : how big is ur tank again? cl650 is 1/6hp so its much better workhorse compared to mine. me using it with taiyo 1200lph rating going to the cl450 on a 4ft about 200liters of water...